Ten years ago, Sydney Sweeney (who plays protagonist Sister Cecilia) auditioned for a role in Immaculate, but the film never came to fruition. With newfound fame, Sweeney tracked down original screenwriter Andrew Lobel, got director Michael Mohan (The Voyeurs) hired, and produced the film with Neon. And finally, Immaculate was born. The film follows Cecilia, an American nun who joins an Italian convent and mysteriously becomes pregnant. Hailed as a “saint” by old nuns, Cecilia figures that something sinister is brewing in the church. Rounding out the cast are Álvaro Morte as Father Tedeschi, Benedetta Porcaroli as Sister Gwen, and Dora Romano as Mother Superior. Immaculate falls prey to cheap jump scares but delivers a genuinely well-crafted religious horror film.
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