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Sanctuaire

Titre original : La chiesa
  • 1989
  • R
  • 1h 42min
NOTE IMDb
6,2/10
9,7 k
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Sanctuaire (1989)
HorreurFilms d'horreur de série BHorreur corporelleHorreur folkloriqueHorreur surnaturelle

Une cathédrale gothique construite sur un charnier développe d'étranges pouvoirs qui piègent des personnes à l'intérieur avec les fantômes d'un massacre du 12ème siècle cherchant à ressuscit... Tout lireUne cathédrale gothique construite sur un charnier développe d'étranges pouvoirs qui piègent des personnes à l'intérieur avec les fantômes d'un massacre du 12ème siècle cherchant à ressusciter un ancien démon des entrailles de la Terre.Une cathédrale gothique construite sur un charnier développe d'étranges pouvoirs qui piègent des personnes à l'intérieur avec les fantômes d'un massacre du 12ème siècle cherchant à ressusciter un ancien démon des entrailles de la Terre.

  • Réalisation
    • Michele Soavi
  • Scénario
    • Dario Argento
    • Franco Ferrini
    • Michele Soavi
  • Casting principal
    • Hugh Quarshie
    • Tomas Arana
    • Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
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  • NOTE IMDb
    6,2/10
    9,7 k
    MA NOTE
    • Réalisation
      • Michele Soavi
    • Scénario
      • Dario Argento
      • Franco Ferrini
      • Michele Soavi
    • Casting principal
      • Hugh Quarshie
      • Tomas Arana
      • Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
    • 121avis d'utilisateurs
    • 102avis des critiques
  • Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro
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    The Church aka La Chiesa
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    The Church aka La Chiesa

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    Rôles principaux25

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    Hugh Quarshie
    Hugh Quarshie
    • Father Gus
    Tomas Arana
    Tomas Arana
    • Evan
    Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
    Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
    • The Bishop
    • (as Feodor Chaliapin)
    Barbara Cupisti
    • Lisa
    Antonella Vitale
    • Bridal Model
    Giovanni Lombardo Radice
    Giovanni Lombardo Radice
    • Reverend
    Asia Argento
    Asia Argento
    • Lotte
    Roberto Caruso
    • Freddie
    Roberto Corbiletto
    • Hermann, the Sacristan
    Alina De Simone
    • Lottie's Mother
    Olivia Cupisti
    • Mira
    Gianfranco De Grassi
    • The Accuser
    Claire Hardwick
    • Joanna
    Lars Jorgenson
    • Bruno
    John Karlsen
    John Karlsen
    • Heinrich
    Katherine Bell Marjorie
    • Heinrich's Wife
    Riccardo Minervini
    • Schoolboy
    Enrico Osterman
    • The Torturer
    • Réalisation
      • Michele Soavi
    • Scénario
      • Dario Argento
      • Franco Ferrini
      • Michele Soavi
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    6ma-cortes

    Horror movie set in medieval and modern times with a great number of gory and bloody scenes

    At the beginning it is set at the Middle Age when Templar Knigths carry out an extreme and macabre massacre against villagers . Nowadays , a librarían , Tomas Arana , arrives in a gargoyle-glutted Gothic cathedral, there he meets an archaelogist , Barbara Cupisti , and the adolescent Lotte , Asia Argento . And the senior priest , Feodor Chaliapin Jr who has dark knowledges about the sinister past of the church . Then , horrible happenings take place at the crypt with fateful consequences. It happens to stand on the site of the gruesome mass murder is renovated, and the kirk-cleaning turns into special effects loaded demonic epiphany, including stabbing , possession, crushing to death, behading and others , until a surprising ending .You have not for a player. It will make you squirm . In this unholy sanctuary you have not got a prayer...

    Creepy and scary film with a lot of amazing and horrifying scenes including lots of blood and gore . The film is acceptable but regularly paced with several images with no much sense. The picture mingles Teutonic knights , Ghotic Cathedral , self-sacrifices, supernatural events, Witchcraft, necromancy, ghastly transformations , and terrible monsters .The film displays dozens of gory scenes including slashing , heart ripped out , slitting, punched in the face , stabbing in the chest, decapitation and many others . The picture is also known as Demons 3 , similar to The Sect titled Demons 4 , though its script have nothing to do with Demons saga by Lamberto Bava who is son of the Italian thrill-meister Mario Bava.

