Al servizio del male

There is no mystery concerning the identity of the psycho killer in "Sinister Minister". The story opens with charismatic reverend Ryan Patrick Shanahan (as DJ) explaining how God has blessed his adulterous self with an attractive blonde. After losing his wife in a convenient car accident, Mr. Shanahan weds the blonde. Meanwhile, the small town "Bright Side" welcomes two attractive brunettes. The new arrivals are single mom Nikki Howard (as Patricia "Trish" Corbett) and her pot-smoking 18-year-old daughter Angelica Briones (as Sienna). This being a "Lifetime" TV movie, you should bet on Shanahan offering Ms. Howard the missionary position that opens up in church after his newest wife dies. And, what the hell, how about installing the teenage daughter in a love nest...

After all, the Lord commanded, "Go forth and multiply!"...

There is some fun in watching deranged killers do their dirty work. This story has one of the key ingredients, a fine performance by Shanahan as the unholy minister. However, one of the other things necessary is a satisfying backstory. We know the "Sinister Minister" had a bad childhood, but are not clear about what his problems are, exactly...

The material we receive is poorly organized...

Watch, for example, one of the less flashy, but most memorable scenes. We see the leading woman has taken a job waitressing at the local diner, where "Sinister Minister" Shanahan burns the late afternoon oil. Business is slow and Howard is not impressing the boss. She is notified daughter Briones is missing from school. Understandably frantic, Howard leaves work and loses her job. Shanahan comes to her rescue, but their conversation outside goes on too long and abandons the desperate tone that should have ended the scene. The inside banter between the waitresses and way director Jose Montesinos brought the main characters together was, otherwise, quite good. Elsewhere, there is too little interaction between the characters, especially involving teenager Briones.

***** Sinister Minister (5/28/2017) Jose Montesinos ~ Ryan Patrick Shanahan, Nikki Howard, Angelica Briones

I liked the concept of this movie but it could have been so much more .The lead character the church minister the actor who played him was good enough with the material that he had for the part but its as if the editors cut all the best scenes out of it .Theres no actual horror in this movie just implemented scenes that show the main character was doing his dirty deeds .You don't actually see any physical violence that one would expect in this genre which is supposed to be horror .Its almost cheesy all the way thru the movie i was expecting something really explosive or something that would shock me but it didn't happen i was expecting the minister when he was caught by the authorities to die in some major dynamic scene of some sort but it didn't happen one big anti climax. I liked the title of the movie but the movie just didn't live up to it.

How is it possible that Americans can make such absurd movies ? The whole premise is absolutely idiotic, the acting is juvenile ,the plot is laughable .

This movie was completely stupid and atrocious on every level. It didn't know which way it wanted to go and didn't make any sense whatsoever. The acting was also horrendous. I'm mainly referring to the mother and the female officer. I could've made a much better movie using randomly picked people off the street. This is honestly the absolute worst movie I've seen in a VERY long time.

You can see it from the eyes. That is the acting, and it is quite mediocre. And the dialogue sometimes sends chills down my spine. It is based on a true story. But the story is not very credible. I was quite bored frankly.