Desecration

In this offbeat and original horror opus, 16-year-old Bobby has been traumatized both by the death of his mother at an early age, and a brutally repressive Catholic upbringing. After Bobby accidentally causes the death of a nun, the boy finds himself sent to Hell, where he encounters his mother and ...more

A surprisingly gripping indie shocker, Desecration owes debts both thematically (to Alice, Sweet Alice) and stylistically (to Dario Argento and Lucio Fulci), but manages to weave its own unique spell under novice helmer Dante Tomaselli. The film concerns evil doings at a Catholic school, where a 16-year-old named Bobby is haunted by visions of his long-dead mother. Before long, the propellor of a model airplane shreds one nun, another is sliced to ribbons by sentient scissors, and only Bobby's ...more