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    The Church
    a.k.a. The Church, Cathedral of Demons, Demons 3, La Chiesa Director: Michele Soavi Cast: Asia Argento

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    • DVD Release Date: 10/30/2007
    • Original Release: 1989
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 19,888

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    Theatrical trailer; Michele Soavi bio

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    Scene Index

    Disc #1 -- Church
    1. Program Start/Main Titles [1:38]
    2. Servant of Satan [3:14]
    3. Holy Slaughter [5:35]
    4. The Church [4:44]
    5. Legion [3:23]
    6. The Parchment [3:47]
    7. "The Devil Is Everywhere" [6:14]
    8. Little Liar [3:28]
    9. Apparitions [5:20]
    10. Hell Unleashed [5:17]
    11. Possession [3:43]
    12. Noise at the Window [3:37]
    13. Demon Lust [3:35]
    14. Reflection of Evil [5:04]
    15. Confession [4:31]
    16. Dark Rites [4:00]
    17. Fountain Terror [3:08]
    18. Bloody Bride [3:37]
    19. Deadly Secret [5:29]
    20. Subway Splatter [3:16]
    21. Young and Beautiful [3:43]
    22. Lotte's Memories [4:10]
    23. Bride of the Devil [5:39]
    24. Guided Tour [3:19]
    25. End Credits [2:05]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Originally intended as the third chapter in producer Dario Argento's Demons trilogy, La Chiesa stands alone as an effective horror film centering on a haunted cathedral with a violent past. The church's history begins in Medieval Italy, when the Knights Templar massacred an entire village of suspected Satanists and built the structure upon the site of the slain peasants' mass grave. Designed by an architect/alchemist (who was buried alive within his creation), the church is filled with elaborate machinery designed to seal off all entrances if ever the spirits of the entombed villagers were to rise again... which, of course, takes place in the present when the crypt's seal is removed. As demonic forces have their way with the church's occupants, it becomes the task of the parish priest (Hugh Quarshie) and a young girl (Asia Argento, daughter of Dario) to discover the builder's last line of defense before the evil is unleashed upon the outside world. Directed by Michele Soavi (who later gained critical acclaim with the inventive Dellamorte Dellamore), this is an imaginative Gothic horror film with startling imagery straight out of a Hieronymous Bosch painting and its own well-conceived mythology. Shots of the church's elaborate Medieval machines grinding to life are particularly memorable. Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide

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    May 16, 2008: Though not as accomplished as his later Cemetery Man, Dario Argento/Lamberto Bava protege Michele Soavi delivers a fast-paced and fun horror movie that is head and shoulders above the two Demons films that it was meant to follow, as well as a marked improvement over the interesting but flawed Stagefright that Soavi had previously helmed. This is horror done on a grand scale, but still focused on individuals in a manner reminiscent of the original Dawn of the Dead. Tomas Arana, familiar from dozens of later Hollywood films, is the lead and does a very good job of transitioning from heroic lead to possessed murderer without resorting to cliches. The film is perhaps a little over-stuffed with homages to classic horror particularly the Shining and Rosemary's Baby, but fans of the genre will appreciate their use, and Soavi gets points for referencing his influences in a direct fashion, rather than stealing from them and pretending he's just invented the wheel. All in all, the Church is a fun movie with some good splatter, some really cool visuals, and Asia Argento in one of her last appearences as an innocent girl, before her graduation to femme fatale status. Watch it in the dark with some friends, and enjoy.