    It displays a colorful an evocative cinematography by Renato Tafuri. As well as sinister and punching musical score from Philip Glass , Keith Emerson and Goblin . This ecclesiastical gore-feast picture was professionally directed by Michael Soavi , though it has a great number of flaws and gaps. Soavi is a good craftsman who began as a director assistant to important filmmakers as Lamberto Bava and Dario Argento . As he collaborated as first director assistant in A Blade in the Dark , Demons , Tenebre , Phenomena , among others . With new skills Soavi returned to Argento as a supervisor for special effects in Opera , where Argento offered him to direct another film , the horror film La Chiesa , or The Church. With his first big film project, a budget 3 or 4 times the budget of Statefright or Aquarius , with Argento as the producer and shot in Hungary . In the Eighties he made various decent terror movies as Aquarius , The Sect , and the classical Dellamore Dellamore or Zombie Graveyard with Rupert Everett and Anna Falchi.
    6ODDBear

    Needs a script

    I am such a huge fan of Michele Soavi. I absolutely adore Stagefright, the best slasher ever. Dellamorte Dellamore is quite simply a Gothic masterpiece, a near perfect zombie film with a philosophical overtone to it. I also thought The Sect was a quite effective nerve-jolter filled with incredible surreal images and solid scares. So I was disappointed after viewing The Church, I had such high hopes.

    It starts of well enough. Medieval knights massacre a village they fear is possessed by demonic spirits and the priest orders that a church should be built on their buriel ground. Fastforward to the present, something weird is going on in that church; some evil seems to be lurking about and possessing people. A showdown between good and evil is unavoidable.

    The film has style to burn. Michele Soavi is a master at creating surreal imagery and his camera knows no limits. This is the film's high point along with some terrific set pieces, one in particular involving a subway and a teenage girl. Another thing I must mention in the film's favour; the music score. It's always wonderful to hear Goblin and Keith Emerson also provides some good music. But good music is simply something you can always count on in these Italian productions.

    The thing that doesn't work here, and it's a big thing, is the plot. It's practically nonexistent. The film doesn't make any sense, jumps from one setpiece to another (though some are brilliantly executed), with only so little to tie them together. It's got wooden characters, none you really care about (Tomas Arana in particular). The final showdown in the Church, although well done in terms of effects, is a real letdown, nothing much happens and in the end, well...I felt cheated in a big way.

    As it was originally conceived of as the second sequel in the Demons saga, I expected this to be full of violence. It's not, apart from the rather gory opening. I guess Soavi wanted to do a more serious film, with some philosophical input or something. He should have had a better script to work with.

    Although it's disappointing, it's certainly not without interest.
    6Hayden-86055

    Impressive Gothic horror

    Taking many aspects from other films the church builds a solid film with a decent plot and cinematography and it didn't disappoint overall. However, whilst the plot is good on paper halfway through it loses tension and steam and I found the ending to be a bit of a let-down, although not awful.

    Acting wise I'm sure it was good but I watched the dubbed version in English, and the dubbing was quite frankly terrible. I think the girl (Lottie) was dubbed by an older woman which was a bit weird I found.

    Scares wise I found it impressive, it included great practical effects and lots of hammy gore. Surprisingly it was meant to be a completely serious film but I still feel like a lot of it is played off as tongue in cheek.

    6/10: Good overall and definitely worth a watch for horror fans but there are a lot of issues that I feel drag it down such as the loss of tension in the second half and poor dub work
    7jluis1984

    Remarkable atmospheric horror...

    Director Michele Soavi gained worldwide recognition with his 1994 masterpiece "Dellamorte Dellamore"; however, he had been mastering his craft under the guidance of horror master Dario Argento for years before that hit. "La Chiesa" was his second feature length effort as director and he displays his craft with a visually stunning Gothic movie about possessions on the vein of Lamberto Bava's "Demoni" (In fact, it was conceived as the series third chapter), but with Soavi's visual style all over it.

    "La Chiesa" or "The Church", is a tale of an unholy supernatural evil contained under a Gothic Cathedral. Centuries ago, a group of Templar Knights brutally killed a town accused of being devil-worshipers; in order to keep the evil down they built a cathedral and sealed it. Now, in the present, a greedy librarian named Evan (Tomas Arana) breaks the seal and frees the forces of evil. The Church starts a self-protection devise that serves to trap the evil, but it also traps a lot of innocent people who become the target of the demons who begin to posses them.

