Alida Valli, Anita Ekberg, Daniele Dublino

A mentally disturbed nun develops some nasty habits in this cult horror tale. Suffering from a brain disorder, morphine-addicted Sister Gertrude (Anita Ekberg) spins out of control. She tries to get h...( read more  read more... )elp, but none of her colleagues at the mental hospital take her seriously -- until someone starts murdering patients. Gertrude's erratic behavior makes her the prime suspect, so the Mother Superior has Gertrude committed … but the murders continue.

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Unrated, 87 min.

Directed by: Giulio Berruti

Release Date: December 31, 1978

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DVD Release Date: October 26, 2004

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  • September 4, 2009
    A nunsploitation that takes place in modern times. A nun who became addicted to painkillers while recovering from surgery starts to steal the meds from her patients at the convent-hospital she works at. She torments the old patients in her care. Getting rid of anyone who gets in ...( read more)her way through firing or murder (sometimes just for the kick of it), she ensures herself a life where she can have impersonal affairs with both men and women. Now that I think about it, it was really more of a nurseploitation.
  • May 31, 2009
    There's something about seeing the woman from La Dolce Vita playing a crazy, drug addicted nun that makes me feel happy and sad at the same time. This is sexploitation at it's sleazy best (which, in reality, isn't all that good). The sleaze factor is off the charts. And, come ...( read more)on, who could resist a movie with a title like this? If you're a fan of lesbian nuns and vicious murder then you could do worse. Then again, I'm a weird guy.
  • March 29, 2008
    scary nuns,always does the tric.
  • January 4, 2008
    nun kills people at nurseing home where she practises, after having sex with many of them of course, quite graphic in places, and some sex scenes involving nuns, so not for any church goers, part of the video nastys of maybe 70-80s, enjoyable if into this
  • November 1, 2007
    Not interested. I generally avoid horror movies.
  • October 4, 2007
    LOL, horribly awesome...
  • September 2, 2007
    Killers? Nuns? Yeah!
  • February 6, 2007
    one of the great movies of the nunsplotation movement. a true gem.
  • June 11, 2006
    Chick's kinda hot,baby

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