The Church
Summary: An old Gothic cathedral built over a mass grave develops strange powers that trap a number of people inside with ghosts from a 12th Century massacre seeking to resurrect an ancient demon from the bowels of the Earth.
Release Date: March 10, 1989
Genre: Horror
Director:
Michele Soavi
Runtime: 1 h 42 min
MPAA: R
Movie budget: $ 3,500,000
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13th century666 symbolancient bookapplying lipstickarcheologistarcheryarchitectattempted rapebare breastsbare chested malebas reliefbishopbiting handbloodblood on shirtblood splatterbouquetbow and arrowbroken glassesbroken windowbuilding collapseburied alivebutane lightercamera shot of a woman's bare feetcandelabracarrying a candlecavechain mailcharacter repeats someone else's dialoguechurchcigarette smokingcircular writingclockworkclose up of eyeclothing caught in a doorcollapsecorpsecracked foundationcross cut into sole of footcrucifixioncrusadecrushed headcrushed to deathcryptcut handdancingdeathdeath of parentsdecapitationdeceptiondemondemon holding a nude womandemonic possessiondemonic spiritdisfigurementdragged into a pitdripping waterdrunkennessduckevil spiritface ripped offface slapfaked deathfalling from heightfalling through the floorfalling to deathfather daughter relationshipfemale nudityfemale rear nudityflashbackflashlightfountaingash in the facegear worksgermanyghostgiant fishgoosegoregothicgothic cathedralhacked to deathhallucinationhanging by someone's handhaunted househead crushedhead cut offheart ripped outhidden text revealedhit by a falling objecthit by a subwayhit by a trainhole in the wallholy waterhooded figurehorse ridinghusband wife relationshipimpaled with a jack hammerimpaled with a lanceimpalementinkiron crossjackhammerjumping through a windowknightknights templarknocked outlibrarianlighterlocked inlooking at oneself in a mirrormagnifying glassman slaps a womanman wears eyeglassesmass gravemass grave full of dead bodiesmass tombmassacremedieval timesmercy killingmind controlmirror does not reflect realitymonstermounted knightnightcluboccultpaganparchmentpear of anguishphone out of orderphoto shootphotographerpipe organpitplaying trumpetpoliceprayingpremarital sexprologuepublic nuditypunched in the facequoting the gospel of lukereference to adolf hitlerreference to fulcanellireference to indiana jonesreligionremoving own heartrepeated scenerevelationrube goldberg machinerunning down an escalatorsatanic cultscarscottish accentscratches on facescratching facesealsecretself sacrificesequelseven eyessevered headsex in a churchsex in publicsex with a demonsex with an animalskeletonsneaking outspearspirestabbed in the cheststabbed in the mouthstabbed in the neckstabbed in the throatstabbed to deathstatuestone crossstrangledstrangulationsubjective camerasuicidesupernatural powersurprise endingswiss army knife scissorsswordtarget practiceteacherteutonic knighttext carved in stonetied to a tabletimeframe 13th centurytorchtorturetouristtransformationtraptypewriterupskirtvideo cameravillageviolencevoice over narrationwagon full of bodieswarriorwater fountainwedding dresswicker maskwitchwitchcraftwizardwoman slaps a manwoman wears a little black dresswoman wears eyeglasseswrist cutwriting on skin with blood
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