St. Agatha

Despite all the cleverly delivered thriller antics it looks beautifully arranged bouquet of nothingness that gives no satisfaction to its audience.

If you like to be on the edge of your seat while also being stimulated with excellent writing and acting, go see this movie.

I wish I could say there was a twist or something super exciting and unpredictable that happens but there just isn't.

October 1957, Georgia. Mary (Sabrina Kern ) is a young girl who becomes pregnant. Her boyfriend cannot support her, so she goes to St. Agatha, a local convent that specializes in helping pregnant teens. They are no longer connected to the church because of their "methods." A sign that says. "Get Out" in my book. As you can guess, this is an adoption agency for money and the methods are extremely cruel, but there is nothing supernatural in the feature. Mary's story is told in dream flashbacks. A rather average film, Mediocre script. The dialogue was lacking. Guide: No swearing. Brief sex. Brief Nudity (Sabrina Kern)

Fellow hardcore horror film fans will love "St. Agatha." What sets this film apart from many horror films is its plausibility: this Could Happen (particularly in the late '50s when it is set, an important aspect some nay-sayer "reviewers" may overlook). Horror master Darren Lynn Bouseman knows how to build suspense and the extreme creepiness factor. Sabrina Kern as the hapless (though not entirely helpless) Mary nee Agatha, dominates the film even when her character is at her most vulnerable. Trin Millar is electrifying as the stoic, sadistic Paula, who always seems about half a step away from doing something horrific, generally reigned in by the far more terrifying Mother Superior, played with evil pleasantness by Carolyn Hennesy. This is quite an achievement should not go overlooked, and is best viewed at the cinema with a theatrical audience while you can. Understandably I look to forward to seeing what else is up DLB's sleeve for his next project/s.

It's all just a bunch of words. It doesn't go anywhere. It did catch me at the beginning then lost me 2 mins in

You may be fed up with movies about nuns or you may be excited for them. Now that is something for you to decide. But when it comes to the horror, this is quite decent. Also try not to compare it with the Nun itself (the Conjuring universe one that is), although I do think that both have their merits and are about on the same level for different reasons. Now this is more down and dirty, while the other one is more glossy. This also has quite a few cliches in it. If you can deal with them, mixed with very weak character choices (though some may call them "real", at least under the circumstances), than this movie will be entertaining and it will have you on the edge of your seat.

I can't understand why this waste of time was rated 6/10. It has to improve a lot to be a terrible movie. No sense, no story, no logical plot. A movie to forget.

I think,i understand why....its not a horror,its an intense psychological thriller. there is absolutely no horror in it,which disappoints a lot of people.But what an amazing movie if you give it a chance! there are some plot holes and the ending somewhat really unrealistic,but the tension is incredible throughout all film.Personally I liked it a lot.

Before I complain, let me just say that the acting in St. Agatha is great. The players use every opportunity to try and ease a confused and messy script, but even with their best intentions at heart it really felt that this film couldn't be saved. Opening with the feeling of a modern Gothic horror, St. Agatha really shows some promise in the early scenes, the director seeming to have followed Tobe Hooper's classic, less can be more, principle. Unfortunately as the film develops, the subtle scenes descend into more gruesome and direct gore and you end up wishing for the implied threat. As it would certainly have given the whole film more gravitas than the shock moments which made the audience I watched it with giggle. When you see a horror film which has been penned by multiple writers, you're always concerned that an original vision has been overwritten with someone else's take, and this film provides that sense in droves. Some establishing ideas merely drift into the sunset to never be scene again, and there's a lack of consistency throughout. Sometimes we're told the women are monitored at all times, but as the number whittles down, Mary/Agatha, seems to be able to wander about freely. Some scenes are ploddingly written, such as when Mary/Agatha can phone the police, and you simply know that whoever turns up is going to be duped - especially when another policeman turns up out of the blue in a remote location. People are condemned for trying to escape, but are then given access to candles and matches and the list simply goes on. One really telling moment being the point where they're trying to break Mary and get her to conform to being Agatha, which fails to convince at all. Yet again, not the actors faults, who seem to be crying out for some clearer instruction from both director and script. To its credit, I stayed to the end in the hopes things would improve, and St. Agatha's is certainly not the worst horror film I have seen. But I really can't find anything apart from what has already been mentioned to compliment it.