The Convent - BLU-RAY

Coven of the Black Cube [BLU-RAY] Released 2026 product/publication from Blood Sick Prods

The Phantom of the Monastery(US Standard Edition) Director Fernando de Fuentes Cast Enrique del Campo, Marta Roel, Carlos Villatoro, Paco Martínez, Victorio Blanco Made in the wake of La Llorona’s success and directed with flair by Fernando de Fuentes (regarded as one of the masters of early Mexican cinema), The Phantom of the Monastery (El fantasma del convento) tells the macabre tale of a troupe of hikers who become lost in a forest and take refuge in a haunted monastery. There, they encounter shape-shifting shadows, ominous sealed doorways, and a cellar crowded with coffins... An expressionistic Gothic triumph which has tragically languished in obscurity outside of Mexico, The Phantom of the Monastery has now been lovingly restored and is presented on Blu-ray at long last in a world debut edition, with a selection of illuminating extras. INDICATOR BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES New 4K restoration from the original negative by the UCLA Film and Television Archive in collaboration with the Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project Original mono audio Audio commentary with genre-film experts, critics and authors Stephen Jones and Kim Newman (2022) The Devil in the Detail(2022, 18 mins) Abraham Castillo Flores, head programmer of Mexico’s Mórbido Film Fest, considers the impact of this early horror classic Optional English translation subtitles Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

“There is but one God. And his Shadow...” CONSECRATION is the story of Grace, an accomplished ophthalmologist in London, who is summoned to Mount Saviour Convent deep in the Scottish Highlands following the sudden and mysterious death of her brother who was a priest. Refusing to believe the convent’s insistence that he committed ‘suicide,’ and determined to discover what really happened to him, Grace starts her own investigation into her brother’s death as the nuns prepare a consecration ceremony to purify the holy site. In doing so, she inadvertently shines a light on something far more disturbing, which relates to the forgotten years of her own childhood, intertwined with that of the holy order of the convent and the secret it’s charged with protecting. As much as her investigation draws her there, Grace feels as though Mount Saviour is drawing her in and closing its arms around her. The convent lies under the shadow of an ancient church’s ruins, the convent’s predecessor, which gaze out onto the grey and boundless Atlantic coastline. Wormlike markings are etched around the crucifixes on the cold stone walls, which once encased a relic… Exploring the convent’s sepulchral cloisters, and the wild cliffs and windswept beaches nearby, Grace is plagued by violent visions unmoored from time and reality. This place awakens traumatic memories of her father’s crazed intent to punish his family for an evil he saw in Grace. As she nears the truth, hidden in the cryptic notes of her brother’s journal, a Shadow from a dormant age begins to claw out for her. Grace’s journey of self-discovery propels her to horrifying depths, the true nature of who she is unravelling before her, along with her psyche. All the while, the convent closes ranks about her… “exceptionally well made and boasting stellar performances” – Morbidly Beatiful “For those easily swayed by blood, nuns, and