THE CONVENT is an awful little British horror film that shows no signs of moving away from the doldrums from beginning to end. An ill-advised addition to the small but memorable 'nunsploitation' genre of filmmaking, this one involves a young woman accused of witchcraft who is saved from the stake and led to an extremely gloomy convent, where it turns out a possessed nun is tearing out eyeballs left, right and centre. It's tacky and interminable, badly lit and awfully acted from a dull cast; the only fun comes (unsurprisingly) from the two old-timers in the cast: the first is Michael Ironside contributing an opening cameo, the second HELLRAISER actress Claire Higgins once more playing an extremely unpleasant character. They're not enough to raise the spirits...
Review of The Convent
