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Wikipedia article
' Satnico Pandemonium' ("Satanic Pandemonium") is a Mexican cult nunsploitation horror film directed by Gilberto Martnez Solares and written by Jorge Barragn, Adolfo Martnez Solares and Gilberto Martnez Solares.[http://www.eatmybrains.com/showreview.php?id=486 EAT MY BRAINS! - Satanico Pandemonium Review] It stars Cecilia Pezet, Enrique Rocha and Delia Magaa.[http://www.mondo-digital.com/satanico.html Satanico Pandemonium - Mondo Digital]
Plot
Sister Maria lives with the convent for her charity works, but in the secret downs of her fantasies, she becomes agonized by visions from another world, a world in which she is permitted to run free. In this world Satan is her lord, and her acts of violence and blasphemy mount. Sister Maria realizes that she is elected by the Devil himself to destroy the convent and lead her sister nuns into hell. Only the Devil can intuit the dark secrets of her tortured mind.
Cast
* Enrique Rocha as Luzbel / Lucifer
* Cecilia Pezet as Sister Maria
* Delia Magaa
* Clemencia Colin
* Sandra Torres
* Adarene San Martin
* Patricia Alban
* Yayoi Tokawa
* Amparo Fustenberg
* Paula Aack
* Laura Montalvo
* Vernica vila
* Leo Villanueva
* Daniel Albertos
* Vernica Rivas
* Valeria Lupercio
Production
Shooting began in the spring of 1974 in the convents at Tepoztln, Morelos and Morelia, Michoacn in Mexico.[http://www.grindhousedatabase.com/index.php/Satanico_Pandemonium Satanico Pandemonium - The Deuce] It was inspired by Ken Russells 'The Devils'.[http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/cult_movies/satanico_pandemonium.htm Eccentric Cinema - Satanico Pandemonium] The film inspired Salma Hayek's character Santanico Pandemonium in 'From Dusk Till Dawn'.[http://www.ugo.com/movies/evil-women-satanico-pandemonium Satanico Pandemonium - UGO.com]
Release
It premiered on 26 June 1975 as 'La sexorcista' in the cinemas in Mexico and was released on 24 October 1987 as 'Satanic Pandemonium: The Sexorcist' by Eagle Video on VHS.[http://www.midnight1.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=716 MIDNIGHT VIDEO SATANICO PANDEMONIUM : LA SEXORCISTA (Satanic Nun horror!)] The DVD was released on 31 May 2005 by Mondo Macabro in the United States.[http://severed-cinema.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83&Itemid=26 Severed Cinema - Satnico Pandemonium - Mondo Macabro]
Soundtrack
The score was composed by Gustavo Csar Carrin.[http://www.ruthlessreviews.com/1547/satanico-pandemonium/ Ruthless Reviews SATANICO PANDEMONIUM]
Genre
The film apparently is a delirious amalgam of the then popular materials from Satan, witch hunter horror and Nunsploitation.[http://www.cult-cinema.ru/reviews/s/satanico_pandemonium/ CULT Cinema: Satanico Pandemonium / ]
See also
*'Alucarda': a Mexican horror movie also dealing with similar themes from the 1970s
References
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