THE CONVENT is an awful little British horror film that shows no signs of moving away from the doldrums from beginning to end. An ill-advised addition to the small but memorable 'nunsploitation' genre of filmmaking, this one involves a young woman accused of witchcraft who is saved from the stake and led to an extremely gloomy convent, where it turns out a possessed nun is tearing out eyeballs left, right and centre. It's tacky and interminable, badly lit and awfully acted from a dull cast; the only fun comes (unsurprisingly) from the two old-timers in the cast: the first is Michael Ironside contributing an opening cameo, the second HELLRAISER actress Claire Higgins once more playing an extremely unpleasant character. They're not enough to raise the spirits...