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Anyone who believes in God may have a hard time dealing with the paranormal. The movie Stigmata drills deep inside the Catholic Church to discover that some of the head priests are hiding a secret from everyone to keep the church from being destroyed. Another gospel from the Dead Sea scrolls has been found and itıs said to be the actual words of Jesus at the time of his disciples. The movie stars Gabriel Byrne and Patricia Arquette. Byrne plays a priest that tours the world in search of disproving so-called miracles, such as the Virgin Mary showing up on the side of a building or a statue crying. He starts by visiting this no-where town and seeing the Virgin Mary crying, apparently crying real blood. This is where it starts getting creepy. Is it demons or God? While this is happening, a women in the United States, played by Arquette, receives a nice present from her mother, including a rosary from a priest who had died in that small town. The priest had the stigmata. A stigmata are the crucifixion marks of Christ. They may be self-inflicted, but in this movie theyıre not. One night in her bathtub, Arquette suddenly gets nail marks in her wrists, they start bleeding. That was just the beginning of her nightmare. Continuing on in her daily routine, she suddenly has attacks of the demonic nature, including writing pieces from the ancient scroll in an ancient Arabic language on the wall of apartments and hoods of cars. Byrne and Arquette soon meet and he discovers her problem she has. The members of the church are against him helping and decide they must get rid of the woman to save the church, but the priest inside her needs her to complete the translating. The scenes are very realistic, a little too real for me, but if you like scary, demonic type films then this is your cup of tea. The ending is predictable, but it's still good and if the Catholic Church isn't your favourite place then it may be humorous. I think Stigmata is great for Catholic haters and atheists. Enjoy. I don't know how this ever got by the church but I advise priests to stay away.
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