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{{Infobox_film|image=Immaculate Poster.jpg|rating={{R}} for Strong Bloody Violence, Brief Drug Use, Pervasive Language, Gore|caption=Theatrical release poster|director=[[Michael Mohan]]|producer={{Plainlist|
* David Bernad
* [[Sydney Sweeney]]
* Jonathan Davino
* [[Teddy Schwarzman]]
* Michael Heimler
}}|writer=Andrew Lobel|starring={{Plainlist|
* Sydney Sweeney
* [[Álvaro Morte]]
* [[Benedetta Porcaroli]]
* Dora Romano
* [[Giorgio Colangeli]]
* [[Simona Tabasco]]
}}|music=Will Bates|cinematography=Elisha Christian|editing=Christian Masini|studio={{Plainlist|
* [[Black Bear Pictures]]
* Fifty-Fifty Films
* Middle Child Pictures
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'''''Immaculate''''' is a 2024 American [[psychological horror]] film directed by [[Michael Mohan]] and written by Andrew Lobel. It stars [[Sydney Sweeney]] (who also produced), [[Álvaro Morte]], [[Benedetta Porcaroli]], Dora Romano, [[Giorgio Colangeli]], and [[Simona Tabasco]]. The plot focuses on a young woman of devout faith, who is invited to reside at a picturesque Italian [[convent]], but slowly realizes the terrifying secrets it harbors.

''Immaculate'' premiered at [[South by Southwest]] on March 12, 2024, and was released theatrically in the United States by [[NEON|Neon]] on March 22, 2024. The film received positive reviews and has grossed $21 million against a budget of $9 million.

== Plot ==
[[Religious sister|Sister]] Mary sneaks into a [[Mother superior|superior]]'s bedroom at night and steals a ring of keys to escape through the locked gates of the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] convent. She is captured and knocked unconscious by four hooded figures. She later wakes up in a coffin and is [[Premature burial|buried alive]]. 

Sister Cecilia turned to [[Christianity]] at a young age after she nearly drowned in a frozen lake and was declared dead for seven minutes, convinced that God had saved her for a purpose. She receives an invitation from Father Sal Tedeschi to join a [[convent]] in Italy that tends to dying nuns in their last days. Cecilia takes [[Religious vows#Christianity|vows]] to adhere to the [[evangelical counsels]] and becomes a [[Nun#Christianity|nun]], being decorated with a [[rosary]]. 

She befriends Sister Gwen and is struck by certain oddities, such as an elder nun having scars on her feet in the shape of crosses. The convent's chapel houses what they claim is a [[Holy Nail]] relic that was taken from the cross on which [[Crucifixion of Jesus|Jesus was crucified]]. Cecilia is shocked to learn that she [[Miraculous births|is pregnant, even though she is a virgin]] and has never had relations with a man. The convent's inhabitants begin to treat her as the next [[Virgin Mary]], with many proclaiming the child is a "blessing". 

Another nun, Sister Isabelle, tries to drown Cecilia out of jealousy, saying that it "should have been her". Cecilia throws up one of her own teeth and her health worsens. Her request to be taken to a proper hospital is denied by Father Tedeschi. Isabelle dies after falling off the convent's roof as Cecilia is walking through the cloister. Gwen publicly chastises the convent superiors for turning a blind eye but is then bundled away by Father Tedeschi and Deacon Enzo. 

At night, Cecilia notices that behind a painting of the Virgin Mary in her room, another nun had inscribed [[Bible (King James)/2 Corinthians#11:14|2 Corinthians 11:14]] on the wall, a hidden warning causing her to realize that something is wrong about this convent. Cecilia breaks open a drawer to read her file and is shocked to find information on the accident in her childhood. Hearing a woman screaming, she ventures further and is horrified to witness a hooded figure cutting out Gwen's tongue. An elder nun appears and silences Cecilia. She begs to escape, but the elder chastises her, saying she will never leave the convent. 

She tries to escape the convent by faking a miscarriage using a dead chicken, but the deception is exposed. She attempts to run before being forcibly brought back by Tedeschi and Enzo. Tedeschi explains that he was a geneticist before becoming a priest and [[Genetic engineering|used DNA samples]] taken from the Holy Nail [[Relic#Christianity|relic]] to impregnate nuns in the hopes of ushering in a new messiah. Until his success with Cecilia, Tedeschi's numerous attempts failed, often resulting in [[Monstrous birth|malformed fetuses]]. Tedeschi [[Human branding|brands]] a cross into Cecilia's foot, a symbol also on many of the other nuns. 

