During the Middle Ages, the Teutonic Knights massacre a village of people accused of witchcraft, and after the slaughter, a cathedral is built on the site to contain the evil. This lasts until the eighties when an art restorer and a archivist accidentally break the seal. The chance of this was expected by the alchemist architect, who designed the building to lock down in case of Demons. And as these movies go, there's a diverse group of people in the church when it closes up- a school group, models and photographers for a photo shoot, tourists and parishioners.
They will, of course, die horribly.
The Church is the un-numbered third movie in the series started by Lamberto Bava, this instalment directed by Michele Soavi, who also directed the slasher movie Stage Fright as well as the Rupert Everett zombie movie, Cemetery Man.
It's a stylishly shot movie that balances contemporary Euro-ness of the late eighties with the timeless gothic atmosphere of the old cathedral that's the setting for more than three-quarters of the movie.
I think, so far, finding The Church, has been the highlight of my Shudder experience.
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