10 Mexican Horror Movies Every Horror Fan Should Watch
4. Satanico Pandemonium (1975)
Horror has always been a genre that exists to push the boundaries of what is acceptable to the mainstream, and explore subjects and themes that no other could dare to take on.
Putting Nuns in horror way before it was cool, Satanico Pandemonium is a 1975 flick written by Jorge Barragán, Adolfo Martínez Solares and Gilberto Martínez Solares, with scores composed by Gustavo César Carrión. Starring Cecilia Pezet as Sister Maria, Satanico Pandemonium follows the story of a young nun who, after learning she is an agent of Satan himself, begins to revel in all the dark fantasies she has and take down her entire convent.
A film that revolves around the forbidden pleasures in life, the almost angelic appearance of Sister Maria makes her deviant ways that much more impactful, and Gilberto Martinez Solares' direction from behind the camera is on hand to make sure absolutely nothing is missed.
Satanico Pandemonium was released in Mexico and the wider world with the intention of doing what all good horror films should try to do: shock and horrify. Seeing a Nun of all things in a deeply devout Catholic country running riot in this way definitely made a splash, and it is still regarded in infamy in the country to this day.