Alchemist
Directed By: Bill Corcoran
Cast: Eric Balfour, Tanya Clarke, Nick Mancuso, Caroline Neron & Justin Salinger.
Despite the title of this made for Sci-Fi horror flick, there’s only one gargoyle, and she’s already risen. And once the pre-credit sequence is finished ripping off the opening scene from 1983’s The Keep, our rather silly story gets under way.
Enter Professor Jack Randall, the American Asshole in Paris who, along with his friend Carol, unwisely decides to go poking around inside of an ancient Parisian church scheduled for demolition. According to Carol, the church was built over the remains of a pre-Christian church, and has all kinds of neato stuff tucked away in its bowels that Jack could write a book about and make a gazillion dollars. Jack does find some cool looking statues down below, but also almost gets his face ripped off by a big beastie, glimpsed briefly through the thick shadows that envelop the whole of this film. Meanwhile, Carol has stuffed some goodies in her purse, including something that looks like a cross between an avocado and the Bloodstone prop from the Subspecies films.
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