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      Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice

      R 1988 1 hr. 24 min. Horror List
      Reviews 4% 50+ Ratings Audience Score An American woman (Laura Schaefer) and a monk (Timothy Van Patten) investigate an Italian monastery plagued by supernatural forces. Read More Read Less

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      kevin c Deep in the catacombs of a European monastery, a long imprisoned demon is kept, until a beautiful woman arrives to the monastery to study and wanders down there and inadvertently frees it. Decent flick with cool makeup effects for the demon. Otherwise not a lot happens. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Yes, you may notice that the fourth Curse move was made two years after the third. We can blame that on the fact that it was the last officially completed film by Empire Pictures before the company was seized for failure to pay on loans. This delayed the movie by five years and TriStar Home Video released it direct-to-video as Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice with no connection to The Curse, The Curse II: The Bite or The Curse III: Blood Sacrifice. It's directed and written by David Schmoeller, whose Tourist Trap and Puppet Master are both great movies. Teacher Elizabeth Magrino arrives at the Abbey of San Pietro en Valle to see the abbey's first Prior had his vision healed within the catacombs thanks to the Miracle of the Celestial Light. There's also the issue of a demon that had been trapped in the monastery that has now possessed an albino leper, which is really a sentence that you should go back and read again. Making this movie work is a solid Italian crew, including cinematography by Sergio Salvati (The Beyond, The House by the Cemetery), a score by Pino Donaggio and production design by Giovanni Natalucci (Once Upon a Time in America, The Stendhal Syndrome). There's one scene worth watching this movie for, as a possessed statue of Jesus remembers how amazing The Eerie Midnight Horror Show was and gets down off the cross and kills a monk. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review tom k Beautiful location and a decent premise, but the ending was forced and just doesn't fit with the rest of the scenes and story. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Blegh. I was bored to tears. Something about a monster blocked up in a monastery. Religious horror hijinks ensue. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I'm usually a big fan of cheesy Charles Band horror productions, but this was was pretty bad. The story is about a demon trapped in a monastery 400 years ago who gets inadvertently released. This film is lacking any kind of knowing campiness, which makes most Band productions unpretentiously entertaining, with camp ranging from subtle, such as "From Beyond," to the ridiculous (and ridiculously fun) "Killjoy" films. This production simply did not have the budget or behind the scenes talent to pull off something like "The Exorcist" or "The Church," which this film clearly wanted to be. The film does boast a classy score by Pino Donaggio, but that's about it. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I give this movie a star for having really good atmosphere, but that's all it is, just a creepy tour of an old castle. No horror. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      C.H. Newell Father Son Holy Gore Catacombs a.k.a Curse IV: The Ultimate Sacrifice packs its runtime with Gothic religious history and explores the Roman Catholic Church's repression of desire and sexuality. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 29, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis An American woman (Laura Schaefer) and a monk (Timothy Van Patten) investigate an Italian monastery plagued by supernatural forces.
      Director
      David Schmoeller
      Executive Producer
      Charles Band
      Screenwriter
      Giovanni Natalucci, R. Barker Price
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Oct 29, 2013
      Sound Mix
      Surround