Main Cast: Demi Moore, Michael Biehn, Jürgen Prochnow, Manny Jacobs, Peter Friedman, John Heard
Release Year: 1988
Country: US
Run Time: 97 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
This horror thriller is based upon the final chapter of the Bible and centers upon Abby Quinn, a pregnant woman living in Venice, California who leases her garage apartment to mysterious David, who seems to be trying to claim the soul and the life of her unborn child. Little does she knows that he is Christ incarnate and has come to open each of the seven seals and release upon the wicked world the prophesied disasters. He has already broken six seals and now with Abby's baby prepares to break the seventh. Meanwhile, David is stalked by the mysterious Father Lucci who has more than a passing interest in Apocalyptic prophesies. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Review
Carl Schultz's apocalyptic mystery borders on camp but boasts an impassioned performance by Demi Moore. A pregnant young woman (Moore) leases an apartment to a mysterious figure (Jurgen Prochnow) and strange things begin to happen. What with Israeli villages freezing over, Nicaraguan rivers running with blood, and Haitian beaches covered with fish, it would be easy for a girl to get confused; but Moore seems to take it all in stride as she learns from the ominous Prochnow about her crucial role in the world's salvation. Just about everything and everyone is a portent of some kind in a film in which the most seemingly innocuous events are underscored by the strains of Gregorian chant. Unlike Rosemary's Baby (1968), an obvious influence, the film suggests no tangency with everyday life, and its final effect is more ludicrous than disturbing. Moore plays her barely written character with intelligence and strength, and Prochnow does as well as one could in an extremely silly part. ~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide
Akosua Busia - Penny; John Taylor - Jimmy Zaragoza; Arnold Johnson - Janitor; Leo Cimino - Head Cardinal; Lee Garlington - Dr. Inness; Richard Devon - 2nd Cardinal; Patricia Allison - Administrator; Haney W. Baisl - Kid's Komer Salesman; Ian Buchanan - Meteorologist; Darwyn Carson - Reporter; Glynn Edwards - Newscaster; Robert Herron - Jimmy's Guard; Michael Laskin - Israeli Colonel; Adam Nelson - Paramedic; Blanche Rubin - Mrs. Ornstein; Dick Spangler - Newscaster; Hugo L. Stanger - Old Priest; John Walcutt - Novicate; Gary Epper - Jimmy's Guard; John Sherrod - Jimmy's Guard; Dorothy Sinclair - Reporter; Fredric Arnold - Surgeon; Harry Bartron - Reporter; Dale Butcher - Reporter; Hank Calia - Jimmy's Guard; Christiane Carman - Nurse; Rabbi Baruch Cohon - Cantor; Larry Eisenberg - Reporter; Irene Fernicola - Nurse; Jane Frances - Game Show Woman; Robin Groth - Newscaster; Lisa Hestrin - Nurse; Rabbi William Kramer - Ragbbi Ornstein; Mariko Tse - Private Nurse; Joe Mays - Motel Clerk; Kathryn Miller - Nurse; Yuri Ogawa - Nurse; J.N. Roberts - Jimmy's Guard; Sonny Santiago - Medical Technician; Karen Shaver - Nurse; Cornelia Whitcomb - Nurse; Pennie Du Pont; David L. King - Paramedic
Credit
Francesca Bartoccini - Art Director, Pennie Du Pont - Casting, Robert W. Cort - Co-producer, Ted Field - Co-producer, Dorinda Rice Wood - Costume Designer, Chris Soldo - First Assistant Director, Carl Schultz - Director, Michael Fink - Second Unit Director, Caroline Biggerstaff - Editor, Paul R. Gurian - Executive Producer, Jack Nitzsche - Composer (Music Score), David Kurt - Songwriter, Greg Nelson - Makeup, Kevin Yeager - Makeup, Robert Ryan - Makeup, Craig Reardon - Makeup Special Effects, Kevin Yeager - Makeup Special Effects, Stephen Marsh - Production Designer, Juan Ruiz-Anchia - Cinematographer, Dream Quest Images - Special Effects, Hans Metz - Special Effects, Ray Svedin - Special Effects, Kevin Yagher - Special Effects, Dessie Markovsky - Sound/Sound Designer, Emile Razpopov - Sound/Sound Designer, James M. Halty - Stunts, Gary Hymes - Stunts, Gary Hymes - Stunts Coordinator, Michael Fink - Special Effects Supervisor, Jack Behr - Screenwriter, Clifford Green - Screenwriter, George Kaplan - Screenwriter, Sandy Kroopf - Screenwriter, W.W. Wicket - Screenwriter, Ellen Green - Screenwriter, Cricket Rowland - Set Decorator
