Product Details

• Actors: Joanna Canton, Richard Trapp, Dax Miller, Renée Graham, Liam Kyle Sullivan
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: December 11, 2001
• Run Time: 79 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005QJIF
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #88,009 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Convent" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

In 1959 young christine cooly walks into the st. Francis boarding school for girls with a shotgun a can of gasoline and a cigarette. Within minutes she walks out the chapel engulfed in flames with no survivors. Forty years later a group of students break into the cursed basilica unaware of what awaits. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 08/16/2005 Starring: Adrienne Barbeau Bill Moseley Run time: 79 minutes Rating: R

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Hysterical, October 17, 2001

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William Sorensen "yngpsych" (new york NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Convent (DVD)

If you are looking for an intelligent,scary horror film...this is not it. But if you are looking for outrageous camera work, laugh out loud lines and undead nuns, guns, and gasoline...this is flawless. It really shows that the director, writer, and actors had a blast making this and play it totally for laughs. I was on the floor cracking up through most of it and can highly recommend it for those friday night parties when you're with all your friends, had a few drinks , and don't really want to use your brains...

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Creative effect; uncreative movie., October 22, 2002

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"shamgaranath" (Arlington, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Convent (DVD)

Now you have to give this movie some credit. There's nothing that stands out in the acting. The characters are stereotypical and, if you ask me, redundant. What stood out to me was the effects. First of all, the fight scenes were rather entertaining. For all you knew, you were watching a John Woo shootout (okay, maybe not John Woo). I'm not one for comparing movies to see how they portray possessed people. But you really gotta give these guys props for their effects and portrayal. It wasn't the typical Linda Blair. It was more like a special effects upgrade to the usual demonic possession.
So if you watch movies just for effects, you'll probably get a kick out of this. The r-rating is for sexuality (no nudity), language and graphic violence. Don't take it seriously. Just enjoy it for what it offers.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best horror/comedy in years!!, December 16, 2001

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Robert Imes "is cool" (the great nyc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Convent (DVD)

Think Evil Dead II or Dead-Alive. You'll laugh, puke and scream all at the same time! Though I hear the Trimark DVD is cut by a few seconds (what a moronic waste of production time!) it's still worth picking up. I absolutley love this movie. It's destined to be a cult classic.