Stigmata (1999) is a movie I rewatched for the first time in a long time on HBOMAX. The storyline follows an atheist who starts suffering from stigmata. A priest who believes more in science than religion is sent in to investigate the events and while he has initial doubts he slowly starts believing...and maybe falling in love in the process.

This movie is directed by Rupert Wainwright (The Fog remake) and stars Patricia Arquette (True Romance), Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects), Jonathan Pryce (Tomorrow Never Dies), Nia Long (The Best Man) and Ann Cusack (Gross Point Blank).

The storyline and premise for this movie had potential; unfortunately the execution and direction didn't work for me. The acting is solid but this feels more like a "horror romance" than a horror movie. There are three fairly solid scenes in this - the initial bathtub scene, the subway sequence and the dry erase board / camera scene were all pretty good. The makeup and horror elements were fairly well done, but the weird love story totally distracted this from being what it could have been.

Overall this is a fairly average addition to the horror genre that I would score a 5/10.