Posts Tagged ‘catholic-priest’

Stigmata (1999)

Monday, May 7th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Arquette, Patricia | Byrne, Gabriel | Pryce, Jonathan | Long, Nia | Kopache, Thomas | Serbedzija, Rade | Colantoni, Enrico | Latessa, Dick | de Rossi, Portia | Muldoon, Patrick | Cusack, Ann | Toub, Shaun | Hodges, Tom | Hazan, Lydia | Duke, Shaun
Directors: Wainwright, Rupert
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A priest from the Vatican is sent in to investigate claims that a small town in Brazil has a church where statues bleed from the eyes. Meanwhile, a young woman in the U.S. begins to show signs of stigmata, the wounds of Christ. The priest from the Vatican links up with her and cares for her as she is increasingly afflicted by the stigmata. Her ranting and raving finally begins to make sense to the priest who starts to question what his religion has stood for for the last 1900 years.

Amityville Horror, The (2005)

Sunday, February 4th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: USA
Actors: Reynolds, Ryan | George, Melissa | James, Jesse | Bennett, Jimmy | Moretz, Chloe | Nichols, Rachel | Hall, Philip Baker | Conner, Isabel | Donaldson, Brendan | Armour, Annabel | Komenich, Rich | Gee, David | McCarthy, Danny | Lollar, Nancy | Taitano, José
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George & Kathy Lutz and Kathy’s 3 children are moving into an elegant Long Island home. What they don’t know is that 6 gruesome murders were committed there the year before - Ronald DeFeo Jr., the oldest son in the family, murdered his parents, his 2 brothers & 2 sisters by shooting them with a .35 caliber in November of 1974. No sooner are the Lutzes moved into the house than they begin seeing horrible things - the ghost of Jodie DeFeo, horribly disfigured bodies - and hearing ghostly voices throughout the house. George seems to notice it the most, and it isn’t long before he becomes a danger to those around him. When the local priest, called in to bless the house, comes charging out in horror after being swarmed by flies, he issues a dire warning to Kathy - ‘Leave that house’. But will they be able to escape before the house and its vengeful spirits take control of George - and make him into a deadly menace?

Laramie Project, The (2002)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Crime | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Ricci, Christina | Buscemi, Steve | Linney, Laura | Phoenix, Summer
Directors: Kaufman, Moisés
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‘Moisés Kaufman’ (qv) and members of New York’s Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, Wyoming after the murder of ‘Matthew Shepard (I)’ (qv). This is a film version of the play they wrote based on more than 200 interviews they conducted in Laramie. It follows and in some cases re-enacts the chronology of Shepherd’s visit to a local bar, his kidnap and beating, the discovery of him tied to a fence, the vigil at the hospital, his death and funeral, and the trial of his killers. It mixes real news reports with actors portraying friends, family, cops, killers, and other Laramie residents in their own words. It concludes with a Laramie staging of “Angels in America” a year after Shephard’s death.