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      Convent of the Sacred Beast

      1974 1h 31m Drama Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 72% Audience Score 500+ Ratings After her mother dies mysteriously, a young woman joins a convent but is tortured by nuns, the mother superior, and a God-hating archbishop. Read More Read Less

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      Anton Bitel Eye for Film in the whole nunsploitation subgenre, only Walerian Borowczyk's Behind Convent Walls (1977) comes close to the visual heights attained here. Rated: 2.5/5 Aug 6, 2007 Full Review Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid If nothing else, School of the Holy Beast is unlike anything you've seen before. Sep 30, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member This movie has everything; it looks amazing, has copious nudity, whipping, batshit Japanese version of christianity, weird shots, and nuns, nuns everywhere. Totally insane exploitation movie that's worth a look. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review dustin d School of the Holy Beast is an inventive nunsploitation film (an obscure exploitation subgenre similar to women in prison). It delivers on the violence and nudity expected from the form, and achieves what it set out to do. While the story and idea behind this film (and genre) may be off-putting, it is at least original and memorable. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member In order to enjoy this Japanese exploitation movie, liking torture and psychological horror is necessary, because the storyline is rather weak. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Stunningly audacious nunsploitation, with eye-popping visuals. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Mesmo sem ser totalmente capaz de defender a sua histĆ³ria de vinganƧa, "School of the Holy Beast" Ć© um nun-exploitation visualmente espantoso e suficientemente fascinados pela sua intriga herĆ©tica (que envolve por acaso traumas pĆ³s-atĆ³micos totalmente inesperados num filme de convento). Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Classic nunsploitation from Japan. Funny, sexy, blasphemous, and violent. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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      Synopsis After her mother dies mysteriously, a young woman joins a convent but is tortured by nuns, the mother superior, and a God-hating archbishop.
      Director
      Noribumi Suzuki
      Screenwriter
      Masahiro Kakefuda, Noribumi Suzuki
      Genre
      Drama, Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      Japanese
      Runtime
      1h 31m