When three women meet at a bus stop, they have no clue that their lives will be so impacted by each other. They travel together to a sanctuary at Caravaggio. May (Natasha Allan) is headed to the sanctuary with a goal - to find her purpose in life. Sandra (Linda Valadas) has a purpose to go to Caravaggio, as she is writing a book on an artist, but stays at the sanctuary simply because she can't find room anywhere else. Lisa (Jennifer Healy) is just dumped at the bus station by her significant other as it looks like he is fed up with her. She refuses to go back home from holiday early, so she tags along with the other two women just to have something to do. Little do they realize that this chance meeting will change their lives and one of them has a huge secret that she doesn't even know about yet.
First thing when they get there, Lisa calls it the Addam's Family and she's not far off. Running the sanctuary is Ruth (Ingrid Evans), a stern woman. Emma is the housemaid who doesn't speak English. Giuseppe (Maurizio Vacca) is the really odd manservant who doesn't speak much in any language. Claudia (Maria Grazia Cucinotta) is also living there, but I'm not really sure what her purpose is. There are several other odd and creepy characters staying in the sanctuary as well. The first night, May starts to dream again of her childhood and has nightmares of things that she doesn't totally understand. She is chasing Sandra up the stairs, down a long hallway, and into a bloody bathroom where she is attacked by Guiseppe. The next day, the women all go to town for an art talk being given by a man that Sandra knows named Mark (Joseph Tito), just to get out of the creepy sanctuary for a while. Sandra and Mark are very adversarial, but Lisa doesn't care. She thinks that Mark is totally hot and is ready to jump his bones anytime. May is still having nightmares and just can't sleep well.
When the deaths start to occur, no one has any clue who is doing them or why, but May's nightmares seem to hold the key to the puzzle. Father John (Daniel Baldock) comes to the sanctuary to try and help console the occupants there. An Inspector (Silvio Oddi) also shows up to investigate the murders. Will they be able to work out the mystery of the sanctuary before it is too late?
I love the use of red on a black and white (or very drab) background to make certain characters and things stand out. There is a true artistic flare to the film, along with the gore, and seeing it in Blu-ray really made the film pop. Going back and watching it a second time, I realized how many things pointed out the answer that were just integrated so well that I didn't even pick up on them. Death of the Virgin is a really well done film that will continually shock you. If you like horror films, you should check out Death of the Virgin.