    The movie is a visual Tour-De-Force where Soavi experiments with his outstanding camera-work creating haunting atmospheres of supernatural beauty. Complete with a terrific score with music not only by horror veterans Goblin but also by Prog rock virtuoso Keith Emerson and the remarkable composer Philip Glass. Their music works perfectly with the movie and completes the wonderful composition that Soavi creates.

    The Gothic Church is a character itself and Soavi gives it life and uses the location with great skill. The lighting and special effects are used with great care in order to increase the Gothic atmosphere of the film. Despite this, the story is a bit weak and the surrealist scenes Soavi intends to use to increase the atmosphere actually decrease the coherence of his plot, making it to drag a bit with scenes that seem to serve no purpose. This sadly becomes a major flaw in an otherwise flawless film.

    The acting is very good, although the English dubbing is kind of average. Tom Arana and Hugh Quarshie are very good in the lead roles, and Barbara Cupisti makes a great romantic interest. However, two members of the cast remarkably steal the show. Feodor Chaliapin Jr. gives a great interpretation as the head Bishop of the Church, giving a haunting performance as an old man with many secrets. The true star is young Asia Argento as Lotte, the teenage daughter of the sacristan who prefers to be at discos than working at the church. Her character may be small, but she shows her great talent and certainly shows why is she now the great actress she is today.

    As written above, the strangely constructed plot is a major turn off, as the last third of the film becomes very strange and a bit disappointing considering that the previous two thirds are a terrific haunting film. Still, Michele Soavi's technique is always perfect and his visual perfection is never disappointing. It is no wonder why with a better script he crafted a masterpiece with "Dellamorte Dellamore".

    "La Chiesa" may not be a perfect film, but it is a very good experience and a good introduction to modern Euro-horror. It is a shame that Soavi has decided to stay on TV films because his stylish art seems to have no limits when correctly developed. Fans of Italian horror will be pleased with "The Church". 7/10
    8HumanoidOfFlesh

    Very impressive horror film.

    "La Chiesa"/"The Church" is a great Gothic horror film made by Michele Soavi with wild usage of camera,very hypnotic Goblin soundtrack and overall creepy atmosphere.The film was written and produced by Dario Argento,so fans of Italian horror won't be disappointed.It starts out with incredible scene of massacre,where a crusading army kills all inhabitants of a small village.There is plenty of violence and the photography is absolutely stunning.Soavi uses the camera tricks only hinted at in his wonderful "Deliria"(1987).There are several amazing camera shots and the lighting is excellent.The film is visually striking and the gore effects are quite good.The sequences involving secret machinery built into the structure of the cathedral are especially well executed.A must-see for fans of Italian horror!

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    • Anecdotes
      Originally, Soavi and Argento wanted to shoot the movie in the Lorenzkirche of Nuremberg (Germany), and even did some test shots there. However, it was abandoned because the town of Nuremberg didn't want a horror movie to be shot there.
    • Gaffes
      When Father Gus, as a recreational archer, is using a bow to shoot at a target, he is not wearing a wrist guard. This is a painful mistake even a beginner would only make once.
    • Citations

      Hermann, the Sacristan: [to Lottie] Filthy liar! Here we'll wash your mouth out with soap, here!

      Lottie's Mother: Don't make me wait for those onions Hermann

    • Versions alternatives
      All videos for The Church in the USA come in two formats: R Rated or Unrated/Uncut. There are mistakes on all boxes and tapes about the running times: All videotapes and boxes say 110 minute running time on the back cover and 102 minute running time on the cassette no matter if its the rated R version or the 110 minute unrated version. It will correctly state on the box & tape that it is rated or uncut/unrated.
    • Connexions
      Featured in Dario Argento: Master of Horror (1991)
    • Bandes originales
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      Written by Philip Glass

      Performed by Martin Goldray

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    • Date de sortie
      • 10 mars 1989 (Italie)
    • Pays d’origine
      • Italie
    • Langues
      • Italien
      • Hongrois
      • Latin
    • Aussi connu sous le nom de
      • Pandemonium: capital del infierno
    • Lieux de tournage
      • Hambourg, Allemagne(exteriors only)
    • Sociétés de production
      • ADC Films
      • Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
      • Reteitalia
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      • 3 500 000 $US (estimé)
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    • Durée
      • 1h 42min(102 min)
    • Mixage
      • Mono
    • Rapport de forme
      • 1.66 : 1

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