Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
Spain, 1949. Narcisa, a novice, arrives at an old convent, converted into a girls' school, to work as a teacher.
Sister Death is a prequel to Verónica (2017), set in post-Civil War Spain with Narcisa as a young novice-turned-teacher haunted by supernatural forces in a convent school. The atmospheric period setting and connection to a beloved Spanish horror film give it some distinction, but the plot leans on familiar haunted-convent tropes without significantly subverting them. Acting is competent, with Aria Bedmar carrying the film adequately. Cinematography captures the cold, austere convent aesthetic reasonably well but doesn't push beyond genre expectations. The ending feels somewhat abrupt and underwhelming, failing to fully pay off the mystery built throughout, which is a recurring criticism. As a prequel, its novelty is limited — it trades on established mythology rather than forging genuinely new ground.