The Church

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 ...more

After receiving overwhelming praise by genre fans following his debut feature Stage Fright (1987), Italian director and Dario Argento protégé Michele Soavi follows up with this gothic-drenched apocalyptic nightmare which was originally slated as the third Demons film. Departing substantially from the pulsing, rock music-driven excess of Demons and Demons 2, The Church instead relies on building a suffocating sense of quiet dread, complimented by the beautifully surreal visuals that would define ...more