Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: SEV14440UH
- Format: 4K Ultra HD
- UPC: 760137144403
- Street Date: 04/30/24
- PreBook Date: 03/26/24
- Label: Severin Films »
- Genre: Horror
- Run Time: 102 mins
- Number of Discs: 2
- Audio: 5.1 SURROUND
- Year of Production: 1989
- Region Code: 1
- Box Lot:
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Hugh Quarshie as Father Gus
- Tomas Arana as Evan
- Feodor Chaliapin Jr. as The Bishop (as Feodor Chaliapin)
- Barbara Cupisti as Lisa
- Antonella Vitale as Bridal Model
- Giovanni Lombardo Radice as Reverend
- Asia Argento as Lotte
- Roberto Caruso as Freddie
- Roberto Corbiletto as Hermann, the Sacristan
- Alina De Simone as Lottie's Mother
- Olivia Cupisti as Mira
- Gianfranco De Grassi as The Accuser
- Claire Hardwick as Joanna
- Lars Jorgenson as Bruno
- John Karlsen as Heinrich
- Katherine Bell Marjorie as Heinrich's Wife
- Riccardo Minervini as Schoolboy
- Enrico Osterman as The Torturer
- Micaela Pignatelli as Fashion shoot photographer
- Patrizia Punzo as Miss Brückner
- John Richardson as Architect
- Matteo Rocchietta as Younger Schoolboy
- Director: Michele Soavi
- Producer: Dario Argento
- Producer: Mario Cecchi Gori
- Producer: Vittorio Cecchi Gori
- Producers: Vittorio Cecchi Gori
- Producers: Mario Cecchi Gori
- Producers: Dario Argento
Product Assets
The Church
In a Gothic cathedral an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence and demonic vengeance.
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THE WORLDWIDE UHD PREMIERE
2-DISC COLLECTION INCLUDES 3+ HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES
For his second feature film - and first full collaboration with co-writer/producer/mentor Dario Argento - writer/director Michele Soavi unleashes a "mind-blowing" (Bloody Disgusting), "breathtaking" (Slant) "masterwork" (DVD Drive-In), now in UHD for the first time ever: In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence and demonic vengeance. Tomas Arana (THE SECT), Feodor Chaliapin (INFERNO), Hugh Quarshie (NIGHTBREED), Barbara Cupisti (CEMETERY MAN) and Asia Argento co-star in this Italian horror milestone co-written by Franco Ferrini (PHENOMENA), with a Soavi-approved 4K scan from the original negative and over 3 hours of Special Features - including new interviews with Soavi and Argento.
Special Features
Media
Bonus Materials
- The Mystery Of The Cathedrals - Interview With Director Michele Soavi
- Alchemical Possession - Interview With Co-Screenwriter/Producer Dario Argento
- The Eleventh Commandment - Interview With Co-Screenwriter Franco Ferrini
- The Ghostwriter - Interview With Co-Screenwriter Dardano Sacchetti
- Lotte - Interview With Actress Asia Argento
- Here Comes The Bride - Interview With Actress Antonella Vitale
- A Demon Named Evan - Interview With Actor Tomas Arana
- Father Giovanni - Interview With Actor Giovanni Lombardo Radice
- Monsters And Demons - Interview With Special FX Artist Sergio Stivaletti
- Holy Ground - Interview With Make-Up Artist Franco Casagni
- Building The Church - Interview With Set Designer Antonello Geleng
- The Right-Hand Man - Interview With Assistant Director Claudio Lattanzi
- Return To The Land Of The Demons - Interview With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento
- Trailer
Sales Points
- For fans of DEMONS
- For fans of THE SECT
- For fans of CEMETERY MAN
- For fans of Italian horror cinema
Press Quotes
Cause for celebration... Michele Soavi has perhaps surpassed his mentor, the legendary Dario Argento.
—DVD Drive-In
Get ready to experience it... A wild exercise in style from a director who has a ton of visual tricks he wants to blow your mind with.
—B&S About Movies
It will blow your mind... Plenty of gore, demon sex and a rad score. Everything you need for an awesome Italian party movie is present and accounted for.
—Bloody Disgusting
Stream-of-consciousness horror... Only Michele Soavi has ever come close to matching the breathtaking awe of a hyper-stylized Argento set piece.
—Slant Magazine
A fine slab of cinematic Hell... THE CHURCH gorges itself on strange and unsettling imagery. Michele Soavi is one of Italian horror cinema's forgotten heroes.
—Confluence of Cult
A classic of Italian horror... THE CHURCH is very much its own beast. There's still nothing quite like it.
—Nerdly
A rip-roaring rollercoaster ride... Soavi fills THE CHURCH to overspilling with as much debauchery as he can possibly conjure.
—Rivers of Grue
Totally out-there horror... I can't count the number of times my jaw dropped at the audacity and the uniqueness before me.
—JoBlo
