The Reverend (2011)

A Reverend begins his first day at his new parish only to be bitten by a vampire. His faith is soon tested when his thirst for blood and an encounter with a prostitute gives him a thirst for justice.

Director:

Neil Jones

Writer:

Neil Jones

Stars:

Rutger Hauer, Tamer Hassan, Doug Bradley

Cast

Credited cast:
Rutger Hauer	...	Withstander
Tamer Hassan	...	Harold Hicks
Doug Bradley	...	Reverend Andrews
Emily Booth	...	Tracy
Edmund Kingsley	...	Thug
Shane Richie	...	Prince
Simon Phillips	...	Detective
Giovanni Lombardo Radice	...	Almighty
Mads Koudal	...	Viking
Dominic Burns	...	Big Bazza
Stuart Brennan	...	The Reverend
Helen Griffin	...	Mrs. Jenkins
Marcia Do Vales	...	Girl
Neil Jones	...	Mugger
Tabitha Quitman	...	Ejected Girl

Storyline

Fresh from seminary school a new Reverend embarks on his first parish. A small, low maintenance Chapel based in the quiet idyllic setting of a quiet country village. While on the surface the village seems to be a peaceful parish, with perfect residents, soon it becomes apparent that something more sinister lurks beneath the façade of a local businessman. On a wet, cold night a mysterious girl visits The Reverend at the chapel. Cold and upset she is welcomed in warmly, soon it becomes apparent that her visit is not for sanctuary but to deliver a message, a message in the form of a deep, bloody bite... Awoken with an unknown, uncontrollable thirst a confused Reverend can find no evidence of the girl from the night before, with nothing but the thirst and memory of the bite, The Reverend embarks on his mandate, to clean up the village and the neighbouring estate, by preaching or feasting. With striking visuals from one of Britain's rising directors, a stellar cast of horror legends, ...

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Taglines:

Evil has a new enemy...

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

16

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 August 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Das Blut der Priester

Filming Locations:

South Wales, Wales, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Burn Hand Film Productions, Templeheart Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Color:

Color Black and White (some sequences)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on the Book of Job.

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Goofs

In the beginning of the movie when the Reverend gets bitten the Girl seems to have taken a large chunk out of his neck. You can see the chunk missing for some scenes until he has cleaned the wound and it just moved to a extremely large bite wound. Then in another shot the wound moved from just being on his neck to being on his Jaw and neck. It also seems to switch sides with each scene.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: Ronda Rousey/Selena Gomez (2016)

User Reviews

Gone to the dark side (or is it?)

Let's start off with Rutger Hauer ... and not mention him again after that! It's funny if you an actor to play for the first couple of minutes just to market your movie with him. But there is also Doug Bradley (Pinhead to his friends) and Tamer Hassan. Both not really that much in the movie either, so if you're a fan of either it might not make sense watching the movie because of those two. Tamer also plays a cardboard cutout, that is so bad, you wonder where he left his charisma? With the check at home I reckon.

You also have Emily Boobs ... I mean Booth of course. A funny woman in person, but not blessed (sorry for the pun) with her character/role here. Her physical appearance obviously very blessed, but playing a weak character like that, especially after an even weaker introduction, given lines that make you cringe? A waste. As is one scene with her and her "boss", that seems to go on for hours (actually couple of minutes) and should have been cut altogether. There is also a blonde lady that is involved with the inciting incident (Russian I think), that seems to have learned her lines phonetically. Not helping the movie either ... Conclusion: Waste of time