Cecilia makes another attempt to escape. She beats Mother Superior to death using a crucifix, and shortly afterward, her [[Amniorrhexis|water breaks]]. She manages to strangle the cardinal with her rosary before dousing Tedeschi's lab in [[ethanol]]. Tedeschi arrives and tries to stop her through physical force, but Cecilia narrowly escapes by igniting the ethanol with a lighter. 

Tedeschi manages to break out of the laboratory after extinguishing the flames and continues his pursuit against Cecilia, forcing her to flee into the [[Catacomb|catacombs]] under the convent. Cecilia finds Gwen's mutilated corpse along with a hole in the catacombs walls. Tedeschi finds her just as she is about to escape and a struggle ensues. Tedeschi tries to cut Cecilia's stomach open, but she stabs him in the throat with the Holy Nail relic, which she had previously stolen from the chapel. After exiting the catacombs, Cecilia agonizingly gives birth and bites through the umbilical cord herself. She is clearly horrified by the sight of the "baby", which is heard making animalistic noises. Cecilia stumbles away to grab and lift a nearby rock, which she uses to crush it to death.

== Cast ==
{{Castlist|* [[Sydney Sweeney]] as Sister Cecilia
* [[Álvaro Morte]] as Father Sal Tedeschi
* Dora Romano as Mother Superior
* [[Benedetta Porcaroli]] as Sister Gwen
* [[Giorgio Colangeli]] as Cardinal Franco Merola
* [[Simona Tabasco]] as Sister Mary
* Giulia Heathfield Di Renzi as Sister Isabelle
* Giampiero Judica as Doctor Gallo
* Giuseppe Lo Piccolo as Deacon Enzo}}

