Lucy Bellerose has a special destiny in the Old World. This film is about her discovery of what lies ahead in the legacy she has sensed all along as a little girl. When the young American woman arrives at a picturesque chateau of her deceased ancestor in France, she now is prepared to claim her birthright.
But the film makes an enormous mess of this interesting premise. The pace is sluggish, and the script is muddied, especially in the final stretch. A likeable actress plays the role of Lucy. But most of the time, it seems like a one-character film, as Lucy wanders the premises and the halls of Castle Borley.
Everything is prepared for Lucy to be part of the incantation that takes the form of a black mass. The three henchmen who serve the devil are the strange Vicar of Borley, the wacky insurance salesman, and the maid Mary. Those three characters have paved the way for Lucy to take her immortal role in the Castle Borley. But she must complete the ritual sacrifice of stabbing a young girl after completing the devil's mock ceremony of the eucharist.
SPOILER ALERT ONE: But who does Lucy stab? Is it the young sacrificial lamb of a young girl? The Victor of Borley? The burly French boyfriend Jean-Pierre? Or does she actually stab herself? This sequence is totally unclear and confusing.
SPOILER ALERT TWO: But nothing compares to the ending scene that occurs as the final credits are rolling. With Lucy dying along the road, an antiquated French ambulance arrives, and it appears that Lucy is pronounced dead. But, no! She suddenly revives! And as the doctor listens to his stethoscope, he exclaims, "Elle est enceinte!" But in the film's subtitles, there was no translation for non-French speakers that the doctor said, "She is pregnant!"
This film is just about as bad as they can get.
But the film makes an enormous mess of this interesting premise. The pace is sluggish, and the script is muddied, especially in the final stretch. A likeable actress plays the role of Lucy. But most of the time, it seems like a one-character film, as Lucy wanders the premises and the halls of Castle Borley.
Everything is prepared for Lucy to be part of the incantation that takes the form of a black mass. The three henchmen who serve the devil are the strange Vicar of Borley, the wacky insurance salesman, and the maid Mary. Those three characters have paved the way for Lucy to take her immortal role in the Castle Borley. But she must complete the ritual sacrifice of stabbing a young girl after completing the devil's mock ceremony of the eucharist.
SPOILER ALERT ONE: But who does Lucy stab? Is it the young sacrificial lamb of a young girl? The Victor of Borley? The burly French boyfriend Jean-Pierre? Or does she actually stab herself? This sequence is totally unclear and confusing.
SPOILER ALERT TWO: But nothing compares to the ending scene that occurs as the final credits are rolling. With Lucy dying along the road, an antiquated French ambulance arrives, and it appears that Lucy is pronounced dead. But, no! She suddenly revives! And as the doctor listens to his stethoscope, he exclaims, "Elle est enceinte!" But in the film's subtitles, there was no translation for non-French speakers that the doctor said, "She is pregnant!"
This film is just about as bad as they can get.