The Dawn, Evil On the Way

A sultry nun in a convent story? Well...Devanny Pinn is a sultry actress, and we do have a convent...but not quite. Let's all get our minds out of the gutter...sure Satan or something evil comes a calling to a beautiful young nun, but that does not mean she will end up lesbian raping the other nuns, or tearing the priests apart limb from limb...or even soiling the town's virgins...why would you think that? Okay, I get it, because you read this blog. Today we have something more serious, and a lot less gory and gratuitous...or do we?  Hence 2019's "The Dawn," directed by Brandon Slagle.

The film opens and it is 1922. William (Jonathan Bennett), a troubled man, bludgeons his whole family to death in their sleep...but why? That is a great question and it may be the essence of this film. But wait! There was a survivor...the oldest daughter Rose (Teilor Grubbs). Why and how did she survive? That may be the essence of this film...deja vu? Ten years later and Rose (Devanny Pinn) has grown into a beautiful nun, almost ready to take her final vows. Her best friend, Ella (Stacey Dash) will take them soon. She has found a new family and warmth in this convent and the evil that ruined her childhood and family is no more.

Uh oh...spoke to soon. Its coming and its coming back fast...that evil that possessed her dad to murder the family. Is that evil also a part of Rose, just bursting to come out? That's what Rose is wondering as she begins to hear voices and have...well, urges. Is she born of the same evil that her dad had, or is Satan looking to possess her? The Reverend Mother Agnes (Heather Wynters) and Father Henry (Andrew E. Wheeler) believe possession might be occurring...but is it? Oh yes, Father Jeremiah (Ryan Kiser), a junior priest, has a strange attraction to Rose and seems quite the rebel. As Rose prays, the evil seems to get stronger and now she considers eschewing God and perhaps turning to some pagan rituals...how do you think that will go?

Is the lovely Rose destined to become the murderer her dad became? Because this film appears on this blog will there be a gratuitous nun cat-fight? Is the evil that rips through this convent a metaphor for the scandals that have plagued the Catholic church over the past few decades? The true nature of evil is examined here. Does the devil make us do it, or is evil something more carnal? Oh yes...the surprise ending...watch very closely and it may not be such a surprise. Watch "The Dawn," and be ready to examine the evil that permeates your own life.