The Sect (La setta)

my favorite thing about this movie is that it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever

haley

Leader of a hippie cult partners with possessed handkerchief and channel-surfing rabbit to invoke hell baby as the embodiment of their revenge against God. Hijinks ensue.

CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️

Spooktober IV: Morte all'italiana So for this year’s Spooktober I’d be diving deep into the rich world of Italian horror, from classic and underseen giallo to thriller and Cannibal stuff. And we begin with this film produced and co-written by Dario Argento with Michele…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

A trippy surreal take on Rosemary's Baby from Argento protégé Michele Soavi. The Sect focuses on a devil worshipping cult that have a schoolteacher in their sights for some esoteric purpose. A brutal opening scene sets up a surprisingly freewheeling narrative - a few things…

Slig001

like a dark comedy almost. gorgeous cinematography and compositions. a few boring characters tho. score was abrasive and usually that worked in its favor. I’d write more, I really liked it, but I just found out Grant Morrison loved The People’s Joker and it’s kinda all I…

Vera Drew

Somewhere between the semi-insanity of The Church and the full-tilt bananas of Cemetery Man, lies this surreal early 90’s horror tale from the amazing Michele Soavi. A young woman hits an old man with her car but soon discovers his ties to a satanic cult...and the fact…

Tony the Terror

As I always say: show me a movie with nose bugs, sentient rabbits, and the shroud of Herbert Lom and I’ll show you a good time! Once again, I wish I hadn’t read the description of this movie that makes it sound like another Rosemary’s Baby. The film itself merely hints at…

Digital Press

Hooptober 11, pt.2- Sect-sual Healing 2/6 Countries (USA, Italy) 2/8 Decades (2010s, 1990s) 1/4- Cinema Italiano 1/1- Michele Soavi 3rd Michele Soavi (after Stage Fright and Cemetery Man) Italian horror is often three exceptional images in a sea of nonsense. The Sect…

Doc Lyon

"The Sect" is a 1991 supernatural horror slasher directed by Michele Soavi. As Soavi dived into the recesses of ancient evils in his prior film "The Church" (1989), "The Sect" uses something of the same temperament looking into the evils of ancient satanic cults. As "The…

Blake Bergman "Various Spaghetti"