The Church

Okay, well it is no secret that I was more than thrilled to get to watch the 2018 movie "The Church" from director and writer Dom Frank given the fact that this is a horror movie and it has the iconic horror legend Bill Moseley in it.

Well, you might want to hold your horses there for a minute. This movie was bad. Let's not beat around the bush. It was horrible. Whereas the 1989 movie with the same title, "The Church", from director Michele Soavi seemed like a grand masterpiece in comparison. Sure, the 2019 movie wasn't a remake of the 1989 movie.

The storyline in this 2019 movie "The Church" is simplistic. A pastor stands at the threshold of cashing in to a company and selling his church in favor of a large cash reward, which could buy him a new church, a new house, a new car and send him on a dream vacation. However, when confronted with the greed and arrogance of his folly, the spirit of Alexander James (played by none other than Clint Howard) comes forth to set things right.

On paper, the storyline might have seemed good. But in translation to the screen, it just all went south pretty fast. And not even Bill Moseley could manage to salvage this train wreck of a movie.

The special effects team really got around their job and task so easily, because the special effects in "The Church" were atrocious when taking into consideration that the movie was made in 2018.

As for the characters as the acting, nah. Let's not venture there. The only thing worthwhile mentioning here is Bill Moseley.

All in all, "The Church" was a massive disappointment. Yet I managed to endure through the movie in its entire length, hoping that the movie would eventually take a turn for the better. Sadly, that never happened. "The Church" lands a meager three out of ten stars rating from me.

The cast was disastrous. They are seem to be amateurs, even school kids can do better. And even though the plot was childish, it may offend some religious people. For me, it was just a terrible way to waste my time watching it.

Make them sit thru this movie. There are no bright spots in this one.

The overall storyline MIGHT have had potential, but: 1) Acting is really bad, all the way around 2) Special effects are not even as good as a mediocre1970s Saturday afternoon matinee.

I think with decent writing, the storyline could have had a chance, but inspiration was obviously lacking on their parts.

There's really not much more to say except please don't waste your time looking for anything in this hour-and-a-half waste of film that might actually redeem it or the actors. It's just not going to be there. You'd have a better time getting your teeth cleaned or changing your automobile's wiper blades.

First thing's first, if you're a religious person, don't watch this movie. It WILL offend you. Other than that, this movie alone is meh. While there was a lot of potential in this movie, with the idea of using a corrupt church as the ultimate evil, I feel this movie could've been so much more. This movie is a hard miss because it doesn't execute its potential well.