Sydney Sweeney‘s second film of 2024 is finally here, let’s hope that it doesn’t turn into a disaster like the first one. Produced by Sweeney herself, Immaculate is a psychological horror film and it follows the story of a young nun who joins a convent in the Italian countryside. Her quiet life quickly turns into a nightmare because of the horrific secrets hidden in the convent. Directed by Michael Mohan, Immaculate also stars Simona Tabasco, Benedetta Porcaroli, and Álvaro Morte. So, if you loved Sweeney’s horror film here are some similar movies you should check out next.
The Convent
Co-written and directed by Paul Hyett, the 2018 film British horror film titled The Convent gives a similar atmosphere to Sweeney’s Immaculate. The Convent tells us the story of a group of young women seeking refuge from the turmoil of World War II in an isolated convent in the countryside.
The Convent
Co-written and directed by Paul Hyett, the 2018 film British horror film titled The Convent gives a similar atmosphere to Sweeney’s Immaculate. The Convent tells us the story of a group of young women seeking refuge from the turmoil of World War II in an isolated convent in the countryside.
- 3/24/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Stars: Sandra Escacena, Bruna González, Claudia Placer, Iván Chavero, Ana Torrent, Consuelo Trujillo, Ángela Fabián, Carla Campra, Chema Adeva | Written by Paco Plaza, Fernando Navarro, Coral Cruz | Directed by Paco Plaza
Opening the film on 15th June 1991, [Rec] co-director Paco Plaza sets the scene with a distressing phone call where a panicked girl tells the police that someone is inside her home. As officers pass a crying family outside, they enter the house to find it in disarray. The story then cuts to 3-days-earlier, as 15-year-old Verónica (Sandra Escacena) helps to look after her younger siblings while their mother works long shifts.
Using a Ouija board to try speaking with the dead during an eclipse, Verónica becomes possessed during the séance. As strange occurrences unfold around the schoolgirl, she is harassed by dangerous supernatural presences which threatens her family.
Plaza and co-writer Fernando Navarro loosely based this story on a...
Opening the film on 15th June 1991, [Rec] co-director Paco Plaza sets the scene with a distressing phone call where a panicked girl tells the police that someone is inside her home. As officers pass a crying family outside, they enter the house to find it in disarray. The story then cuts to 3-days-earlier, as 15-year-old Verónica (Sandra Escacena) helps to look after her younger siblings while their mother works long shifts.
Using a Ouija board to try speaking with the dead during an eclipse, Verónica becomes possessed during the séance. As strange occurrences unfold around the schoolgirl, she is harassed by dangerous supernatural presences which threatens her family.
Plaza and co-writer Fernando Navarro loosely based this story on a...
- 11/1/2023
- by James Rodrigues
- Nerdly
Paco Plaza's Veronica was released on Netflix this week. The film is a horror film, involving: a Ouija board, an eclipse and a demonic summoning. This film has played several film festivals in 2017, including the Toronto International Film Festival. This is a dramatic horror film. And, Veronica stars newcomers: Sandra Escacena, Bruna González, Claudia Placer and Ana Torrent. Fernando Navarro, of Muse (2016) fame, developed the script. A trailer and story details are available for Veronica here. Veronica is set in 1991. After a family tragedy, Verónica turns to friends Rosa (Ángela Fabián) and Diana (Carla Campra). Verónica wants to contact her dead relative. But, something is waiting for her, in a supernatural dimension. Now, a strange presence haunts Verónica, in her family home. The film's debut on Netflix was a bit of a surprise. As well, Veronica has won several awards. There was no official announcement of the film's debut,...
- 2/27/2018
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
The story goes that the police were dispatched to a Madrid residence in June of 1991 only to find a teenage girl screaming from what appeared to be self-inflicted wounds. Strange phenomena was seen/found throughout the apartment, so much that the detective assigned the case could do nothing but corroborate the paranormal explanation being delivered by those close to the family. Everything supposedly stemmed from a seancé gone wrong three days earlier at the exact time of a solar eclipse. The teen hoped to contact her father only to discover it was something else that responded. A wild story to be sure, the simple fact it proved the first recorded account of the supernatural by a police officer in Spain made it worth a closer look.
The men who dug deeper: director Paco Plaza (one half of the duo behind contemporary horror classic [Rec]) and co-writer Fernando Navarro. They took that...
The men who dug deeper: director Paco Plaza (one half of the duo behind contemporary horror classic [Rec]) and co-writer Fernando Navarro. They took that...
- 9/10/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
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