ANITA EKBERG STARS AS THE TITLE CHARACTER IN THIS CLASSIC ITALIAN EXPLOITATION FLICK FROM DIRECTOR GIULIO BERRUTI!
I really need to broaden my horizons Vault Dwellers, because I am completely out of the loop when it comes to "Nunsploitation" films! I can name a handful of titles that hail from this sub-genre of exploitation cinema off the top of my head (e.g. THE SINFUL NUNS OF SAINT VALENTINE and THE OTHER HELL), but I've never seen a single one! And honestly I wouldn't really know where to begin! Perhaps Arrow Video's new Blu-ray of KILLER NUN is a good place to start? (Let me know in the comments!)
Synopsis: Aging blonde-bombshell Anita Ekberg (LA DOLCE VITA, PICK-UP ALLEY) gives a full-bodied performance as a sex-crazed sister with some seriously bad habits in the lurid cult classic KILLER NUN.
One of the most notorious 'nunsploitation' films, KILLER NUN tells the sordid story of Sister Gertrude, a disturbed woman of the cloth who degenerates into a perverse mire of drug taking, sexual perversion, sadistic torture and murder. Joe Dallesandro (THE CLIMBER, FLESH FOR FRANKENSTEIN), Alida Valli (THE POSSESSED, SUSPIRIA), and the ample Paola Morra (BEHIND CONVENT WALLS) offer spirited performances and able support to Ekberg, in this shocking tale based on real events.
Boasting an incongruously classy score by legendary composer Alessandro Alessandroni (WOMEN'S CAMP 119) and stylishly rendered scenes of sex and murder, KILLER NUN takes the viewer on hair-raising journey from the heights of religious ecstasy to the depths of devilish degeneracy.
Disc Specs:
Not Rated | Color | 85 minutes | Region A
Video - 1080p Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio - English & Italian LPCM Mono
Extras:
- NEW! 2K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative!
- Uncompressed mono 1.0 LPCM audio!
- Original English and Italian soundtracks, titles and credits!
- NEW! translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack!
- NEW! Audio commentary by Italian genre film connoisseurs Adrian J. Smith and David Flint!
- NEW! Beyond Convent Walls - A video essay on nunsploitation and Killer Nun by critic Kat Ellinger!
- NEW! Starry Eyes - An interview with director Giulio Berruti!
- NEW! Cut and Noise - An interview with editor Mario Giacco!
- NEW! Our Mother of Hell - An interview with actress Ileana Fraia!
- Original Italian and international theatrical trailers!
- Image gallery
- NEW! Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Daryl Joyce!
