![]() ![]() We asked the licensor to correct this and they eventually supplied us with a scan taken from a positive print, according to them the only 35mm source that did not have this issue. The first, taken from pre-print materials, turned out to have a slight optical blemish on some reels. ![]() "We were delivered two scans for the film on this disc. When you select 'play' on the disc you're greeted with the following disclaimer: Both are framed at and each gets just under 22GBs of disc space. ![]() Satanico Pandemonium debuts on Blu-ray from Mondo Macabro on a 50GB Blu-ray disc with two different transfers offered. Some very Bava-esque primary lighting hues illuminate the hallways of Maria's convent and the camera does a fine job of capturing the gothic architecture of the building with some great, slow, lingering shots. Her belief in the devil (brought to life in a surprisingly restrained turn from Enrique Rocha) already strong because of her religious upbringing, it's obviously solidified in the physical sense when he manifests and has his way with her, which is something that her conscience has trouble overcoming.Īll of this wonderful weirdness is wrapped up in a very attractive package in terms of the film's cinematography. Sister Maria (who is very well-played by cute as a button Cecilia Pezet), at least initially, knows that what she's doing is wrong and we see her go through the motions of punishing herself for it, even if that same punishment yields some rather unusual results. The film also does a good job of toying around with the theme of Catholic guilt. It all works though - Satanico Pandemonium is pretty entertaining stuff and while it doesn't go as far as some of the other nasty nuns films made in and around the same era in terms of sex and violence, it certainly has enough of it to keep things interesting. This Mexican film hits all the requirements that the Italians laid out for the subgenre and makes sure it that it hits all the right notes at all the right times. Gratuitous nudity? Yep, and a good amount of it. Satanico Pandemonium has everything a good nunsploitation film should have and then some. Will the good nuns of the convent be able to help Maria save her soul or will Maria kill everyone and run off with the devil himself to become his bride? The Mother Superior starts to notice Maria's unusual behavior and it isn't long before there's a dead body or two appearing around the convent, obviously the result of some mysterious but evil deeds. Before you can say 'lesbo-a-go-go' the devil appears to her as a wily and randy sister of the cloth only to make mad and evil love to her on the floor of her room. She whips herself and ties a belt of thorns around her waist, as any good Catholic would be apt to do in her situation, but it's too little too late. She tries and tries to behave herself but by the time the movie hits the half way mark, it's obvious that she just doesn't have what it take to stand up to a man who turns out to be ol' scratch himself. Maria returns to the convent to get back to her nunly duties but finds that the man's sinister and Satanic influence is beginning to take hold of her no matter how hard she prays against it. After their encounter, his grim visage begins to haunt her day and night. One day while out meandering in the woodlands surrounding her abode, she runs into a naked and surprisingly sinister man (Enrique Rocha). She enjoys long strolls through the farmlands and forests surrounding her convent and is a friend to a few of the children in the area. Towards the end of the film she was crucified which turned out to be good preparation for the reviews.Cast: Enrique Rocha, Cecilia Pezet, Delia Magaí±aĬecilia Pezet plays Sister Maria, a sweet little nun with a heart of gold who really only wants to help people and do the right things in life. Her acting career came to a screeching halt with this performance. ![]() Male lead David Argue gives easily the most embarrassing performance of his career, but can perhaps claim it as a crime of passion since he was reported at the time to be romantically entangled with female lead (and Australian Playboy Playmate) Amanda Dole. Haydn Keenan instead had his head firmly up his ass and we end up with about a dozen sniggers and not one laugh. To have any chance at all of raising a laugh it needed a director with his tongue firmly in his cheek. The plot threads involve such inanities as Nazi lesbians, dingo girls, and a wheelchair bound megalomaniac harridan. The screenplay quickly loses its way through the absurd plot lines and just piles scene on scene in the hope that it will somehow work. The obvious stylistic (if that's the word) influence on this fiasco is the Troma school of low budget schlock but the level of talent on display is more that of the monumentally untalented Edward D. ![]()
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