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This week s entry into horror s possession sub-genre is "Consecration," a new IFC Films-distributed chiller that plays more like a supernatural mystery than a straight-up horror movie. As it turns out, looking at it that way works in the film s favor considering there isn t a single scare to be found in the movie s lean 90-minute runtime. Unfortunately the mystery itself is never that compelling, and sticking with the story as we wait for the eventual payoff ends up being a test of patience.
You know the drill with these Catholic horror movies: tons of bombast, fusty church backdrops, cheesy demon effects, conspiracies reaching into Rome, Latin words on yellowing manuscripts, fake Gregorian chanting on the soundtrack, actors in priests’ uniforms and nuns’ habits either chewing the scenery or looking