Immaculate Reviews: Best Horror Movie in 2024
American horror movie Immaculate, written and directed by Andrew Lobel in 2024, is set in the Midwest. Starring are Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli, Dora Romano, Giorgio Colangeli, Simona Tabasco, and Sydney Sweeney, who also produced. The story revolves around a young novice who receives an invitation to live in a beautiful convent in Italy but gradually learns of the horrifying secrets it holds.
On March 12, 2024, Immaculate made its cinematic debut at South by Southwest. On March 22, 2024, Neon distributed the film in theaters nationwide. The movie brought in over $27 million globally and had favorable reviews.
Overview
| Immaculate (2024 film) | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Michael Mohan |
| Written by | Andrew Lobel |
| Produced by | David Bernard Sydney Sweeney Jonathan Davino Teddy Schwarzman Michael Heimler |
| Starring | Sydney Sweeney Álvaro Morte Benedetta Porcaroli Dora Romano Giorgio Colangeli Simona Tabasco |
| Cinematography | Elisha Christian |
| Edited by | Christian Masini |
| Music by | Will Bates |
| Production companies | Black Bear Pictures Fifty-Fifty Films Middle Child Pictures |
| Distributed by | Neon (United States) Black Bear International (International) |
| Release dates | March 12, 2024 (SXSW) March 22, 2024 (United States) |
| Running time | 89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English Italian |
| Budget | $9 million |
| Box office | $27.2 million |
| IMDB Rating | 5.8/10, 31K Voting |
Synopsis
Sister Mary covertly enters a Roman Catholic convent’s sealed gates at night and takes a ring of keys to flee. Her leg is broken by four hooded individuals, who subsequently render her comatose. Afterward, Mary is buried alive and awakens in a casket.
Sister Cecilia was a young novice who converted to Christianity at a young age. Cecilia believes God saved her for a reason after surviving drowning in a freezing lake and being pronounced dead for seven minutes. Father Sal Tedeschi extends an invitation to Maria to join an Italian monastery that cares for dying nuns. After making her last commitment to follow the evangelical counsels, Cecilia becomes a nun and wears a rosary.
After becoming friends with Sister Gwen, Cecilia notices several strange things, such as an elderly nun who has scars on the bottoms of her feet that resemble crosses. The Holy Nail, which crucified Jesus, is kept in the convent chapel. Cecilia is horrified to find that she is pregnant despite being a virgin, following a series of dreams in which she sees hooded creatures. Many of the residents of the convent refer to the infant as a “blessing” and start treating her as the next Virgin Mary.
Envious of Cecilia, Sister Isabelle, tries to drown her and then ends her life. Cecilia becomes sicker and loses one of her teeth. Father Tedeschi denies her desire to be taken to an appropriate hospital. After openly criticizing the convent authorities for this aberration, Gwen is removed by Father Tedeschi and Deacon Enzo.
When Cecilia opens her file, she is horrified to learn of the accident she had as a youngster. She follows after hearing a lady cry, and to her horror, she sees a hooded figure severing Gwen’s tongue. When an elderly nun shows up, Cecilia is silenced. The elder chastises her, telling her that she will never leave the convent, despite her pleas to go.
To get to the hospital, Cecilia pretends to have miscarried, but when people catch her in the lie, she gets locked up. Tedeschi reveals that before becoming a priest, he worked as a geneticist and impregnated nuns using DNA samples from the Holy Nail in an attempt to bring in a new messiah. Tedeschi made multiple unsuccessful efforts before Cecilia, frequently ending in deformed fetuses. Tedeschi imprints a cross, a mark shared by numerous other nuns, on Cecilia’s foot.
Cecilia tries to get away once more. She uses a crucifix to beat Mother Superior to death, and soon afterward, her water breaks. After successfully strangling the cardinal with her rosary, she pours ethanol into Tedeschi’s lab. Tedeschi shows up and tries to physically stop her, but Cecilia manages to get away by using a lighter to ignite the ethanol.
After putting out the fires, Tedeschi escapes the laboratory and relentlessly pursues Cecilia, driving her into the convent’s underground catacombs. Cecilia discovers a hole in the catacomb’s walls and Gwen’s disfigured body. She is about to get away when Tedeschi discovers her, and a struggle starts. While Tedeschi tries to sever Cecilia’s stomach, she stabs him in the throat with the relic of the Holy Nail that she had earlier taken from the chapel. Cecilia gives delivery painfully and chews through the umbilical cord herself after leaving the tombs. The sight of the baby, which is heard making odd, animalistic noises, horrifies her. Cecilia staggers off to pick up and move a nearby rock,
Cast
| According To Immaculate Movie: Cast & Role | |
|---|---|
| Sydney Sweeney | Plays Sister Cecilia. |
| Álvaro Morte | Played Father Sal Tedeschi. |
| Dora Romano | Works as Mother Superior. |
| Benedetta Porcaroli | Plays Sister Gwen. |
| Giorgio Colangeli | Plays Cardinal Franco Merola. |
| Simona Tabasco | Plays Sister Mary. |
| Giulia Heathfield Di Renzi | Plays Sister Isabelle. |
| while Giampiero Judica | Plays Doctor Gallo. |
| Giuseppe Lo Piccolo | Plays Deacon Enzo. |
Box Office Performance
Immaculate has made $15.6 million in revenue in the US and Canada and $11.5 million in other regions as of April 29, 2024, for a total of $27 million worldwide.
Immaculate, which opened in theaters alongside Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and Late Night with the Devil in the US and Canada, was expected to bring in about $5 million during its first distribution weekend from 2,354 locations. After earning $2 million on its opening day, the movie debuted at $5.3 million, placing fourth overall and creating the greatest opening weekend in Neon’s history. In its second weekend, it fell 36% to $3.3 million, placing it fifth.
