Satánico pandemonium (1975)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Gilberto Martínez Solares

Writers:

Jorge Barragán (story)
Adolfo Martínez Solares (adaptation)

Release Date:

26 June 1975 (Mexico)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

From Bride of Christ to Slave of Satan

Plot:

A young nun is tempted by visions of forbidden sexual fantasies to cross over to Satan. |

Plot Keywords:

Nun | Hanging | Shepherd Boy | Blood | Seduction

Cast

Enrique Rocha	...	Luzbel / Lucifer
Cecilia Pezet	...	Sister Maria
Delia Magaña
Clemencia Colin
Sandra Torres
Adarene San Martin
Patricia Alban
Yayoi Tokawa
Amparo Fustenberg
Paula Aack
Laura Montalvo
Verónica Ávila
Leo Villanueva
Daniel Albertos
Verónica Rivas

Also Known As:

La sexorcista (Mexico) (subtitle)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Convento de Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico

Company:

Compañía Cinematográfica de Baja California

Quotes:

Sister Maria: Lord, if I worshipped you because I feared Hell, then let me burn in Hell. If I loved you only in promise of Heaven, then exclude me from it. But if I loved you for yourself, then I am your daughter. Your daughter, Lord. Don't deny me your wonders.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

Eat Your Heart Out, Salma Hayek - This Nun is Beastly!

"Satánico Pandemonium" is probably best known as the name of yummy Salma Hayek's character in Robert Rodriguez' "From Dusk Till Dawn". What remains unknown to many, however, is the fact that when writing the script, Quentin Tarantino adapted the name from the title of this ingeniously deranged piece of Mexican Nunsploitation Horror. The main protagonist, a sexy nun, by the way, does things that easily compete in weirdness with feeding on bikers and truckers, I may add. People interested in Horror/Cult-cinema will sooner or later find out that Mexican Horror cinema has a very specific charm. This is especially the case with the fistful of weird Mexican Nunsploitation flicks, most prominently "Alucarda" (1978). And while "Satánico Pandemonium" of 1975 is not nearly as ingenious a film as "Alucarda" it is definitely a wonderfully deranged little film that is highly recommendable to Exploitation-lovers. "Satánico Pandemonium" delivers the elements we love about Nunsploitation cinema - lots of female nudity, lesbianism, all kinds of perversions, occultism, violence and gore, and, not least, an enormous portion of religious nastiness - all that in a highly bizarre manner. These elements are highly entertaining for my fellow Exploitation fans, and can easily make the viewer forgive that the plot is almost non-existent and most of the performances are awful. "Satánico Pandemonium" is about the kind-hearted nun Sister Maria (Cecilai Peztez) - certainly the sexiest nun I've ever stumbled upon - who, after the lord of the flies appears to her, changes her pious behavior radically... The film delivers all the sleaze and weirdness one could desire in a Nunsploitation flick. In-between it sometimes gets quite boring, however. Still the film is deranged and bizarre enough to be a delight to genre-lovers. Overall, "Satánico Pandemonium" is not one of the best Nunsploitation films I've seen (it has the coolest title though), but it is weird enough, and more than recommended to fans of deranged Exploitation. My rating: 6.5/10