The Chosen 1977

[classichorrorfan]

I just discovered an Italian and British co-production from 1977 called "The Chosen." It is about a nuclear power plant being built on Hallowed Ground in the Middle East, troubling the locals and a lot of other people about violating and invading the Holy Land. As the construction continues, more signs of the Apocalypse and the coming of the Antichrist begin to appear, and everybody who speaks out and/or tries to take action against that nuclear power plant suddenly keep getting killed off in very bizarre out of the ordinary ways that almost never happen in those ways. They even discover a cave below those grounds where somebody had carved Jesus' name on the stone wall. When they try taking pictures inside of that cave, it begins to shake and crumble with their lights suddenly going out. The owner and CEO of the upcoming plant then has nightmares of the Apocalypse and the rise of the Antichrist happening in that plant, and they seem so real to him, he is unable to forget them after he wakes up. More links to the prophecy of the Apocalypse begin to appear, and it eventually looks like his upcoming baby who is still not born yet might actually be the Antichrist himself. This one has a lot of great mixings of reality and the prophecy that could even make Atheists stop and think about the Apocalypse and wonder if it is real or myth. The nightmare scenes are very artsy and intense, and the death scenes are a bit different from what you might see in most other horror films. There are also plenty of good twists and turns, including one on who the Antichrist actually turns out to be. This might not technically be giallo horror, but it is similar to some of them, and it is overall well done and definitely keeping interest all the way through. It should appeal to those into the giallo era and the like.