History Film / Immaculate

* MedicalRapeAndImpregnate: [[spoiler:The villains' mission. In order to create the Second Coming, they have taken DNA off the cross in order to impregnate a series of young women and create the Second Coming.]]

* AllForNotthing: The ending strongly hints that [[spoiler: Cecilia gave birth not to Jesus but the Antichrist instead, indicating that the cult's plans to bring about the Second Coming were ultimately for naught no matter what]].

--> '''Sister Cecilia Jones'''

* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Cardinal Merola may be an unrepentant murderer who is part of a cult trying to clone the Messiah, but he does make a valid point when he asks Cecilia "If this is not the will of God, then why does God not stop us?", a point that Cecilia does not have a response to.]] Later events somewhat imply that [[spoiler: Cecilia actually is an instrument of God's will, saved in order to clean up the convent's mess]].

* ArtisticLicenseTraditionalChristianity: The film makes the common mistake of conflating the Immaculate Conception (the Catholic dogma holding that Mary was conceived free from original sin) and the Virgin Birth (Jesus having no human father, being conceived by an act of the Holy Spirit). Although given the convent is actually a renegade cult within the Catholic Church its possible they simply don't follow the mainstream interpretation.

* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The pious and gentle protagonist Cecilia has HairOfGoldHeartOfGold. Her OnlyFriend at the convent, Gwen, has dark hair. The bitter Isabelle, who hates Cecilia [[spoiler:because it was "supposed" to be her who carried the Second Coming]], has red hair.

* DevilButNoGod: Played with, and discussed in an unusual way for this subgenre. The convent intends to [[spoiler:create the Second Coming, so of course they believe it's the will of God.]] When it actually happens, Cecilia comes to believe (apparently accurately) that the product is [[spoiler:the Antichrist.]] This would seem to be a straight example of the trope, but when Cecilia confronts him, [[spoiler:Cardinal Merola]] makes the [[VillainHasAPoint pretty good point]] of saying "If this is not the will of God, then why does God not stop us?" Even Cecilia doesn't have an answer for that.

*** The less specific homage is the decision to never fully show [[spoiler:Cecilia and Rosemary's babies respectively, just having them crying but not shown on camera and described by their horrified mothers.]]

* KnightTemplar: The villains [[spoiler:want to clone Jesus to bring about the second coming, and are willing to resort to extremely twisted means to make sure that happens.]]

* MessianicArchetype: Cecilia is a variant. She is treated as a second coming of Mary, prayed to and worshipped, as a [[VirginPower virgin mother]] who is believed to be pregnant with the Messiah. [[spoiler:Despite the convent's attempts to create a Messiah in her baby, it's revealed that their efforts have in fact created TheAntichrist.]]

* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler: Cecilia manages to take out three people (Mother Superior, Cardinal Franco Merola, and Father Sal Tedeschi) and escape the Convent all while injured and going through labor.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler:The convent's goal is to try and recreate the Messiah through a chosen virgin mother, but their methods end up causing Cecilia to give birth to the Antichrist.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Cecilia already knows from seeing another with similar wounds that while disabling "now" her feet will heal enough to walk if given time. as such she is simply able to wait while pretending to co-operate and when a chance comes she immediately makes another escape attempt that actually succeeds this time.]]
* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Cardinal Merola may be an unrepentant murderer who is part of a cult trying to clone the messiah, but he does make a valid point when he asks Cecilia "If this is not the will of God, then why does God not stop us?", a point that Cecilia does not have a response to.]] Later events somewhat imply Cecilia actually is an instrument of their will, saved in order to clean up this mess.
* WithinArmsReach: Cecilia manages to dispatch [[spoiler:Tedesci]] by stabbing him through the neck with a ConvenientlyPlacedSharpThing, and kills [[spoiler:Mother Superior]] by bashing her over the head with a heavy cross hanging on the wall.
* WorkplaceAcquiredAbilities: Father Tedeschi was a biologist before becoming a priest. [[spoiler:Sure enough, he's the architect behind the villain's plot and the one who impregnated Cecilia.]]

** After Cecilia [[spoiler:fails to escape the convent, her feet are branded with crosses to ensure that she will not try to leave again before her pregnancy is up. This comes back to bite the villains as this isn't quite damaging enough to "keep" her disabled, by the climax she's healed up enough that she can walk well enough while gritting her teeth in the pain and HeroicWillpower does the rest. ]]

* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler:After being trapped in bed for weeks if not months and in the early stages of labour, Cecilia has enough strength to murder the Mother superior by beating her to death. She is then able to walk on still burnt feet, sneak up to the Cardinal and garrote him in an effort that would do 47 proud, burn the genetics lab and win two fights with Tedeschi even as the Labour progress's and she ends up with a number of wounds. Through all of this she keeps going seemingly only by refusing to give up and then has strength left to execute the anti-Christ even after a difficult labour under anything but ideal conditions.]]

* SmashToBlack: In example played for ''extremely'' pitch-black laughs, the film cuts to black and the credits role at the some moment [[spoiler: Cecilia smashes her newborn with a rock.]]

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:Cecilia already knows from seeing another with similar wounds that while disabling "now" her feet will heal enough to walk if given time. as such she is simply able to wait while pretending to co-operate and when a chance comes she immediately makes another escape attempt that actually succeeds this time.]]

** After Cecilia [[spoiler:fails to escape the convent, her feet are branded with crosses to ensure that she will not try to leave again before her pregnancy is up.]]

* ArtisticLicenseTraditionalChristianity: The film makes the common mistake of conflating the Immaculate Conception (the Catholic dogma holding that Mary was conceived free from original sin) and the Virgin Birth (Jesus having no human father, being conceived by an act of the Holy Spirit).

* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler: Cardinal Merola may be an unrepentant murderer who is part of a cult trying to clone the messiah, but he does make a valid point when he asks Cecilia "If this is not the will of God, then why does God not stop us?", a point that Cecilia does not have a response to.]]