The Convent

The Convent

Forgive us our sins

201886 min5.5 / 10

A dark historical horror film about institutional corruption and hidden evil within a 17th-century convent, built on paranoia and spiritual dread.

During the 17th century, a young woman is saved from execution and led to a priory to repent her sins but discovers a greater evil lies within.

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