The Eighteenth Angel is a 1997 American horror-thriller film, starring Christopher McDonald, Rachael Leigh Cook, Stanley Tucci, Wendy Crewson and Maximilian Schell. It was directed by William Bindley and written by David Seltzer.
Overview
The Eighteenth Angel is a 1997 American horror-thriller film, starring Christopher McDonald, Rachael Leigh Cook, Stanley Tucci, Wendy Crewson, and Maximilian Schell. It was directed by William Bindley and written by David Seltzer.
Plot
A prophecy claims that the return of Satan will be precipitated by the arrival of eighteen physically perfect beings. To enable the prophecy come to fruition, a secret sect of monks join an obsessed geneticist to artificially create the perfect specimens.
Hugh Stanton and his daughter Lucy have lost their wife and mother - seemingly to suicide - after a brief meeting with a mysterious Etruscan man. In the aftermath of her death, Hugh decides to move from America to Rome, where he and Lucy settle down in the former Etruscan areas north of the Eternal City.
