Immaculate (2024) on Netflix
Sister Cecilia, a novice who nearly drowned, accepts an invitation to a convent in the Italian countryside that cares for dying nuns. She befriends Sister Gwen and notices oddities there.
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- IMDb5.8/1063,271 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes72%
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Plot summary
Sister Cecilia nearly drowns in a frozen lake and is declared dead before she is revived, and she comes to believe God kept her alive for a purpose. Cecilia came to Christianity at an early age, and when Father Sal Tedeschi invites her to a convent in the Italian countryside where dying nuns are tended, she takes her vows there. She befriends Sister Gwen and is struck by oddities: cross-shaped scars mark the soles of an older nun's feet, and the chapel holds a relic called the Holy Nail, said to have been used in the crucifixion. Nightmares of hooded figures trouble her sleep.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Immaculate (2024)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Sydney Sweeney first auditioned for Immaculate back in 2014, when Andrew Lobel's screenplay was in development, but the project stalled. After her breakout role in Euphoria, Sweeney bought the rights to the script and brought in Michael Mohan to direct.
- Director Michael Mohan said the screenplay originally had a cast of high school girls rather than nuns, and the setting was changed to better suit Sydney Sweeney and what audiences expected.
- Much of the film was shot at Villa Parisi, a location already used by horror films including Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970), A Bay of Blood (1971), Blood for Dracula (1974) and Burial Ground (1981).
- Immaculate's $5.3 million debut, which finished fourth at the box office, marked the best opening weekend in the history of its distributor, Neon.
