She even sets her sights on the city’s corrupt mayor, played by Milton James, in an effort to get him to change his ways).
#DARK ANGEL THE ASCENT MOVIE#
She and the others pray to God, and bow down before heavenly angels and clergy alike (on the street one evening, Veronica is approached by two nuns, causing her to immediately drop to her knees), yet they also have the ability to do some terrible things, as we see in those moments when Veronica takes the law into her own hands (in what is easily the film’s goriest scene, she yanks out a would-be rapist’s spinal column, then offers it to his potential victim as a souvenir of her terrible ordeal).īut aside from a few lingering questions about hell and its various regulations, Dark Angel: The Ascent works as a romance (Veronica’s desire to experience love in all its forms, especially physical, makes for some interesting sequences, including one where she drags Max to an adult movie theater) as well as a tale of vigilante justice (despite her desire to live among mortals, Veronica does not shirk her duties, dispatching bad guys in as violent a manner as she possibly can. We’re also not quite sure what the rules are for Veronica or her kind. Tormented souls being whipped and beaten for their sins? Check), though I admit I was amazed to learn that the fallen angels forced to work in hell don’t do so 24/7 after a hard day of snipping off the tongues of liars, Veronica’s father heads home to enjoy a relaxing dinner with his family. For starters, the film’s depiction of hell (which is where we spend the beginning of the movie) is on the generic side, and not very frightening (Fire? check. But will the veteran cops track Veronica down before she kills again?ĭark Angel: The Ascent is one very strange motion picture, and has its share of scenes that don’t work as they should. The police are convinced that the bodies Veronica leaves behind are the work of a psychopath, and assign detectives Harper (Mike Genovese) and Greenberg (Michael C. What the good doctor doesn’t know, however, is that while he’s working nights at the hospital, Veronica, along with her trusty dog Hellraiser, is walking the streets, exacting her own deadly brand of justice on any and all evildoers who cross her path.
Barris, who, in turn, develops feelings for her. Over time, Veronica falls in love with Dr. Mary’s Hospital and one of the few people in the entire city with a heart of gold. Max Barris (Daniel Markel), a physician at St. Ignoring the wishes of her father (Nicholas Worth) and mother (Charlotte Stewart), Veronica, a demon-in-training, leaves hell behind to explore the world of the living.
#DARK ANGEL THE ASCENT FULL#
But thanks to Angela Featherstone, who plays a gorgeous demonic being named Veronica in Full Moon’s 1994 horror / romance Dark Angel: The Ascent, I see that hell can also be "hot" in ways I never imagined before!
Trivia: The film's trailer reuses music from Stuart Gordon's The Pit and the Pendulumįor centuries, hell has been depicted in Christian folklore as a realm of fire and brimstone, where the wicked, damned for eternity, burn for their sins. Line from the film: "My name is Veronica Maria Theresa Iscariot of Hell"
During an accident she is seriously wounded, and a kindly young doctor helps her recover and as he does, she cannot help but fall in love with him.Starring: Angela Featherstone, Nicholas Worth, Daniel Markel Soon the blood begins flowing like sacramental wine. Finding it nearly as debauched and wicked as her home, the girl decides to take care of the villainous and evil before they get down to the Devil's domain. Sandra Brennan, RoviĪ beautiful devil-girl tires of torturing the souls of the damned and so busts out of hell to visit the mortal plane. During an accident she is seriously wounded, and a kindly young doctor helps her recover and as he does, she cannot help but fall in love with him.
A beautiful devil-girl tires of torturing the souls of the damned and so busts out of hell to visit the mortal plane.
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