- Actors: Herbert Lom, Kelly Curtis, Michel Adatte, Tomas Arana
- Directors: Michele Soavi, Dario Argento
- Format: PAL, Import
- Language English, Italian
- Subtitles: Italian
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.66:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: U
- Studio: Cecchi Gori
- DVD Release Date: 12 Sep 2002
- Run Time: 116 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- ASIN: B000IMV3PQ
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 46,760 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A school teacher...
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!!!WARNING. MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!!!
The film starts with a prologue set in California in 1970, where a group of hippies are slaughtered as part of a satanic ritual by a demented cult led by Damon(Tomos Arana). Damon approaches a car nearby following the murders expecting reward, but is told by an off-screen voice that he is to be patient, as it is not yet time.
The film then moves on to Germany, 21 years later. A schoolteacher Miriam(Kelly Curtis) is involved in an accident with an elderly, dishevelled man Moebius Kelly(Herbert Lom). Worrying about the man she has knocked over, Miriam takes Moebius back to her house to look after him until his condition improves. In fact his condition worsens, and Miriam rushes out to fetch the local doctor. Bad move, as soon as she has gone, Moebius Kelly sets about completing a diabolical plan many years in the making. It soon becomes apparent that Miriam and her friends are in terrible danger from a devilish cult eager to bring an ultimate evil into the world...
I think La Setta is a film that is impossible to criticise. I am a big fan of Soavi's work, as he is also responsible for such great genre films such as Dellamorte Dellamore, La Chiesa and Stagefright. This film is as visually stunning as the others on Soavi's resume, not suprising as he was a pupil of Argento.
I think La Setta would be best described as a waking nightmare, as once Moebius places a long extinct insect onto Miriam, an insect that reaches into her mind, things get very strange indeed. Even though the plot is explained towards the end, many questions are left unanswered. It starts to resemble Rosemary's Baby towards the end, in engineering a creepy, disturbing atmosphere through the insiduous entrapment of Miriam's body and soul by Moebius and his fervent followers.
Herbert Lom is excellent as Moebius, changing from doddery old man to devilish conspiritor with the greatest of ease. Curtis is also very good as Miriam, but the actors are all secondary to the dreamlike visuals.
I think La Setta is a film that needs to be watched more than once to appreciate its subtle nuances. Please don't be put off by the less than fluid narrative, as if you make it to the end you will be surely rewarded. Howevert, it does remain a lesser work when compared to Soavi's other efforts in the director's chair. That's not really meant as a criticism, as Soavi's other film set the bar very high indeed.
A very enjoyable film, available in this release with both Italian and English audio, and with optional subtitles. Nice extras too. 4 out of 5
The film starts with a prologue set in California in 1970, where a group of hippies are slaughtered as part of a satanic ritual by a demented cult led by Damon(Tomos Arana). Damon approaches a car nearby following the murders expecting reward, but is told by an off-screen voice that he is to be patient, as it is not yet time.
The film then moves on to Germany, 21 years later. A schoolteacher Miriam(Kelly Curtis) is involved in an accident with an elderly, dishevelled man Moebius Kelly(Herbert Lom). Worrying about the man she has knocked over, Miriam takes Moebius back to her house to look after him until his condition improves. In fact his condition worsens, and Miriam rushes out to fetch the local doctor. Bad move, as soon as she has gone, Moebius Kelly sets about completing a diabolical plan many years in the making. It soon becomes apparent that Miriam and her friends are in terrible danger from a devilish cult eager to bring an ultimate evil into the world...
I think La Setta is a film that is impossible to criticise. I am a big fan of Soavi's work, as he is also responsible for such great genre films such as Dellamorte Dellamore, La Chiesa and Stagefright. This film is as visually stunning as the others on Soavi's resume, not suprising as he was a pupil of Argento.
I think La Setta would be best described as a waking nightmare, as once Moebius places a long extinct insect onto Miriam, an insect that reaches into her mind, things get very strange indeed. Even though the plot is explained towards the end, many questions are left unanswered. It starts to resemble Rosemary's Baby towards the end, in engineering a creepy, disturbing atmosphere through the insiduous entrapment of Miriam's body and soul by Moebius and his fervent followers.
Herbert Lom is excellent as Moebius, changing from doddery old man to devilish conspiritor with the greatest of ease. Curtis is also very good as Miriam, but the actors are all secondary to the dreamlike visuals.
I think La Setta is a film that needs to be watched more than once to appreciate its subtle nuances. Please don't be put off by the less than fluid narrative, as if you make it to the end you will be surely rewarded. Howevert, it does remain a lesser work when compared to Soavi's other efforts in the director's chair. That's not really meant as a criticism, as Soavi's other film set the bar very high indeed.
A very enjoyable film, available in this release with both Italian and English audio, and with optional subtitles. Nice extras too. 4 out of 5
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20 Sep 2005
Co-written by Dario Argento and directed by Michele Soavi, the man behind the brilliant CEMETERY MAN, THE DEVIL'S DAUGHTER is kinda like ROSEMARY'S BABY except that there is no sense of doom, it's set in the country and the woman is not made love to by a big demon, but instead a large pelican-buzzard looking bird that eats worms out of the gaping hole on the woman's neck...but I'm getting ahead of myself.
A satanic cult is going around killing people in some cool scenes at the beginning then some old codger stands out in the middle of the road and a woman nearly hits him. Without a second thought she takes the man to her house where as soon as she falls asleep he implants an icky looking bug in her nose! Oh I'm gonna faint. The bug does some freaky stuff inside her and a killer handkerchief starts running around possessing people or something. People die and the satanic cult sets up shop in the girl's basement, tears some broad's face off, chases people around, explosions, a rabbit bites a guy and I fell asleep.
Made between the time Soavi made the entertaining THE CHURCH and a few years before CEMETERY MAN this movie has it moments, but it never really caught my attention. If you're into the European horror stuff then you should check it out.
A satanic cult is going around killing people in some cool scenes at the beginning then some old codger stands out in the middle of the road and a woman nearly hits him. Without a second thought she takes the man to her house where as soon as she falls asleep he implants an icky looking bug in her nose! Oh I'm gonna faint. The bug does some freaky stuff inside her and a killer handkerchief starts running around possessing people or something. People die and the satanic cult sets up shop in the girl's basement, tears some broad's face off, chases people around, explosions, a rabbit bites a guy and I fell asleep.
Made between the time Soavi made the entertaining THE CHURCH and a few years before CEMETERY MAN this movie has it moments, but it never really caught my attention. If you're into the European horror stuff then you should check it out.
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