The Sect
Directed by Michele Soavi
A schoolteacher becomes the target of a devil-worshipping sect and her friends disappear or become frenzied zombie-like murderers! Is she loosing her mind or has the devil possessed her?
A schoolteacher is the target of a devil-worshipping sect.
Cast: Kelly Curtis, Herbert Lom, Mariangela Giordano, Michel Adatte, Carla Cassola, Angelika Maria Boeck, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Niels Gullov, Tomas Arana
Member Reviews
I went into this expecting to like it. I mean, Michele Soavi directing, and writing along with Dario Argento and some other guy. I wasn't expecting to be so annoyed and bored that it would take three sittings to get through it. I just couldn't immerse myself in the story. And for a school teacher, the lead character is kind of dumb. It really isn't worth the runtime.
look. i love Italian horror like Demons, Zombie 3, and Phenomena so much. i like obscure weird ones like Labyrinth of the Spider. but this is boring nonsense. no rules. no story. no likable characters.
Although I love slow burner movies, the pace of this one was too slow. There is no plausible explanation about the purpose of the sect; I believe it was eternal life at some point but the way it was performed, and the “plot twist” didn’t work. The killings at the beginning of the movie made no sense. I can’t believe Argento was related to this movie.
I was so excited when I found this, as Michele Soavi is one of my favorite directors. Out of everything I have seen that he has had a hand in, this was dead last for me. It is still worth watching if you are a fan of Soavi or like other films of this genre/style. Now I'm off to watch The Church, which never gets old, no matter how many times I've seen it.
I couldn’t even finish. This was bad by Argento standards. Clearly there was no understanding how classrooms, human behaviour, or rabbits work.