The Sect (1991)
Directed by Michele Soavi · Cinematography by Raffaele Mertes
R125 min53 frames
Horror
Darkness has found a new bride. Heaven help us.
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The Sect — official trailer
What is The Sect about?
A spree of grisly murders is perpetrated in Frankfurt by a group of Satan worshippers. A lonely schoolteacher almost runs over an elderly man and takes him in, unbeknown to her the man has plans for her – plans that involve a permanent future with the Satanic cult.
The Devil's Daughter, also known as The Sect is a 1991 Italian horror film co-written and produced by Dario Argento, directed by Michele Soavi, and starring Kelly Curtis and Herbert Lom. It follows an American schoolteacher living in Frankfurt who finds herself at the center of a plot devised by a Luciferian cult.
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What does the cinematography of The Sect look like?
Across 53 sampled frames, The Sect builds its coverage from close-ups (38% of the sample), with medium shots (34%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Raffaele Mertes keeps 57% of it in soft, low-key light. 64% of the frames play at night or in the failing light of dusk. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 79% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of The Sect?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of The Sect (1991) are #0b182b, #302d2c, #0e0d11, #f1f3f5, #152a4a, #25334d — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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