Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, Drama, Horror, Religion, Suspense, Supernatural, Gore, Demonic Possession, Doctor, Occult, Disturbing, Investigation
Tagline: The messenger must be silenced.
Plot: Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) is in her twenties. She works as a hairdresser. She has a boyfriend. There are a hundred other girls like Frankie Paige within a mile radius of her apartment. But unlike all of them, things happen to Frankie -- terrible things she can’t understand or explain. And though she has tried everything to make them stop, they’re just getting worse. She goes to doctors and psychologists, but even they can’t answer the most important question: why her? At the darkest moment of one of her episodes, a chance encounter with a local priest is caught on tape and the frightening implications of the incident drive the Vatican to send their own investigator, Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne). Confronted with the powerful force that has taken control of Frankie, Kiernan immediately recognizes the true danger she is in and he must search his own soul for the strength to save her life, even if it goes against everything he
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 It's overflowing with arty direction and is efficient mainstream filmmaking if it seems to be lacking substance for the most part. Watchable and somewhat interesting with a cool possession scene that's definitely not for the squeamish.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
Despite a valiant effort by a talented cast, Stigmata is a film with good ideas but not enough strength to defend them. 49/100--Jack Witzig (ColdSpot)
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Tom Lazarus
Mazes and Monsters, Just You and Me, Kid, House of Love |
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 | Gabriel Byrne
The Usual Suspects, Enemy of the State, End of Days |
 | Jonathan Pryce
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Brazil, Ronin |
 | Nia Long
Boyz n the Hood, Boiler Room, Big Momma's House |
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| Music By |
Elia Cmiral
Ronin, Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000, Wrong Turn | Billy Corgan
Ransom, Spun, The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things | |
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