Film: Immaculate  
Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli, Dora Romano, Giorgio Colangeli, Simona Tabasco, Giampiero Judica, Niccolò Senni
Director: Michael Mohan
Rating: 3/5
Runtime: 89 min.

‘Immaculate’ scripted by Andrew Lobel is a smart horror-thriller that uses religious iconography and beliefs to raise the bar on ‘horror’ storytelling. This film actually has a well-defined story to tell. The narrative harbors around a remote convent where withered old Nuns are sent to breathe their last in convalescent comfort. Cecilia (Sydney Sweeney) is the novice Nun transferred there to firm up her vows. She is welcomed warmly into the cloister but soon finds herself experiencing unspeakable horrors in the name of resurrecting a more than 3000 year old past.

Cecilia’s devotion comes from an incident in her youth - her having survived a childhood accident on a frozen lake that should have killed her. And she is chosen for the experiment mainly because her virtue has been tested and has been found unquestionable. Of course, Cecilia is just a clueless pawn in the whole set-up.