== Production ==
Development on ''Immaculate'' was underway as early as 2014, when [[Sydney Sweeney]] first auditioned for a role in the film from a screenplay written by Andrew Lobel.<ref name="Davids 2024">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/immaculate-director-sydney-sweeney-1235854844/|title='Immaculate' Director Michael Mohan Had a Front Row Seat to the Rise of Sydney Sweeney|last=Davids|first=Brian|date=March 18, 2024|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327142900/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/immaculate-director-sydney-sweeney-1235854844/|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the project fell into [[development hell]] instead of entering production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a60258178/immaculate-rotten-tomatoes/|title=Sydney Sweeney's horror movie Immaculate lands fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating|last=Anderton|first=Joe|date=March 20, 2024|website=[[Digital Spy]]|access-date=March 26, 2024|archive-date=March 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327014817/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a60258178/immaculate-rotten-tomatoes/|url-status=live}}</ref> Following her breakout role in the television series ''[[Euphoria (American TV series)|Euphoria]]'', Sweeney purchased the rights to the screenplay and approached frequent collaborator Michael Mohan to direct.<ref name="Davids 2024" /> Mohan has stated that many of the film's scenes were inspired by his Catholic upbringing.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lattanzio |first=Ryan |date=2024-03-19 |title='Immaculate' Director Michael Mohan Channeled His Catholic Youth Group Trauma for the Film's Unholy Imagery |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/immaculate-director-catholic-trauma-inspired-horror-film-1234965689/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US |archive-date=March 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322161159/https://www.indiewire.com/features/interviews/immaculate-director-catholic-trauma-inspired-horror-film-1234965689/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2022, it was announced that Sweeney had joined the cast of the film, with Mohan directing, and with Sweeney serving as a producer under her Fifty-Fifty Films banner.<ref name="deadline1">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/10/sydney-sweeney-set-for-psychological-horror-immaculate-1235157706/|title=Sydney Sweeney Set For Black Bear Pictures' Psychological Horror 'Immaculate' From Director Michael Mohan|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=October 28, 2022|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217180831/https://deadline.com/2022/10/sydney-sweeney-set-for-psychological-horror-immaculate-1235157706/|url-status=live}}</ref> Mohan stated that the script originally featured a cast of high school girls, not nuns, and was changed to better suit Sweeney and audience expectations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Jr |first=Phil Nobile |date=2024-03-25 |title=Sydney Sweeney's IMMACULATE Conception |url=https://www.fangoria.com/original/immaculate-sydney-sweeney-spoiler/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=www.fangoria.com |language=en-US |archive-date=March 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329203348/https://www.fangoria.com/original/immaculate-sydney-sweeney-spoiler/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2023, [[Álvaro Morte]], [[Benedetta Porcaroli]], Dora Romano, [[Giorgio Colangeli]] and [[Simona Tabasco]] joined the cast of the film.<ref name="variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/alvaro-morte-benedetta-porcaroli-dora-romano-giorgio-colangeli-sydney-sweeney-immaculate-1235521371/|title=Álvaro Morte, Benedetta Porcaroli and More Join Sydney Sweeney in Black Bear Pictures' 'Immaculate' (EXCLUSIVE)|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Julia|last=MacCary|date=February 13, 2023|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218153551/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/alvaro-morte-benedetta-porcaroli-dora-romano-giorgio-colangeli-sydney-sweeney-immaculate-1235521371/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/simona-tabasco-cast-psychological-horror-film-immaculate-1235263849/|title=Simona Tabasco Joins Sydney Sweeney In Psychological Horror Film 'Immaculate'|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Rosy|last=Cordero|date=February 17, 2023|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230226214113/https://deadline.com/2023/02/simona-tabasco-cast-psychological-horror-film-immaculate-1235263849/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Principal photography]] took place in [[Rome]],<ref name="variety" /> and concluded by February 2023.<ref>{{Cite instagram |user=sydney_sweeney|last=Sweeney|first=Sydney|author-link=Sydney Sweeney|postid=CoxYVPRL0rR|title=I just wrapped the first film I've ever produced, Immaculate, with the most amazing cast and crew. I can't even begin to describe what an amazing experience it's been these past few months in Rome. I've learned so much and can't wait to share all the madness we created with you ♥️|date=February 17, 2023|access-date=February 18, 2023|archive-date=February 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218153551/https://www.instagram.com/p/CoxYVPRL0rR/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Release ==
In December 2023, [[Neon (company)|Neon]] acquired US distribution rights to the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/immaculate-movie-sydney-sweeney-acquired-neon-1235677591/|title=Sydney Sweeney Horror 'Immaculate' Acquired By Neon|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=December 19, 2023|access-date=December 19, 2023|archive-date=December 19, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219170717/https://deadline.com/2023/12/immaculate-movie-sydney-sweeney-acquired-neon-1235677591/|url-status=live}}</ref> It had its world premiere at [[South by Southwest]] on March 12, 2024.<ref name="sxsw" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/sxsw-2024-lineup-additions-sydney-sweeney-nicolas-cage-monkey-man-1235817961/|title=SXSW 2024 Second Wave Includes Pics With Sydney Sweeney, Nicolas Cage, Camila Mendes & 'Monkey Man'|website=Deadline Hollywood|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=February 7, 2024|access-date=February 7, 2024|archive-date=February 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207200930/https://deadline.com/2024/02/sxsw-2024-lineup-additions-sydney-sweeney-nicolas-cage-monkey-man-1235817961/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was released on March 22, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3797202/immaculate-neon-releasing-sydney-sweeney-horror-movie-in-march-poster/|title='Immaculate' – NEON Releasing Sydney Sweeney Horror Movie in March [Poster]|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|first=John|last=Squires|date=January 24, 2024|access-date=January 24, 2024|archive-date=January 24, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124170740/https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3797202/immaculate-neon-releasing-sydney-sweeney-horror-movie-in-march-poster/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Reception ==

===Box office===
{{As of|2024|4|25|df=US}}, ''Immaculate'' has grossed $15.6&nbsp;million in the United States and Canada and $6.3&nbsp;million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $21.9&nbsp;million.<ref name="BOM" /><ref name="NUM" />

