One of the first images inConsecrationis anunpointing a gunslinger — an immediate meter reading of the film’sspooky religious theme , as well as its leaning to not be subtle about them . Fortunately , arresting Scottish scenery , a strong performance byJena Malone , and a somewhat challenging mystery help balance that out .
“ I used to conceive in nothing . Now I ’m not so sure , ” Grace ( Malone ) assure us at the beginning . Considering Grace essay to be an treacherous teller , it ’s best to approach what she says and sees with a STD of disbelief , since her compass point of view include hallucination and disconcerting flashback . raspingly real , however , is the fact that her brother Michael , a priest , has died at an obscure convent in Scotland under disturbing circumstance . He ’s the only family that matter to her — thanksgiving was take over and does n’t know anything about her background — so she travels from London to investigate .
The local police detective ( Thoren Ferguson ) is amazingly hold , as is Father Romero ( Danny Huston ) , who ’s been sent from the Vatican to re - consecrate the Christian church . Less friendly are the resident nuns and their Mother Superior ( Janet Suzman ) , who are part of what the cop calls an “ extreme sect ” and who blame Father Michael ’s destruction on “ a demon . ” Mount Saviour Convent itself is a picturesque but minacious place , marked by an quake - damaged cliffside chapel service that dates back to the Crusades .
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gracility is immediately affected both physically and mentally ; after a fainting patch sends her tumbling into the ocean , she ’s bequeath without a cell headphone and nothing to wear upon except a loaner nun ’s riding habit . Reading Michael ’s journals helps take back store of their troubled puerility , as well as feed her growing suspicion that there ’s a cover - up afoot regarding his death . All the while , she ’s plagued by violent visions of the past and future that guide the audience to patchwork together the real rationality Michael was draw to Mount Saviour in the first place … and why everyone is ostensibly acting so queerly around Grace .
Directed and co - written by Christopher Smith ( The Banishing ) , Consecration hits a turning point where All Is Revealed , which means the audience gets out of call up too much about whether or not its pieces actually jibe together . If Grace ’s journey feels a bit obvious in the remainder — this is a movie where a fibre who can “ see ” things also bump to be an oculus physician — at least Malone , who does a convincing British accent , makes it a reasonably enchant one . And if you fag gothic horror , wind - swept wrecking , and spiritual trickery , Consecration has all three in horde .
Consecration go far in theaters Friday , February 10 .
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