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Sacred Flesh (2000)
Subpar trash - and proudly that
Nigel Wingrove's less than spectacular try on the nunsploitation genre is quite ridiculous a film indeed, on every level. A Mother Superior is suffering from an extreme form of horniness-induced delirium brought about by her reading the carnal confessions of her fellow sisters, who invariably are silicone pumped sex fiends prone to succumbing to the callings of their young flesh. She descends into a hallucinatory limbo where Mary Magdalene herself encourages her to stop the mortification of her flesh and instead save her sanity by giving in to her innate sexual frenzy. Whipping, masturbation, lesbianism and group sex follow, as they should.
This film sucks, but in a good way. Acting is terrible, costumes laughable and the soft-core sex scenes tame, poorly performed and devoid of any illusion of feeling whatsoever. I've always imagined the real sex life of nuns to be much dirtier, perverse and more demented.
That's not to say the time spent on this flick was wasted. In a right state of mind, with the right company, watching this piece of garbage can be an exquisite pleasure.
Recommended for true connoisseurs of the poopier side of cinema.
Immagini di un convento (1979)
Debauchery in a nunnery
In every film, even those of trashier variety, there's always something to be learned. In this classic piece of 70's Italo-sleaze, it's the fact that building a nunnery atop the ruins of a pagan place of worship is a serious mistake – unless you plan on inducing the poor nuns to a frenzy of sexual debauchery and possession, that is. Sexual repression and monastic discipline in an all-female community do not mix well with remnants of ancient fertility cult: especially leaving a plaster statue of Pan visible on the yard can make controlling the overflowing powers of female perversion impossible.
This fine specimen of the noble genre of nunsploitation by Joe D'Amato presents the viewer a cavalcade of female nudity, flagellation, lesbianism, masturbation, possession, rape as well as a scene where a cardinal's attempt at exorcising the sex-starved nuns ends up in an ecclesial orgy. Naughty, naughty.
Acting is rather rigid, especially the sex scenes, but it's backed by an atmospheric score. Especially the organ-driven theme is memorable.
I'm loving this stuff way too much to try any kind of impartial assessment. A must see for any exploitation enthusiast.