La Setta
Directed by:
Michele SoaviComposer:
Pino DonaggioCast:
Kelly Curtis, Herbert Lom, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Tomas Arana, Richard Sammel, Michele Soavi, Daria Nicolodi, Mariangela Giordano, Donald O'Brien (more)VOD (1)
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A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A school teacher almost runs over an old man with a box and takes him in. It's no accident that the old man has come into her life, and it quickly becomes apparent that he has plans for her, plans that involve a permanent future with the Satanic cult. (Music Box Films)
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Very unsettling, really (the moment bugs start crawling into somebody’s body orifices, the gloves are off!), and atmospheric and disgusting at times, but as a whole, it looks terribly choppy, incoherent and unfocused. Disappointment.
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The "Sekta" suffers from the problem that Michele Soavi wanted to shoot a really great film, which will be truly terrifying and will refer to the atmosphere of classic Italian films in terms of their horror. However, it failed to follow up on Bavu, because the film simply does not work as a whole. It falls apart in the hands of the creators in many parts, which individually come out quite well, but together they are too shapeless. The film doesn't grab you, which is a shame, because there was definitely potential here.
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