Decades ago, a bunch of young men and women wanted to sacrifice a girl
in a Satanist ritual at Bachelors Grove Cemetery ... but ultimately they
didn't - but since, their almost sacrifice Megan (Diana Serna) has spent
her days in the asylum in a catatonic state due to the traumatic
experience. In the here and now, John Duncan (Danny Glenn), who has just
been let off, kills his family and then himself, so does the local priest
(Richard Pryor jr) - and the one thing the two had in common was they were
among the Satanist youngsters (but had since gone on to live respectable
lives). The other former Satanists start to panic, and their ideas how to
deal with the situation range from hiring a local medium (David Scott
Crawford) to just go and lynch Megan - because maybe they owe her to Satan
... Victoria (Sheree Bynum) was years ago attacked by her own father the
very same way Bachelors Grove's priest killed his family, so she travels
there to investigate and find closure. At the same time, yound Lindsay
(Jennifer Lenius) finds out she's actually the daughter of Megan, and now
she wants to see her and possibly get her out of the asylum. But by
that time one of the former Satanists (Suzy Brack) has fallen under an
evil spell and starts to hack up people including her own family, while
another of them (Tim Krueger) organizes a lynch mob to kill Megan for good
... and somehow the whole situation comes to a head at the Bachelors Grove
Cemetery ... Bachelors Grove is basically a nice little
piece of horror cinema, one that manages to tie up multiple storylines
into one intense story arc, finds the right balance between atmosphere and
gruesomeness, and that's character-centered rather than built upon
spectacle. Now add to that a directorial effort that exceeds above just
going for the jugular, and a competent ensemble cast, and you've got
something really nice. ... and if this review has at all gotten
you interested, you may want to watch Bachelors Grove for free
right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4iH9H5B4zo
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