Saint

2010 [DUTCH]

Action / Comedy / Fantasy / Horror

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 29% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 29% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 10176 10.2K

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Plot summary

A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.

Director

Dick Maas Photo
Dick Maas

Top cast

Lien Van de Kelder Photo
Lien Van de Kelder as Verpleegster
Egbert Jan Weeber Photo
Egbert Jan Weeber as Frank
Cynthia Abma Photo
Cynthia Abma as Moeder Lisa
Rob Andrist Plourde Photo
Rob Andrist Plourde as Amerikaanse Toerist 1
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808.19 MB
1280*546
Dutch 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
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1.62 GB
1920*818
Dutch 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 27 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by mhproductions 6 / 10

Great Movie! Old school horror combined with modern humor..

SINT is one of the most talked about movies in The Netherlands in 2010. When I went to the cinema it was exactly the movie I expected. It was a combination of the old school horror style of Dick Maas, great special effects, and a sense of humor that I haven't seen in Dutch movies for a long time. The special effects might not be as amazing as we're used to as the standard is Pirates of the Caribbean. However, considering the small budget (compared to movies from Hollywood) the effects we're pretty nice. I've heard some rumors that they might make a sequel and I definitely hope that these rumors are true. All together a fun experience. I can recommend this movie very much!
Reviewed by BA_Harrison 6 / 10

Ho(lland)-ho(liday)-ho(rror) -- Merry ChristMaas!

According to popular European folklore, kindly Saint Niklas visits the homes of good children on December 5th, dropping gifts down their chimneys. In Sint, writer/director Dick Maas (Amsterdamned, Down) subverts this legend, his Saint Niklas shown to be a renegade, murderous, 15th century bishop who abducted children, but who was eventually confronted by angry villagers and burnt alive on his ship. Now, whenever a full moon occurs on December 5th, Saint Niklas leaves the netherworld and heads for the Netherlands, killing people and snatching kids in Amsterdam, aided in his work by his helpers, the 'Black Peters'.When his ex-girlfriend is found dead, killed by the nasty saint, student Frank (Egbert Jan Weeber) is suspected of murder, and must try to prove his innocence, joined in his fight against Niklas by rogue policeman Goert Hoekstra (Bert Luppes), whose own family were slaughtered 32 years earlier.Sint suffers from pacing issues, with some serious lulls between the action scenes, but when Maas is firing on all cylinders, the film is a lot of demented fun, with the malevolent bishop and his blackened cronies chopping and slicing and impaling their victims in gory fashion (with some excellent FX). The film looks great, boasting lovely cinematography, and there are some impressive set-pieces - a bloody attack on Frank and his friends, Saint Niklas riding his horse over the rooftops of Amsterdam (particularly good given the budget), and the massacre of a group of Special-ops - it's a shame, then, that the madness and momentum doesn't continue throughout the whole film, 'cos if it had this could've easily become a firm festive favourite (Elf has never been my style).6/10.
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