Nunsploitation

THE SEX DEMONS
Jess Franco, France/Portugal, 1972, eng. version,
35mm, 114’
Director Jess Franco’s X-rated rip-off of Ken Russell’s
The Devils blends torture with full-frontal nudity as the daughters of a condemned witch, burned at the stake before the Inquisition, infest the local nunnery with blasphemous sexual and satanic acts. One of the sisters even shows a talent for a “death kiss”, which literally turns men into cheap plastic skeletons.

THE SINFUL NUNS OF
SAINT VALENTINE
Sergio Grieco, Italy, 1973, eng. version, beta, 93’
Mother Superior and a rabid collection of mentally disturbed and sex craved sisters lose their habits and morals with equal gusto.

SCHOOL OF THE HOLY
BEAST
Norifumi Suzuki, Japan, 1974, vo/ov eng. st, 35mm,
88’
A mind-blowing critique of Catholicism (Japanese- style) in the guise of an exploitation film. A young woman enters a convent to investigate the mysterious death of her mother. She soon discovers a pool of vice as she’s abused by lecherous archbishops, a lesbian mother superior and a line of fellow nuns ready to whip her with rosethorns! An unholy mix of lesbian sex, flagellation, fetishism, and political commentary is brilliantly fused in one outrageously provocative and visually stunning package.

WET ROPE CONFESSION
Koyu Ohara, Japan, 1979, vo/ov eng.st, beta, 74’
It’s all here: masturbation, whipping and disco dancing. Guaranteed to annoy the religious community with amongst other things – nuns tied to the crucifix and begging to be whipped and a new take on ‘sheep shagging’ with local businessmen bidding to sire a nun dressed up as a sacrificial lamb while the rest of the convent indulge in an orgy.