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Somewhen in the 1970s, convent schoolgirls Jodi (Kate Lý Johnston),
Lori (Baracha) and Peg (Elizabeth Rath) grow so fed up about the physical
abuse experienced at the hands of the school's head teacher Father
Munhauser (Randy Masters) that they decide to make an escape to
Munhauser's cottage in the country to investigate an urban legend about a
botched up exorcism and subsequent death of one of his students, Mary
(Hannah Dunsley-Ricechester). And going through Munhauser's notes at the
cottage they learn some unsettling things, including that Munhauser and
his herbalist wife Ruth (Kelley Poling) experimented on the poor girl.
Thing is, Mary still seems to haunt the place, so much so that our
heroines decide to get in touch with her - and knowing little about actual
séances they decide it might help to take turns wearing Mary's nightgown.
Problem is, this actually works, but it doesn't just get the girls in
touch with Mary, it opens a portal for demons of all sorts, with our girls
knowing nothing in terms of demon-fighting ... As is the case
with many of director Jared Masters' films, this one has a definite
retro-feel to it - and it's not just in sets and props, the slightly
over-saturated colour palette used, and the rather voyeuristic camerawork,
it's also in the story that doesn't care too much about explaining things
away, has a certain esoteric twang to it, and goes for effective
setpieces, and even the film's rather care-free use of Christian
iconography. All this results in a very enjoyable throwback piece of
horror cinema that's pretty much sure to strike a chord with the dedicated
genre fan.
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