Immaculate

A really charismatic actor can supercharge even the most stolid genre fare, and that’s what Sweeney pulls off as the innocent but fast-learning Cecilia.

The movie’s shockeroo ending made me wince, and it made me laugh. It’s bad-gal blasphemy of the highest order.

Mohan, for his part, films with a great sense of space and frequently presents us with images that remain on the retina. [Full review in Spanish]

It becomes this weirdly, timely kind of inversion of Rosemary's Baby... and then it starts to get really interesting, far more interesting than I expected.

Immaculate is at times unsettling and the ending contains a strong shock element but the movie as a whole feels a little too familiar to engage its audience.

The scare factor is there, but it does go over the line in ways that aren't particularly profitable.

Sweeney is thrilling in Cecilia’s arc from wide-eyed purity to hellfire fury. Her final act is berserk.

For all of Immaculate’s blood, it could stand to be a little gutsier. Immaculate hints at deeper themes, but it’s hard to find fault with the film’s execution. It’s exactly as promised...gnarly, disarmingly funny, and the birth of a new scream-queen great

Immaculate complies with the precepts of traditional nunsploitation: the questioning of the world and patriarchal institutions... what is considered sacred and unshakable. [Full review in Spanish]

Terror of the greatest glory with an actress in permanent growth. [Full review in Spanish]