(1/7) I was surprised at how much I enjoyed watching 'The Church / La Chiesa' (1989, Kanopy). Writer/director Michele Soavi was a protégé of Dario Argento, which is a red flag for me. But I was won over by its cosmic-horror-meets-Catholicism in which a librarian opens a hellmouth under a church. - ThreadSky

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gammarayburst.bsky.social • 32 days ago

(1/7) I was surprised at how much I enjoyed watching 'The Church / La Chiesa' (1989, Kanopy). Writer/director Michele Soavi was a protégé of Dario Argento, which is a red flag for me. But I was won over by its cosmic-horror-meets-Catholicism in which a librarian opens a hellmouth under a church.

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gammarayburst.bsky.social•32 days ago

(2/7) The story has a more consistent logic to it than anything Argento has released. Argento’s wild tonal shifts are still here, but those can be fun. For example:

gammarayburst.bsky.social•32 days ago

(3/7) A group of schoolchildren see their teacher murdered in a ridiculous set piece moment, but mere minutes later they're over the trauma and back to being bored and surly.

gammarayburst.bsky.social•32 days ago

(4/7) There are a lot of humorous moments, and I hope at least some of them were intentional. Surely the filmmakers expected the audience to be howling after one of the characters torpedoes herself through a window?

gammarayburst.bsky.social•32 days ago

(5/7) The English dubbing is all over the place, but the soundtrack is pretty good. It's made up of various compositions by Goblin, Keith Emerson and Philip Glass (Koyaanisqatsi-era). I think you could add Philip Glass to most horrors movies and they would instantly become 100x better.

gammarayburst.bsky.social•32 days ago

(6/7) I had hoped 'The Church' would end up going balls-to-the-wall nutso like 'Demons' (1985), but it doesn't quite get there. I learned later that this movie was originally going to be Part 3 in the 'Demons' trilogy but that plan was scrapped.

gammarayburst.bsky.social•32 days ago

(7/7) The script was rewritten and is not directly connected to the previous movies. Still, it has a ‘Demons’ vibe to it that hits the right spot.

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