The Sect (1991)
April 19, 2025 11:50 AM - Subscribe
[TRAILER] Something something, slaughtered hippies, devil cult, secret basement, mystery beetles. Look, it's a Michele Soavi film, co-written by Dario Argento, the plot is incidental; it's the vibes. AKA The Devil's Daughter.
Starring Kelly Curtis, Herbert Lom, Tomas Arana, Dario Casalini.
Directed by Michele Soavi. Written by Dario Argento, Michele Soavi, Gianni Romoli. Produced by Dario Argento. Cinematography by Raffaele Mertes. Edited by Franco Fraticelli. Music by Pino Donaggio.
60% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
Starring Kelly Curtis, Herbert Lom, Tomas Arana, Dario Casalini.
Directed by Michele Soavi. Written by Dario Argento, Michele Soavi, Gianni Romoli. Produced by Dario Argento. Cinematography by Raffaele Mertes. Edited by Franco Fraticelli. Music by Pino Donaggio.
60% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
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posted by DirtyOldTown at 12:25 PM on April 19 [1 favorite]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 12:25 PM on April 19 [1 favorite]
Oh yeah Heretic basement me reminded me so much of the Sect that it actually took me out of the movie. It's not Stagefright but it is bonkers and weird.
posted by Ashwagandha at 4:19 PM on April 19
posted by Ashwagandha at 4:19 PM on April 19
Stagefright was quite definitely swiped from for one of the more memorable scenes from Yellowjackets, season 2; if anything, I wish they'd swiped more!
It's very strange that I feel like I have totally seen The Sect when, to all appearances, I have not. I think I've somehow conflated The Church and Lucio Fulci's Manhattan Baby into a single film I thought was this film, but only exists in my hazy imagination.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 5:52 PM on April 19
It's very strange that I feel like I have totally seen The Sect when, to all appearances, I have not. I think I've somehow conflated The Church and Lucio Fulci's Manhattan Baby into a single film I thought was this film, but only exists in my hazy imagination.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 5:52 PM on April 19
Maybe you saw that doc Dario Argento's World of Horror? Luigi Cozzi put like ten or twelve minutes of clips from The Sect into that, it felt like.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:49 PM on April 19 [1 favorite]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:49 PM on April 19 [1 favorite]
It's very strange that I feel like I have totally seen The Sect when, to all appearances, I have not.
To be fair, the story of the Sect feels a lot like they took the scripts from all the Italian rip offs of Rosemary's Baby, Omen, Poltergeist and 1979's the Visitor and put them into a blender. It often feels like it has a script but not really. It's like one of those weird savoury Jell-O salads Anglos like - you think you might enjoy it but it is just confusion.
posted by Ashwagandha at 10:33 AM on April 20
To be fair, the story of the Sect feels a lot like they took the scripts from all the Italian rip offs of Rosemary's Baby, Omen, Poltergeist and 1979's the Visitor and put them into a blender. It often feels like it has a script but not really. It's like one of those weird savoury Jell-O salads Anglos like - you think you might enjoy it but it is just confusion.
posted by Ashwagandha at 10:33 AM on April 20
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posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:50 AM on April 19