(aka: SISTERS OF SATAN)
Hey, we get to see foxy Mexican babes go topless and bottomless here. Lot's of titty & pubic hair shown. It's the 70s, remember??
We also get nuns who don't dress in the traditional nun's habit, but dress in what looks like old canvas and cheesecloth, looking like something out of THE MUMMY. The extra on the DVD explains that the director Juan Moctezuma was trying to show some kind of an anti-Catholic viewpoint in the film without looking too anti-Catholic, if that makes any sense whatsoever, which it doesn't to me, anyway.
This film just didn't scare me at all. For one thing, the blood looked like bright red paint and the torture scene didn't look painful and dramatic enough. It looked like just another excuse to show off some nudity for the sake of nudity instead of trying to scare the viewer and be repulsed by such a scene.
For another, the set was too bright. All the outdoor scenes take place in daylight and the indoor scenes are too well lit. The outside of the convent looks cool enough, even in the daylight, but not much else. They're not dark and ambient enough to give it that spooky atmosphere that a story like this deserves.
And besides, the story itself wasn't that good. Not enough historical context is given, making the whole thing seem awkward and clumsy. Plus, the gypsy appears for a brief scene earlier in the film, but then we don't get to see him again.
And this is supposed to be considered one of the better Mexican horror films that's out there? Oh well...
I'll give it a 5 for titty & pubic action.
Hey, we get to see foxy Mexican babes go topless and bottomless here. Lot's of titty & pubic hair shown. It's the 70s, remember??
We also get nuns who don't dress in the traditional nun's habit, but dress in what looks like old canvas and cheesecloth, looking like something out of THE MUMMY. The extra on the DVD explains that the director Juan Moctezuma was trying to show some kind of an anti-Catholic viewpoint in the film without looking too anti-Catholic, if that makes any sense whatsoever, which it doesn't to me, anyway.
This film just didn't scare me at all. For one thing, the blood looked like bright red paint and the torture scene didn't look painful and dramatic enough. It looked like just another excuse to show off some nudity for the sake of nudity instead of trying to scare the viewer and be repulsed by such a scene.
For another, the set was too bright. All the outdoor scenes take place in daylight and the indoor scenes are too well lit. The outside of the convent looks cool enough, even in the daylight, but not much else. They're not dark and ambient enough to give it that spooky atmosphere that a story like this deserves.
And besides, the story itself wasn't that good. Not enough historical context is given, making the whole thing seem awkward and clumsy. Plus, the gypsy appears for a brief scene earlier in the film, but then we don't get to see him again.
And this is supposed to be considered one of the better Mexican horror films that's out there? Oh well...
I'll give it a 5 for titty & pubic action.