US one-sheet poster for Domink Moll’s The Monk

ShockTillYouDrop has posted an exclusive first look at the US one-sheet poster for The Monk, Domink Moll’s adaptation of Matthew Lewis’s gothic novel of the same name. This poster is just too cool not to post.

The film sees Vincent Cassell play Ambrosio, a devout monk whose seductive and captivating sermons have made him an attractive figure and it is these qualities, along with the arrival of the mysterious and disfigured Valerio which provide the fertile ground for his downfall.

The Monk was released in Ireland last year, but is finally making it’s way Stateside on March 8th..

Madrid, in the seventeenth century. Abandoned at the doorstep of a monastery, Ambrosio has been brought up by the Capucin Friars. After becoming a friar himself, he becomes an unrivalled preacher whose sermons draw crowds and earn him the admiration of all. Admired for his extreme rigour and absolute virtue, Ambrosio is certain he is safe from any temptation. But Satan has not said his final word…