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The Convent [DVD] [2000]
 
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The Convent [DVD] [2000]

DVD ~ Joanna Canton
3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Joanna Canton, Richard Trapp, Dax Miller, Renée Graham, Liam Kyle Sullivan
  • Directors: Mike Mendez
  • Writers: Chaton Anderson
  • Producers: Chaton Anderson, Bernard Natalino, Brian Walker, Elliot Metz, Jed Nolan
  • Format: Full Screen, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 18
  • Studio: Metrodome Distribution
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Oct 2005
  • Run Time: 76 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004U3YA
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 30,763 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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With tongue firmly in cheek throughout, The Convent piles on the gross-out gore. A group of college kids take a midnight trip to a deserted convent school which 40 years earlier was the scene of a massacre by a wayward convent schoolgirl called Christine. What they don't know is that the long dead and mightily peeved souls of the murdered nuns are still stalking the premises. The demonic nuns liquidate a succession of dumb and dumber teens in order to steal their souls. Among the potential victims are a virgin Goth, a jive-talkin' jock and a pair of effeminate, flouncing Satanists. Coolio cameos as a likeably corrupt cop whose bark is worse than his bite. The humour fluctuates between goofy and just plain stupid. But director Mike Mendez thankfully bypasses the Scream blueprint for slasher flicks. The Convent provides strictly irony-free screams, harking back instead to classics like Halloween and Nightmare On Elm Street. Horror veteran Adrienne Barbeau shows up as the adult Christine, strapped with an arsenal that would make even Charlton Heston blush and ready to wreak revenge on her convent school education all over again.

On The DVD: The DVD features static menus and extras are limited to a theatrical trailer and cast and crew filmographies. The main feature is presented as a clear transfer in 4:3 full frame format with Dolby Digital 2.0 sound. --Chris Campion

Special Features
4:3 Full Frame
DVD 5
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Dolby Digital 2.0
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Trailer
Cast Filmographies
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece of comedy, 1 Nov 2005
By G. Baker "bookworm" (UK) - See all my reviews
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I'm a great fan of horror films that don't take themselves seriously. This is one of the funniest Z movies i've ever seen, from the opening scene to the final credits, I pretty much laughed all the way through. It's the perfect film for having a few friends round, with some beers late at night.yes, the actings not great, yes the plot's fairly unbelieavable (but so are a of horror films), yes the special effects are negliable, but the script is hilarious. All the horror cliches are in force, demonic nuns, posessions, group of teenagers, virgins and statanists - it's an absolute joy.

Don't take it too seriously and you'll probably love it.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Flesh eating mother superiors, 11 Nov 2008
By Mr. Jonathon T. Beckett "vampire lover" (Dracula's Crypt) - See all my reviews
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At the beginning we see a woman burst into the convent and massacre the nuns and priest. Years later a group of college students break into the boarded up convent only for evil forces to kill them one by one.
Not much of a plot, and the acting on the whole is terrible, but this is really good fun, high on cheese and gore with no intentions above entertaining its audience. Theres a group of ineffectual devil worshippers, whose leader has taken a masterclass in the Mike Raven school of acting, and the undead students/nuns look great. The film belongs to avenging 'angel' Christine(played by Horror stalwart Adrienne Barbeau) who seriously kicks some beelzebub butt, and theres a hilarious ending.
Just dont come to this film with any lofty expectations, and just enjoy it for what it is, a camp low budget B-Horror with its tongue firmly in its cheek, and you'll find plenty to enjoy. 3 out of 5
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1.0 out of 5 stars CHEAP SPLATTER, 26 Oct 2008
à la "From Dusk till Dawn" which it in many ways resembles. Very cheap effects and a non-existing story don't make it any better. Mike Mendez disappoints fully with this nonsense. Nowhere as good as his previous film "MIKE MENDEZ' KILLERS".
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2.0 out of 5 stars Well, I've seen worse...
... but thankfully not very often.

If it hadn't been for the stylish opening sequence where a teenage schoolgirl, cigarette clenched between her teeth, bludgeons,... Read more
Published 15 months ago by IanW

1.0 out of 5 stars Horror gone stupid. Spoof gone wrong. What a let down!!
Who are these people who describe this trash as a 'masterpiece'? Without exaggeration 'The Convent' is the most shallow, muddling and poorly devised film I've seen in many years... Read more
Published on 24 April 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the funniest films I have seen in my life!
Pure entertainment,from start to finish! Best scene has to be with Brant and the Satanist...I was laughing for ages! Read more
Published on 24 Mar 2002 by Cat (the_angel_with_the_scabbe...

4.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining!
If cheesy mid night horor flicks are your thing then get this! It`s a rollercoaster of laughs, gore, horror,sex,drugs and satanism! Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars Best horror movie released in 2000!
Let me begin by saying that this movie is incredibly hilarious. Hilarious, in my world, means lots of blood and lots of sacrilege. The nuns crack me up constantly... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2002 by Julian Titus

3.0 out of 5 stars Adrienne Barbeau is great as a Lara Croft type Character
The Story line is pretty good,but the special effects are quite lame.if this movie would have been made with a bigger budget it would have been much better. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars Scared me to death
What can be said about this masterpiece. It is a truely terrifying piece of work. The efects are amazing, i cannot imagine how they were acchieved. Read more
Published on 20 Feb 2001

4.0 out of 5 stars If you Like B-Grade Horror Comedy You'll Love this
Its fun. Quite Funny in places. Gory. One For teenagers and 20 somethings.
Published on 16 Aug 2000

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