Synopsis

Father Crowthorne, priest of the parish Smallton, finishes his weekly service and talks to members of his congregation as they leave. On the way out Mrs. Dawes, an elderly woman, states how small the congregation has become and how some “young blood” is needed. The Father replies that a young female Vicar is moving to the church and they both agree it’ll be for the best to keep sin away. Before leaving, he starts to hear whispering and as he gets closer to the back of the church it gets stronger but disappears before he gets to close. Slightly shaken he leaves the church and goes home but before he falls asleep he hears the whispering again.

The next day, whilst the Father is walking through the town he sees someone moving in to an old house and greets them. He discovers that it’s the new female Vicar; Reverend Kerry O’Reilly and her husband Andrew. She invites him in, and over tea, they talk about her backstory, why she moved. The Father thanks her for coming and states he believes there’s too much sin in the world before leaving to go to the church.

On the way to the church, he sees people closing up their shops for the night or walking their dogs and haves casual passing conversations. He arrives at the church just as night falls to lock up and after inspecting it, he makes a prayer. He turns to leave and halfway down the aisle hears the whispering. As he gets closer to the source it tells him to kill sinners and becomes so loud that it drives him to his knees, screaming before he passes out. After he wakes up he gets out of the church, and sees two lovers in the graveyard. Influenced by the words he hears; he murders the pair with a crucifix as they try to escape, whilst quoting the Bible.  After the act is done the Priest drags the bodies through to a corner of the graveyard finds a shovel and buries the bodies.

The following Sunday Reverend O’Reilly prepares for her first sermon and gets to the church early with her husband. Father Crowthorne is sitting in the first pew, muttering to himself and when disturbed appears startled and worried. Throughout the service Reverend O’Reilly keeps looking at a shaking Father Crowthorne and after the service he disappears into his office without saying a word despite being approached by the Reverend. In his office he looks at the cut on his wrist from the first murder before sitting back and falling asleep. He wakes up to hear noise outside and investigates but is attacked by a group of 3 boys and gets cut on his head. They are stealing but, before they escape, Father Crowthorne kills one of the boys by bashing his head against a wall and knocks one out after a fight whilst the other boy escapes. All the while he is chanting the Bible.

The 2nd boy awakes tied to a chair where after a short dialogue with Father Crowthorne is baptised in “holy” acid water. The cut on the Fathers wrist enflames and his skin burns. The 3rd boy has ran to the Reverend’s house and explained the situation. O’Reilly, her husband and the boy make their way up to the church and when they enter they see the corpse still tied to the chair at which point a burned Father Crowthorne appears. He explains he has to kill to eradicate sin. The 3rd boy is pounced by Crowthorne and has his neck chewed before being pulled off by Andrew who he in return kills with knife. He then lunges in to kill O’Reilly and after a short scuffle they end up on their knees. Crowthorne starts to approach O’Reilly who prays for her live when Crowthorne grabs her throat. His hands start to burn up and he lets go of her as she’s pure and innocent. With his power spent he falls to the floor and O’Reilly sees the devilish mark on his wrist and discovers he’s part demon. He asks to die as he realises he’s sinned and as a way of peacefully killing him, O’Reilly forgives him and places a hand on his cheek resulting in him turning to dust. With Crowthorne dead she goes to her husband’s corpse and starts to mourn. The film ends with O’Reilly hearing a faint whispering.