La Chiesa (The Church) (Cathedral of Demons) (1989)
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 3
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Release Date: Mar 10, 1989 Wide
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Originally intended as the third chapter in producer Dario Argento's Demons trilogy, La Chiesa stands alone as an effective horror film centering on a haunted cathedral with a violent past. The church's history begins in Medieval Italy, when the Knights Templar massacred an entire village of suspected Satanists and built the structure upon the site of the slain peasants' mass grave. Designed by an architect/alchemist (who was buried alive within his creation), the church is filled with elaborate
Mar 10, 1989 Wide
Feb 19, 2002
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Tomas Arana
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Asia Argento
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Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
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Barbara Cupisti
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Hugh Quarshie
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Antonella Vitale
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All Critics (9) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (4) | DVD (11)
Even when the film gets slow, it's nearly impossible to turn away and risk missing the next beautifully framed shot.
Interesting effort from Soavi who came into his own with Cemetery Man.
I don't know what YOU generally look for in a horror flick, but unless it's "talking and lots of it" I'd stay far away from this one.
Sovai doesn't settle for the easy, opting instead for a more oblique and suggestive, rather than graphic, approach to the material
There is no denying the dreaminess of Soavi's stream-of-consciousness horror show.
Anchor Bay releases The Church as part of their ongoing Dario Argento Collection.
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