Stigmata

Wuchak

2019-03-14

⭐ 8

***The Kingdom of God is within you and around you*** A hedonistic hair stylist in Pittsburgh (Patricia Arquette) experiences stigmata, the manifestations of the various wounds of Christ, which compels the Vatican to send an investigator (Gabriel Byrne). “Stigmata” (1999) is Christian-oriented mystery/horror, coming across as a meshing of the tone of “Eye of the Beholder” (1998) and the themes of “The Seventh Sign” (1988). But also brings to mind the contemporaneous “End of Days” (1999), albeit more rooted in drama than overblown action thrills. “The Mothman Prophecies” (2002) is another…

**A Power beyond Human Comprehension.** **A Force that defies the laws of Nature.** **A mystery that is the ultimate incarnation of evil.** An atheist hairdresser manifests crucifixion wounds, forcing a Vatican investigator to choose between institutional loyalty & a suppressed gospel that could shatter the Church.