The Convent (2000)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Mike Mendez

Writer:

Chaton Anderson (writer)

Release Date:

10 July 2000 (UK)

Genre:

Horror | Fantasy

Plot:

A group of college students break into an abandoned convent and become possessed by demonic spirits. |

Plot Keywords:

Convent | Teenkill | Virgin Sacrifice | Zombie | Murder

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Joanna Canton	...	Clorissa
Richard Trapp	...	Frijole
Dax Miller	...	Chad (as Jason Dax Miller)
Renée Graham	...	Kaitlin
Liam Kyle Sullivan	...	Brant
Megahn Perry	...	Mo
Jim Golden	...	Biff
Chaton Anderson	...	Sapphira (as Chaton Itae)
Adrienne Barbeau	...	Adult Christine
Kelly Mantle	...	Dickie-Boy
David Gunn	...	Saul
Oakley Stevenson	...	Young Christine
Larrs Jackson	...	Father Ryan
Coolio	...	Officer Starkey
Bill Moseley	...	Officer Ray

MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and gore, and for language, some sexuality and drug content.

Runtime:

79 min | 80 min (uncut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Canada:16+ (Quebec) | South Korea:18 | France:-12 | Germany:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Philippines:R-18

Company:

Alpine Pictures

Quotes:

Saul: The time is nigh for you to take your first step into darkness, so why don't you take the Dagger of Dispair, you know and plunge into thine virginal heart?
[none of Saul's followers move]
Saul: ...Today.

Movie Connections:

References Sixteen Candles (1984)

Hilarious!!!

Me, my sister, and our aunt rented this and 3 other movies...I wanted a horror movie and my aunt wanted something that was current (because she's seen probably all of the 70's horror flicks) so we rented The Convent.

I had a feeling that it'd be cheap and crappy and I was right.

The whole movie had us laughing so hard! I don't remember the last time I laughed that hard and for that long! Also, I noticed two references to other horrors movies in there--Halloween, when the nun walks up to the little girl in the graveyard she has on the Michael Myers mask. And when the nun walks up to the girl in the desk in that flashback scene she spews green stuff on her (The Exorcist.) This movie will have you in tears laughing! (Well it did for at least me, my sister, and my aunt!) I also think it was the director's intention to make it campy fun I dunno if he intended it to be an actual horror film.

Or maybe he did and knew that it'd turn out to be a crappy D horror flick so he went crazy with the budget and script! I found this extremely entertaining and gave it a 7!