Twilight Time, with sales and distribution expertise provided by MVD Entertainment Group, has a newly-minted Blu-ray edition of Italian filmmaker Domenico Paolella's 1973 nunsploitation classic, The Nun and the Devil, lined up for a domestic launch on Nov. 8.
This is a 2K film restoration from the original 35mm camera negative.
A power struggle at a 16th Century Italian monastery develops when the Mother Superior dies. Three scheming nuns desire (desire, oh that’s a bad word) to take her place and go well-beyond proper conduct fitting their station to achieve the laurels of the lily pad in this proverbial pond.
Sister Lavinia (Maria Cumani Quasimodo — Vampire in Venice, Turn the Other Cheek) is the presumed heir-apparent, but both Sister Giulia (Anne Heywood — The Fox, Midas Run, The Brain) and Sister Carmela (Claudia Gravy — Marquis de Sade's Justine, Byleth: The Demon of Incest) also have their eye on the power position.
Of course, this is a nunsploitation entry, which means that there is very little in the way of dedication to the calling of the church as lesbian affairs, sex on the sly, corruption and murder are all mixed together in Paolella's The Nun and the Devil.
Who wins out? It might come as a bit of a shocker, but you’ll have to wait until Twilight Time’s Blu-ray debut on Nov. 08 to discover the answer to that question.
Bonus delights include commentary with film critic Kim Newman, who is joined by Italian Cinema expert Barry Forshaw (“Italian Cinema: Arthouse to Exploitation”) and a quartet of featurettes —— “Judging Luc,” “The Devil and Martine,” “Paolella Connection” and “Horny Devils: Nunsploitation Explained.”
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