“Consecration” trailer: Jena Malone in the horror film

Jena Malone is on a mission to find a killer in God’s house.

The ‘Neon Demon’ star plays atheist Grace, who travels to Scotland for new horror film ‘Consecration’ after her brother kills himself in a nunnery. However, Grace’s brother, who was a priest, is also the suspect in a murder investigation, and Grace begins to believe that he was actually killed and did not take his own life. At the convent, Grace discovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about her own past.

In the horror film, Janet Suzman portrays a Mother Superior who seems to be keeping supernatural secrets. Danny Huston is the head scratcher’s lead investigator.

Thoren Ferguson and Will Keen also star in the film, directed by Christopher Smith (“Triangle,” “The Banishing”). Smith also co-wrote “Consecration” with producer Laurie Cook. The film is also produced by Jason Newmark, Xavier Marchand, Casey Herbert and Stuart Ford. “Consecration” is distributed by IFC Midnight and Shudder.

“I’ve never been more startled than when I go into a church or a temple,” Smith told Entertainment Weekly of the origin of that premise. “I recently went to a synagogue and found the atmosphere there so electric. I don’t feel that in old houses. I wanted to make a film about religion, but seriously.”

Smith has also directed episodes of Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider and Sky’s Temple.

In addition to Consecration, Malone will star in Rose Glass’s American epic Love Lies Bleeding, Zack Synder’s Rebel Moon, and Kevin Costner’s next directorial effort, Horizon, a Civil War drama he co-wrote.

Malone previously starred in the 2020 horror film Antebellum and told IndieWire that she’s not afraid to play a white supremacist on screen and to tackle a discussion of race in American cinema.

“I’ve never been the type of person that’s really scared of characters that aren’t easy to bring to life, I think is the nicest way [to put it]’ Malone said. “This whole spectrum of ‘bad guy,’ things that aren’t easy to like, things that aren’t easy to understand, those things never scared me.”

She added, “People would say, ‘Are you scared? are you alright?’ It was like letting the fear rise in my throat a little, but now we are in this amazing reckoning, this awakening, and there couldn’t be a better time for the release of this film. I’m not afraid at all.”

Consecration hits theaters on February 10th.

Check out the trailer below.

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