6.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
After being offered a role at an Italian convent, a woman of devout faith soon learns that the picture-perfect countryside harbors dark and unsettling secrets.
Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Dora Romano, Benedetta Porcaroli, Giorgio ColangeliHorror | 100% |
Mystery | 15% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.00:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.00:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English, English SDH, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
“Immaculate” is written by Andrew Lobel, and it’s his first effort in the world of feature-length filmmaking. He doesn’t have many fresh concepts for the picture, but he does have blood and various grotesqueries, also trying to have some fun in the world of “nunsploitation,” merging Catholic oppression with something macabre brewing over the run time. Director Michael Mohan (“Save the Date,” and the most screencapped movie of 2021, “The Voyeurs”) has the job to make a sinister premise come alive, but suspense and frights are basically uninvited to this genre party. Instead of a nail-biter with a palpable sense of evil, “Immaculate” is lethargic and unwilling to put in the work to really rile up viewers with its ideas on religious submission and perversion. Star Sydney Sweeney is little help, unable to bring the thunder in a role that requires a special level of panic she’s seemingly incapable of summoning.
The AVC encoded image (2.00:1 aspect ratio) presentation for "Immaculate" deals with the movie's softer moods, with darkness and candlelight a common sight in the feature. Compression has moments of struggle, resulting in some banding and mild posterization. Detail is acceptable, handling the gothic interiors of the church and textures in secret areas. Catacomb visits are decently dimensional, along with exteriors around the area. Skin particulars are acceptable, exploring weathered faces and youthful displays. Costuming, with heavy habits and wet bathing outfits, are passably fibrous. Colors work with the darker look of "Immaculate," preserving golden candlelit rooms and cooler living spaces. Greenery is distinct. Skin tones are natural. Delineation is adequate.
The 5.1 DTS-HD MA mix secures crisp dialogue exchanges, working with heavy accents at times. Emotional freakouts also remain balanced. Scoring cues are clear, with defined instrumentation as moods shift in the feature. Choral offerings are also sharp, pushing out into surrounds with other musical moments. Atmospherics detail room tones and group activity, also providing a sense of locations. Sound effects are appreciable, with the endeavor using a lot of aural events to conjure its fear factor. Low-end handles some weight with violent events.
"Immaculate" moseys around until the final act, where the feature has an opportunity to reach, well, biblical proportions as Cecilia finally understands what's happening to her. Instead, Mohan goes the B-movie route, adding lengthy chases to help pad the run time, including a panicky tour of the convent's catacombs that's reminiscent of many other horror films. The picture doesn't go big, though it does get bloody, which might be enough to please certain horror fans. And there's an issue with Sweeney's performance, as she never conveys a true sense of curiosity, danger, or despair, delivering hopelessly flat line readings and climatic acting that primarily involves screaming. Cecilia would probably be more interesting with someone else in the part, but real thespian might still has to deal with writing that's never adventurous, sticking with formula, while direction is lethargic, intending to unleash a case of the creeps, only to offer screen stillness instead.
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