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SINFUL NUNS OF SAINT VALENTINE (1974) uncut print

1855DVD

Loosely based on Victor Hugo's Account of the Spanish Inquisition

Original Italian Title: LE SCOMUNICATE DI SAN VALENTINO

director: Sergio Grieco
starring: Jenny Tamburi · Francoise Prevost · Paolo Malco · Franco Ressel · Alda Martano · Barbara Herrera

Based on a horrific factual account of mayhem during the Spanish Inquisition, director Sergio Grieco tells the story of an entire Catholic convent sentenced to death. After the officials discover a nest of depravity thriving inside the walls of Saint Valentine, they attempt to cleanse the guilty nuns with extreme torture sessions. When they don't succeed in purifying the convent, the Inquisition Court orders that it be sealed with the entire congregation trapped inside. Without food and water, the nuns soon go mad and turn against each other.

Sergio Grieco could best be described as a workman director, helming 25+ B-projects between 1950-63. These were interchangeable action films and peplums, designed to occupy the second half of a double bill. Then between 1964-73, Sergio hit his stride, (under the alias Terence Hathaway) he became Italy's sought-after director of Spy Movies (best known for 007 MISSION BLOODY MARY). From that Bondish genre, he moved to hard-edged crime films with MAD DOG (Beasts With Guns) proving to be his most memorable. Wedged between the Spy and Crime movies came SINFUL NUNS OF SAINT VALENTINE in 1974. Mr Grieco died from a heart attack in March 1982 at 65.

An Italian film with English subtitles; widescreen format (16:9), totally uncut version (93 min.), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC, playable on any American machine. Extras include theatrical trailers.

Graphic Violence/Sexual Situations/Nudity/Torture/Sexual Brutality/Whipping
For Mature Audiences Only

$24.95