The Sect

The Sect

116 mins | Thriller, Horror | March 1, 1991

This stylishly photographed horror movie centers upon a beautiful, good-hearted schoolteacher whose life becomes a living hell after she is chosen to bear the son of Satan. Her horrible ordeal begins when an ancient enigmatic traveller places an ancient, supposedly extinct, insect up her nose. It crawls into her brain. She soon begins having terrifying dreams and more. When she learns the awful truth about her relationship with the Dark Master things get even worse. Still the baby is born and the poor woman faces a terrible and, genre-wise, surprising choice.

The Sect

116 mins | Thriller, Horror | March 1, 1991

The Sect
This stylishly photographed horror movie centers upon a beautiful, good-hearted schoolteacher whose life becomes a living hell after she is chosen to bear the son of Satan. Her horrible ordeal begins when an ancient enigmatic traveller places an ancient, supposedly extinct, insect up her nose. It crawls into her brain. She soon begins having terrifying dreams and more. When she learns the awful truth about her relationship with the Dark Master things get even worse. Still the baby is born and the poor woman faces a terrible and, genre-wise, surprising choice.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Penta Films, ADC Films
Original title La setta
Directors Michele Soavi
Writers Gianni Romoli, Michele Soavi, Dario Argento

Cast

Kelly Curtis

as Miriam Kreisl

Herbert Lom

as Moebius Kelly

Mariangela Giordano

as Kathryn

Michel Adatte

as Frank

Carla Cassola

as Dr. Pernath

Angelika Maria Boeck

as Claire Henri

Giovanni Lombardo Radice

as Martin Romero

Niels Gullov

as Mr. Henri

Tomas Arana

as Damon

Michele Soavi

as Magician on TV (uncredited)

Donald O'Brien

as Justice Jonathan Ford

Stefania Possamai

as Teacher (uncredited)