The Convent

The Convent (2000)

Prayer will get you nowhere.

A group of college students break into an abandoned convent and become possessed by demonic spirits.

Date of release
2000-01-21
TMDB
5.5 / 10 (71)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Horror, Action, Comedy
Director
Mike Mendez

Casting

Interesting facts

The Convent is a 2000 horror film directed by Mike Mendez, starring horror veteran Adrienne Barbeau. It is about a group of college students who go into an abandoned convent, only to discover that it is inhabited by demons intent on possessing them. It premiered in January 2000 at the Sundance Film Festival. Due to the original distributor closing, the film was not released on home video until December 2002.

Production

Convent's original script was written by Chaton Anderson with additional ideas contributed by director Mike Mendez. Anderson recalled that the script went back to her own childhood memories, recalling an eerie building she knew growing up that was a "religious home for runaway girls" that was abandoned for years.

The film was shot in Los Angeles in 1999 and had a budget of half a million dollars from Alpine Pictures. It had a shooting schedule of 18 days.

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