School of the Holy Beast (1974)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1974 Wide

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A young Japanese woman in search of her missing mother discovers a sinister secret deep within the Sacred Heart Convent in director Noribumi Suzuki's notorious nun-exploitation classic. After taking religious vows to gain entry into the convent where her mother was last seen, Yumi Takigawa descends into a hedonistic world where sinful archbishops and whip-wielding nuns torment her in the most unholy manner imaginable. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Unrated, 1 hr. 31 min.

Drama, Horror, Art House & International

Directed By: Norifumi Suzuki

Written By: Masahiro Kakefuda, Norifumi Suzuki

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1974 Wide

On DVD: Aug 30, 2005

Toei Co. Ltd.

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in the whole nunsploitation subgenre, only Walerian Borowczyk's Behind Convent Walls (1977) comes close to the visual heights attained here.

August 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Eye for Film

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Anton Bitel

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If nothing else, School of the Holy Beast is unlike anything you've seen before.

September 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

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Norifumi Suzuki's "School of the Holy Beast" is quite a shocking picture develing into themes of torture, brutality, catholicism, and lesbianism. It is the usual story of a young girl who's mother has died(I guess at the Covenant) so she decides to find out what happened. It's a ridiculous film but I couldn't help

October 26, 2010

Brian R

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A woman joins a nunnery to learn the fate of her mother who was also a nun. Lots of debauchery going on (which really isn't that far from the truth; nunnerys have been the site for this kind of behavior for ages) with a priest raping some nuns (which still happens), murder (so does this), suicide, a nun paying some

September 4, 2009