The Devil's Daughter

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cory t 'The Devil's Daughter' is an edgy, atmospherically ethereal cult classic from Italian producer Dario Argento and it adheres closely to Argento's penchant for dream logic but, contrary to the recent travesty 'Lords of Salem', director Michele Soavi intermingles beautifully frothy, idyllic reveries with the macabre (such as one spellbinding sequence in which Miriam's white robe is tethered to ropes and inexplicably a hideous stork-like creature materializes and pecks ravenously into her neck). Herbert Lom's schizophrenic, erratic behavior endears him as a Ernest Hemingway doppelganger who raves that religion "helps you die". Lom is definitely a shuddering presence in his short-lived cameo and the audience is ambivalent about his true intentions. The white-rabbit semiotics lend the film a fairy tale whimsy but it is quickly violated by the infernal circumstances. Of course, satanic-sect movies normally encroach into conspiratorial silliness involving dozens of peripheral characters, but 'The Devil's Daughter' is pretty airtight structurally and the intermittent goofiness (ala a fertility-symbolic insect that is implanted into Miriam's nostril) is offset by otherworldly stylishness (a handheld shot of water traveling through the pipes recalls early Peter Jackson and Sam Raimi). Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Un film che come trama ricorda rosemary baby, con un finale che lascia perplessi e alcuni momenti registici da telefilm tedesco, altri invece molto interessanti. Il film ha una bupna tensione pero', come detto prima, alcuen parti vanno altre no e soprattutto e' estremamente confuso e la trama sembra un po' raffazzonata. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Good enough surrealistic effort--Another delight from Michele Soavi!! Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member I like this film it's good but how come she never questions the presence of a multi-level temple in her basement? Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Stylish gothic horror. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member As with the earlier <i>La Chiesa (The Church)</i>, one comes away from <i>La Setta (The Sect)</i> feeling that if only Michele Soavi could get over the fact that he rather enjoyed <i>Rosemary's Baby</i>, he'd be eminently capable of making something extraordinary all of his own. To be honest, I haven't seen anything he made after this movie, so he may well have done it for all I know. Again, as with <i>La Chiesa</i>, Soavi pulls off some stunning visual coups and generates a strong atmosphere, though occasionally his set-pieces fail to deliver on the promise of their careful build-up, suggesting an unfavourable style to substance ratio. In particular, there is a wonderfully tense mortuary scene involving a coffin and a can-opener that peters out with an anti-climactic whimper. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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