As a toddler Bobby (Lopes) witnessed his mother die in front of him. He is adopted by his Very religious Grandma Matilda (St. Paule) who watches over the strange boy. As a teenager, Bobby rams a gas powered plane into a nun and kills her which triggers a bunch of supernatural events in Bobby's and Matilda's life. This debut feature from Writer/Director Dante Tomaselli is one of the stranger films in some time. Tomaselli leans heavy toward Italian Horror with the film taking on a dreary dream like state for more than half the running time. The plot, like in a lot of Italian horror films goes sideways in favor of scary imagery. But this is New Jersey. It doesn't matter because Tomaselli lets his film unfold like a nightmare does, some of it making sense and some of it visually terrifying. A nun is attacked by an unseen force using a real butcher knife. Faceless nuns prowl the grounds and Bobby keeps falling down into a hole in the middle of a field which Matilda sees in a puzzle she is putting together no less! Through all of this, Tomaselli manages some truly frightening images and scary scenes even if they don't always make sense. The acting is rough at times and Tomaselli makes the strange use of using bright lighting in most of his scenes, even when mood lighting could have helped the effect he was after. Extremely original and scary at times, 'Desecration' isn't anything you have seen before which is welcomed. If Dante Tomaselli can smooth out some of the edges next time he will be a Director to watch in the Horror genre.
Review of Desecration
