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‘Immaculate’ Review: Sydney Sweeney Delivers a Miraculous Performance in an Unholy and Slightly Uneven Horror Flick
Helmer Michael Mohan and star Sydney Sweeney reteam for horror in the Italian countryside as a virginal nun has an unwanted pregnancy in 'Immaculate.'
A resting home for older sisters to spend their final days, it seems from the nun (Simona Tabasco) trying to make a break for it in its energetic opening sequence, age doesn’t prevent novitiates from dying there too. In order to get there, the film inorganically leans heavily on a few well-executed but empty jump scares and unusually loud sound effects to unsettle, along with the threat of these black-hooded figures with red face masks who look cool but whose presence and reach is never entirely addressed. After dispatching one of her captors, a long take that runs the full gamut of emotions from what she’s done to whether she’s saved herself with her actions with the camera staying on her face is extraordinary, only outdone by a riveting finale where her reactions say it all — and probably spares the film an NC-17 rating.
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