And last up tonight.
The Church. Michele Soavi. 1989.
Well that only took three attempts to get to the end.
In medieval Europe crusading knights massacre a whole village considered to be Witches or otherwise engaged in witchcraft. On top of the mass grave a huge gothic cathedral is built. Hundreds of years later the cathedrals new librarian uncovers clues to the buildings past in the chambers beneath the building. In the process releasing the Evil spirits that have been entombed there.
Intended to be the third in Lamberto Bavas Demons series this certainly fits the bill plot wise. However Soavi has done something different here and created a much more sombre gothic film. The first third or so actually plays more like a haunted house film before the evil is unleashed. Unfortunately as magnificent as it all looks the films does suffer with some painfully slow passages, odd because you can't really say that nothing happens either. The plot also seems a bit confuddled too as though some ideas were hinted at then simply left hanging. The weird goat man demon things is creepy as feck though and as has been mentioned by other there is some splendid imagery here, not least the mass of bodies rising up through the floor. Certainly not a bad film but there is something lacking and I can't see me rushing to watch it again anytime soon.
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