In the United States and Canada, ''Immaculate'' was released alongside ''[[Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire]]'' and ''[[Late Night with the Devil]]'', and was projected to gross around $5 million from 2,354 theaters in its opening weekend.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=2024-03-19 |title=Box Office Preview: 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' Aims for $45 Million Opening Weekend |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-ghostbusters-frozen-empire-opening-weekend-estimates-1235945825/ |access-date=2024-03-19 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319180109/https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-ghostbusters-frozen-empire-opening-weekend-estimates-1235945825/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film made $2 million on its first day, and went on to debut to $5.3 million, finishing fourth and marking the best opening weekend in Neon's history.<ref name="opening">{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=March 24, 2024 |title=' Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' Propels Franchise Past $1B As Sequel Opens To $45M+ – Sunday AM Update |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/box-office-ghostbusters-frozen-empire-1235865730/ |access-date=March 24, 2024 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328012950/https://deadline.com/2024/03/box-office-ghostbusters-frozen-empire-1235865730/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="IW-open">{{Cite web|date=March 24, 2024|title=What Sequel Problem? 'Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire' Is the Third to Open Over $45 Million in March|url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/box-office/no-sequel-problem-ghostbusters-frozen-empire-dune-kung-fu-panda-1234967380/|access-date=March 26, 2024|website=[[IndieWire]]|archive-date=March 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327172017/https://www.indiewire.com/news/box-office/no-sequel-problem-ghostbusters-frozen-empire-dune-kung-fu-panda-1234967380/|url-status=live}}</ref> It dropped 36% in its second weekend to $3.3 million, finishing in fifth.<ref>{{cite web |last1=D'Alessandro |first1=Anthony |title=They Have Risen: 'Godzilla x Kong' Conquers Easter Box Office With $80M Opening; Legendary Monsterverse Franchise Crosses $2 Billion – Sunday AM Box Office |url=https://deadline.com/2024/03/box-office-godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-1235871440/ |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=March 31, 2024 |date=March 31, 2024 |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330023616/https://deadline.com/2024/03/box-office-godzilla-x-kong-the-new-empire-1235871440/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
===Critical response===
{{Rotten Tomatoes prose|71|6.4|168|''Immaculate'' in conception if not always in execution, this religiously themed horror outing is saved by a divine performance from Sydney Sweeney.|access-date=April 26, 2024|ref=y}} {{Metacritic film prose|57|39|access-date=March 31, 2024|ref=y}} Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale, while those polled by [[PostTrak]] gave the film a 52% overall positive score, with 30% saying they would definitely recommend it.<ref name="opening" />

Tim Robey of ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' awarded the film three stars out of five, saying that "Sydney Sweeney's pregnant-nun horror takes time to deliver… Only at the very end does ''Immaculate'' deliver, so to speak, on some of (its) hinted-at promise."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2024/03/21/immaculate-review-sydney-sweeneys-pregnant-nun-horror-takes/|title=Immaculate: Sydney Sweeney's pregnant-nun horror takes time to deliver|website=The Telegraph|date=21 March 2024|access-date=22 March 2024|archive-date=March 29, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240329080117/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2024/03/21/immaculate-review-sydney-sweeneys-pregnant-nun-horror-takes/|url-status=live}}</ref> Manohla Dargis of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called the film a Critic's Pick, writing that the film "is a scare-fest with a plucky heroine, an irreverent hot-button twist and just enough narrative ambiguity to give viewers something to argue about."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |date=March 21, 2024 |title='Immaculate' Review: Sydney Sweeney Is Wide-Eyed but Sly |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/movies/immaculate-review-sydney-sweeney.html |url-status=live |access-date=March 25, 2024 |work=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=March 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328094919/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/movies/immaculate-review-sydney-sweeney.html }}</ref>
===Comparisons to ''The First Omen''===
Due to sharing similar premises (and a common Italian setting) and released at about the same time, ''Immaculate'' and ''[[The First Omen]]'' have been dubbed as [[Twin film|"twin" films]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meenan |first=Devin |date=April 7, 2024 |title=Everything Immaculate And The First Omen Have In Common (Besides Evil Pregnancies) |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1557055/imacculate-first-omen-evil-pregnancy-plot/ |website=[[/Film]]}}</ref> Both films explore the issue of female [[Bodily integrity|bodily autonomy]], depicting the "systemic control of women's bodies reduced to vessels".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sarrubba |first=Stefania |date=April 7, 2024 |title=Why The First Omen's full-frontal childbirth scene is so important |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a60410360/first-omen-vagina-childbirth-scene/ |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> [[Bilge Ebiri]] of ''[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]'' wondered about "why should anyone be surprised that suddenly, in the wake of the Supreme Court's overturning of ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'', as state after state attempts to enact religious laws depriving women of bodily agency, America is getting horror movies about people forced into monstrous births by religious institutions worried about their growing irrelevance".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |author-link=Bilge Ebiri |date=April 5, 2024 |title=Behold, an Actually Good Omen Movie |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/review-the-first-omen-is-actually-a-good-omen-movie.html |website=[[Vulture (magazine)|Vulture]]}}</ref>

