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Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's situation, a high-ranking cardinal requests that the Rev. Andrew Kiernan investigate her case. Soon Kiernan realizes that very sinister forces are at work, and tries to rescue Frankie from the entity that is plaguing her.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes22%
Metacritic28/100
Audiences rate it 34 points higher than critics do.
1,298 audience votes
Key crew
- Rupert WainwrightDirector
- Tom LazarusScreenplay
- Rick RamageScreenplay
- Elia CmiralOriginal Music Composer
- Billy CorganOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Patricia ArquetteFrankie Paige
- Gabriel ByrneFather Andrew Kiernan
- Jonathan PryceCardinal Daniel Houseman
- Nia LongDonna Chadway
- Thomas KopacheFather Durning
- Rade ŠerbedžijaMarion Petrocelli
- Enrico ColantoniFather Dario
- Dick LatessaFather Gianni Delmonico
- Portia De RossiJennifer Kelliho
- Patrick MuldoonSteven
- Ann CusackDr. Reston
- Shaun ToubDoctor
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Themes
faithvatican (holy see)religion and supernaturalmiraclepossessionclergymanatheistpriestdemonroman catholic churchdemonic possessionreligious horror