Nun and the Devil Blu-ray Screenshots (Patreon)

From Chris: Nunsploitation gem from Twilight Time with a decent transfer and  copious extras. I had forgotten they were still active issuing discs.  This may be the best-made nunsploitation movie ever made, an  international cast with European filmmakers. Classy production starring  Anne Heywood and Luc Merenda, heavily layered exploration weighing the  spiritual versus worldly concerns of the Inquisition. Merenda gives off  such a commanding presence, much like Christopher Lee did so many times  in genre fare such as this.

Set in a cloistered nunnery in 1577, a scheming lesbian nun seeks to become the mother superior through political intrigue and  crooked deals with powerful nobles. There's a little suggestive material  but the movie works even without it. The movie climaxes in a trial  condemning the woman to death after a round of sadistic torture  confessing her crimes. Surprisingly powerful and moving, revealing the  hypocrisies and problems plaguing the Church even as the nuns' wanton immoralities are exposed. Probably the most thoughtful exploitation movie I've ever seen from the 70s.