10 Ridiculously Outrageous Video Nasties

5. Killer Nun

Killer Nun2 Killer Nun was a 1978 Italian nunsploitation film. And really, the fact that the term nunsploitation ever needed to be coined in the first place tells you everything you need to know about the 1970s. How many horny nun movies was Italy churning out, anyway?This particular film involves a nun named Sister Gertrude, who experiences psychosis and drug addiction while recovering from neurosurgery. This doesn't exactly account for her lesbian affair with a fellow nun, but the people who made these kinds of film were probably apt to regard any nuns not sleeping together as a wasted opportunity. Don't worry though, men -- she also has a random one night stand with a dude at a bar, so you're not being completely shut out with all the nun-on-nun action going around. A fantastic review from Time Out Film Guide petulantly complains that, "Lesbianism is hinted at but never shown." She's also responsible for some seriously Nurse Ratched like behavior at the geriatric hospital where she works, because obviously any nun who's breaking her vows and fornicating like a bunny is also capable of throwing elderly men out of a window. But to be perfectly honest, its still hard to get past the word nunsploitation. Seriously, Italy? Sort yourselves out.
 
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Audrey Fox is an ex-film student, which means that she prefers to spend her days in the dark, watching movies and pondering the director's use of diegetic sound. She currently works as an entertainment writer, joyfully rambling about all things film and television related. Add her on Twitter at @audonamission and check out her film blog at 1001moviesandbeyond.com.