There's no exorcist in sight, but this bloody and muddled indie is still possessed by Satanic clichés.

'Consecration' ends up not just gimmicky but derivative of writer-director Christopher Smith’s own prior work.

Jena Malone plays a woman investigating her priest brother's death at a convent in Scotland in director Christopher Smith's muddled supernatural thriller 'Consecration.'

The new demonic thriller “Consecration” finds a Scottish convent dealing with the violent deaths of its clergy when it appears the Devil has possessed someone within its walls.

Bloody religious iconography does the heavy lifting in this muted possession saga from British horror maven Christopher Smith.

Just another retread of spooky Catholic-themed horror tropes, without adding any insight or originality to the subgenre.

The first word that comes to mind when considering Christopher Smith's "Consecration" is "classy." There's a polish and high-mindedness to it, a sheen to its gloomy Scottish setting and real acting talent deployed in this "mad convent" morality tale. Frights? Not many, to be frank. It's a film whose violence is more of a wince…