The sisters of this order opt for all white habits, a happy coincidence, I’m sure, which turns out to be the perfect palette for bright red smears, blotches, streaks, sprays and absolute pools of viscera.

| Nov 15, 2023

Without a doubt, the first half of the movie is the most achieved. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 2, 2023

Consecration suffers from the lack of emotional scenes and an insufferable narrative structure that the movie builds up to a disappointing ending.

| Sep 8, 2023

There has rarely been a genuinely great horror movie about nuns. Consecration is yet another in a long line of these misfires doing the usual stereotypes of uptight Catholic nuns in a substandard story about supernatural evil. The movie's ending is awful.

| Jul 30, 2023

The movie looks good, which is why it’s even more disappointing that the story is only held together by the flimsiest of movie tropes — the one where the central figure doesn’t know or suspect the truth that everyone around her clearly knows.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Apr 23, 2023

A muddled attempt with no saving grace to tell a story about demonic action at a convent.

| Apr 14, 2023

An enigmatic tale of finding one’s true identity and calling, Consecration’s fresh ideas are held together by yet another well-composed performance from Jena Malone.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 11, 2023

While Consecration leans heavily into the familiar cliches of holy horror, there’s some intriguing psychology at play; even if the film perhaps takes a little too long to reveal its most interesting aspects.

| Mar 10, 2023

There are a lot of horror clichés here, but it does go to a place that I thought was a bit different. So I give it credit for that.

| Mar 3, 2023

For those easily swayed by blood, nuns, and Jena Malone — i.e., those with good taste — there’s plenty of that to go around.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 25, 2023

Set in a Scottish convent, Smith makes the most of a spooky setting. A unique premise, but an uneven execution cuts the knees out from under the narrative leaving us with a religious ghost story that feels by turns both terrifying and silly.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 16, 2023

Consecration does not add to the tradition of scary nuns, as it lacks the conviction or imagination to consider the depths of unhinged piety.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 15, 2023

Unfortunately, the movie’s worst enemy is its structure.

| Feb 14, 2023

...an utterly worthless endeavor that feels much, much longer than its 91 minutes.

| Original Score: .5/4 | Feb 14, 2023

Why, at age 84, she chose to make a glowering Mother Superior her first film role in a decade is anyone’s guess.

| Feb 13, 2023

A religious folk horror thriller that does an admirable job of putting us in its protagonist’s shoes.

| Original Score: B | Feb 13, 2023

It’s good to see that Smith is still willing to risk biting off more than he can chew.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 13, 2023

It's bookended by a promising premise that both starts and ends in an interesting place. But it's the sluggish middle that may have enough going on to hold your attention, but that never takes the story...in any exciting directions.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Feb 13, 2023

A doomed Catholic themed psychological horror film.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 13, 2023

When the threat the characters are facing remains so vague for so long, it robs the story of tension. It doesn’t help that Smith keeps the horror elements to a minimum, or that the picture is so drably colored and dimly lit.

| Feb 12, 2023