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When an ancient buried church is discovered in [[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry Glastonbury]] with an unusual altar piece depicting a crucified Christ facing a bas-relief of onlookers, Simon Kirkman (Dillane), an art historian with a background in authenticating religious relics, is called in to examine it by his estranged friend, Father Luke Fraser (Beale). Meanwhile, a young American woman named Cassie Grant (Ricci) is accidentally struck by a car driven by Simon's wife, Marion (Fox). Cassie seems virtually unharmed by the impact other than an apparent loss of memory of everything but her name, but Marion insists on taking her in until she fully recovers. Cassie grows to care for Simon and Marion's two young children, Michael and Emma, but is troubled by premonitions of the death of several people in the village as well as strange dreams and seeing people that she recognizes in the village who just stare at her.

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When an ancient buried church church is discovered in [[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry Glastonbury]] with an unusual altar piece depicting that depicts a crucified Christ facing a bas-relief of onlookers, Simon Kirkman (Dillane), an art historian with a background in authenticating religious relics, is called in to examine it by his estranged friend, Father Luke Fraser (Beale). Meanwhile, a young American woman named Cassie Grant (Ricci) is accidentally struck by a car driven by Simon's wife, Marion (Fox). (Fox).

Cassie seems virtually unharmed by the impact other than save for an apparent loss of memory of everything but her name, but Marion insists on taking her in until she has fully recovers. recovered. Cassie grows to care for Simon and Marion's two young children, Michael and Emma, but is troubled by premonitions of the death of several people in the village village, as well as strange dreams and seeing people that she recognizes in the village who just stare at her.
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''The Gathering'' is a 2002 {{Horror}}/{{Thriller}} film directed by Creator/BrianGilbert and starring Creator/ChristinaRicci, Creator/IoanGruffudd, Creator/KerryFox, Creator/StephenDillane, Creator/SimonRussellBeale, and Creator/RobertHardy. An ancient buried church is found with an unusual altar piece involving a crucified Christ facing a bas-relief of onlookers, and Simon Kirkman (Dillane), an art historian with a background in authenticating religious relics, is called in to examine it by his estranged friend, Father Luke Fraser (Beale). Meanwhile, a young woman named Cassie Grant (Ricci) is accidentally struck by the car of Simon's wife, Marion (Fox). Cassie seems virtually unharmed by the impact other than an apparent loss of memory of everything but her name, but Marion insists on taking her in until she recovers. Cassie grows to care for Simon and Marion's two young children, Michael and Emma, but is troubled by premonitions of the death of several people in the village as well as strange dreams and seeing people that she recognizes in the village who just stare at her.

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''The Gathering'' is a 2002 {{Horror}}/{{Thriller}} British {{horror}}/{{thriller}} film directed by Creator/BrianGilbert and starring Creator/ChristinaRicci, Creator/IoanGruffudd, Creator/KerryFox, Creator/StephenDillane, Creator/SimonRussellBeale, and Creator/RobertHardy. An Creator/RobertHardy.

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ancient buried church is found discovered in [[UsefulNotes/TheWestCountry Glastonbury]] with an unusual altar piece involving depicting a crucified Christ facing a bas-relief of onlookers, and Simon Kirkman (Dillane), an art historian with a background in authenticating religious relics, is called in to examine it by his estranged friend, Father Luke Fraser (Beale). Meanwhile, a young American woman named Cassie Grant (Ricci) is accidentally struck by the a car of driven by Simon's wife, Marion (Fox). Cassie seems virtually unharmed by the impact other than an apparent loss of memory of everything but her name, but Marion insists on taking her in until she fully recovers. Cassie grows to care for Simon and Marion's two young children, Michael and Emma, but is troubled by premonitions of the death of several people in the village as well as strange dreams and seeing people that she recognizes in the village who just stare at her.


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Not to be confused with the Christmas-themed 1977 MadeForTVMovie of the same name starring Creator/EdAsner and Creator/MaureenStapleton.
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''The Gathering'' is a 2002 {{Horror}}/{{Thriller}} film directed by Creator/BrianGilbert and starring Creator/ChristinaRicci, Creator/IoanGruffudd, Creator/KerryFox, Creator/StephenDillane, Creator/SimonRussellBeale, and Creator/RobertHardy. An ancient buried church is found with an unusual altar piece involving a crucified Christ facing a bas-relief of onlookers, and Simon Kirkman (Dillane), an art historian with a background in authenticating religious relics, is called in to examine it by his estranged friend, Father Luke Fraser (Beale). Meanwhile, a young woman named Cassie Grant (Ricci) is accidentally struck by the car of Simon's wife, Marion (Fox). Cassie seems virtually unharmed by the impact other than an apparent loss of memory of everything but her name, but Marion insists on taking her in until she recovers. Cassie grows to care for Simon and Marion's two young children, Michael and Emma, but is troubled by premonitions of the death of several people in the village as well as strange dreams and seeing people that she recognizes in the village who just stare at her.

Gradually, Cassie comes to realize that there is something more sinister going on with these people she recognizes, that they may be tied to an upcoming disaster, even as Simon and Luke come to realize the ties to the contents of the church, which was possibly founded by St. Joseph of Arimathea.

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!!This film exhibits the following tropes:
* EasyAmnesia: Cassie exhibits retrograde amnesia after the accident, unable to recall anything but her name and a vague belief that she's from the Midwest United States.
* FlyingDutchman: It is eventually revealed that the strange people that Cassie sees in the town are a crowd of people who observed The Crucifixion simply as a matter of spectacle, and have been cursed to continue to be spectators to great tragedies. [[spoiler:Cassie is one of them.]]
* LostInTheMaize: Cassie, Michael, and Emma use a nearby field of corn to hide from [[spoiler:Argyle]].
* OrphanageOfFear: The house that the Kirkmans live in used to be an orphanage, which was rumored to be a hotbed of abuse of the children there. [[spoiler:It was, and Argyle is planning his revenge on the five men who abused him, as well as killing Michael, who resembles him as a child.]]
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