== Themes ==
The film addresses themes of genetic modification and debates surrounding childbirth, abortion, and [[infanticide]]. Speaking with ''[[Fangoria]]'', director Mohan recited a story wherein his family stopped attending church after hearing a pro-life sermon; however he held that the movie was not intended to have a social message.<ref name=":02" /> The article reads,<blockquote>And though the film – which is, at the end of the day, about a forced birth by a religious institution laying claim to a woman's body – is already getting its share of blowback from certain conservative corners of the internet, Mohan is unbothered. "I don't think of it as a problem. I think it's a necessary conversation, and if a film can inspire that conversation, then we've done our job. But I also want to be really clear: I want that conversation to be started by the audience. I don't want them to look at us and go 'Look at those [[social justice warrior]]s!{{' "}} Mohan seems more invested in having ''Immaculate'' carry out horror's other important mission: scarring people for life.<ref name=":02" /></blockquote>Several critics likened ''Immaculate'' to a modern revival of the [[nunsploitation]] sub-genre.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-03-21 |title=Review {{!}} In Sydney Sweeney's 'Immaculate,' nunsploitation is back |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/03/20/immaculate-sydney-sweeney-review/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=April 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406132152/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/03/20/immaculate-sydney-sweeney-review/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Fletcher |first=Harriet |date=2024-03-25 |title=Immaculate: how a nunsploitation film tunes into women's anger over misogyny and oppression |url=http://theconversation.com/immaculate-how-a-nunsploitation-film-tunes-into-womens-anger-over-misogyny-and-oppression-226528 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US |archive-date=April 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402185156/http://theconversation.com/immaculate-how-a-nunsploitation-film-tunes-into-womens-anger-over-misogyny-and-oppression-226528 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Picado |first=Claudia |date=2024-04-02 |title='Immaculate' Gives a Modern Update to This Horror Classic |url=https://collider.com/immaculate-rosemarys-baby/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Collider |language=en |archive-date=April 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403212158/https://collider.com/immaculate-rosemarys-baby/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Others noted the aesthetic and thematic influences of 1970s European horror cinema, including directors [[Dario Argento]], [[Mario Bava]], [[Lucio Fulci]],  and [[Roman Polanski]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Motamayor |first=Rafael |date=2024-03-13 |title='Immaculate' Review: This Nun Horror Movie Is God Awful |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/immaculate-review-sydney-sweeney-nun-horror-movie-1234964318/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US |archive-date=March 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240324170646/https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/immaculate-review-sydney-sweeney-nun-horror-movie-1234964318/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2024-03-22 |title='Immaculate' Is Bad-Gal Blasphemy of the Highest Order |url=https://time.com/6959250/immaculate-review-sydney-sweeney/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |magazine=TIME |language=en |archive-date=April 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402185156/https://time.com/6959250/immaculate-review-sydney-sweeney/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lindsey |first=Craig D. |title=Immaculate Is a Batshit Psycho-Thriller Just Like They Used to Make |url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/movies-tv/immaculate-is-a-batshit-psycho-thriller-just-like-they-used-to-make-42129441 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Riverfront Times |language=en |archive-date=April 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402185156/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/movies-tv/immaculate-is-a-batshit-psycho-thriller-just-like-they-used-to-make-42129441 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Donato |first=Matt |date=2024-03-13 |title='Immaculate' Review: Sydney Sweeney's Horror Isn't Afraid to Sin {{!}} SXSW 2024 |url=https://collider.com/immaculate-review-sydney-sweeney/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Collider |language=en |archive-date=April 3, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403212158/https://collider.com/immaculate-review-sydney-sweeney/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-18 |title=Immaculate |url=https://www.filmink.com.au/reviews/immaculate/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=FilmInk |language=en-AU |archive-date=April 2, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402185158/https://www.filmink.com.au/reviews/immaculate/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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