In 1750, in a small town somewhere in Navarre, Spain, Sister Águeda, the Mother Superior of the local nunnery, falls into religious ecstasy during a mass and weeps bloody tears in front of a moved crowd. Shortly afterwards, two young novices end up behind the holy walls of this place - and while Lucía is quickly fascinated by the charismatic convent superior, everything in Ana María rebels against the gloom of the convent. The arrival of the two girls soon shakes the fragile balance of the monastic community, because behind the oppressive daily routine of faith, atonement and redemption a sinister power has long been lurking that hopes for its liberation... With their joint film debut »The Convent: In the Name of the Devil«, the two directors Ángel M. Chivite and Luis Galindo dedicate themselves entirely to the tradition of atmospheric horror cinema in their Spanish homeland. Inspired by an actual incident in the former nunnery of Corella, horror creeps up on quiet soles, lurking in the silent shadows of the stone corridors, in the torchlight of the nocturnal processions and the whispering voices in the confessional, to strike when you least expect it. An occult shocker that sets new standards!