Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, or whatever names you might call him.
Was this review helpful? Was this review helpful? In it, we meet a beautiful 15-year-old named Justine, played by the gorgeous actress Susana Kamini. It's pretty short at only 78 minutes, and doesn't really have that much story. The images you are shown here definitely stick with you. Was this review helpful? Mystery, too, as you wonder why the dresses are so bloody in the first place.
"Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas" is a Mexican horror film with a story of Satanism. 33 out of 40 found this helpful. Soon afterwards, evil begins to unfold behind the walls of the convent in which they live.More than just being a form of entertainment, this sets up one of the underlying themes of the film.
We cover films, celebrity interviews, DVDs/Blu-rays, festivals, books, games, comics, graphic novels, fiction/non-Fiction, photography, clothing/fashion, news, reviews, previews, competitions, on-location film reports & much, much more! A relatively dull nunsploit joint that really only delivers with some nudity and blood, but nothing else really memorable - except for the incessant screaming by everyone involved. Tina Romero is perfect playing Alucarda, a teenager full of mysteries, beautiful and evil. These sublime speeches are interfered by some of the most outrageous gore-sequences you'll ever see. This shot is just surreal. Definitely. This is a statement about breaking away from the modes of traditional thinking, and the complacency of being in a society with strict rules and morays. Alucarda is a 1977 English-language Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Juan López Moctezuma, and starring Tina Romero, Claudio Brook, Susana Kamini, and David Silva. Was this review helpful? I've seen this cult masterpiece under the title "The Inferno" here in Poland.This is surely one of the most atmospheric and diabolical horror films ever made.The two main ladies-Justine and Alucarda-are incredibly beautiful. Seems very course, tight and uncomfortable. 7 out of 7 found this helpful. Hardly a tale of vampires, this Mexican film from 1978 rather gives us a look at demonic possession, but, as it turns out, is more--much more--than just a south-of-the-border "Exorcist." I suppose technically this movie could be classified as nunsploitation, as it is most definitely an exploitation movie and it DOES have nuns in it, and, like virtually all the movies in that fascinating subgenre I've seen, it draws a lot of inspiration from Ken Russell's 'The Devils', but I'd be a bit wary of giving it that slightly misleading description. If you like the band "my life with the thrill kill kult", then you will giggle when you find that some of their most notorious songs sampled lines from this film such as, "this is what the devil does" and "you liars, repent". A loose adaptation of Carmilla, it revolves around two teenage orphan girls living in a Catholic convent, who unleash a demonic force and become possessed. The film transpires in the year 1865, but, as it was shot in English, its setting may just as easily be the U.S. as Mexico. Oddly, the first time I saw this movie I was not that impressed. There's not much plot to get in the way of the total destruction, just some silly guy whose Voice of Reason is inserted specifically to get smacked down - Evil Is Real, get used to it, how's that for a moral. Do Mexican Catholic nuns wear uniforms like this? But Moctezuma just drenches the whole thing in real doom and gloom atmosphere. They soon become intertwined with one another, and a world of Devil Worship and demonic possession. The soundtrack is superb, and the actors likable enough. Was this review helpful? Anyway, this is my first experience with Moctezuma's movies, and if this is anything to go by, I hope it isn't my last! This early experience is clearly noticeable, as this film possesses an almost Fellini-esque quality about it, in both its themes and presentation.It’s the nature of their relationship that makes the narrative take on a whole new meaning. She quickly befriends a fellow nun-ette, and they are swiftly tempted away from the path of the virtuous by a rather rousing soundtrack and the act of cavorting naked through fields. 7 out of 9 found this helpful. Utilizing a technique from the old Technicolor days of Hollywood, Alucarda’s wardrobe stays the same throughout the film. Was this review helpful? And the naked satanic blood rite administered by the creepy Goat Guy is a genuinely haunting set piece, and not the last one. However, one has to look past what’s on the screen, and what lies beneath the imagery.Monteczuma got his start working alongside Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky. "Alucarda" is loaded with gore and violence and it offers some delicious sleaze(lots of nudity,sex and lesbianism).My favourite scene is when Justine rises from the coffin full of blood and bites out a nun's throat-pure brilliance on screen!It's really a shame that I haven't seen the other horror movies made by Juan Lopez Moctezuma("Mary,Mary,Bloody Mary"),but now I'm dying to see them.10 out of 10-an absolute masterpiece of sleazy horror! 6 out of 9 found this helpful. Thanks to dared, experimental camera-work and atmospheric set pieces, the value of this production goes far beyond the standards of similar films in the 70's decade. A film by late Mexican auteur Juan Lopez Moctezuma, it has a surprising amount of depth and detail. 4 out of 8 found this helpful. It addresses a subject matter that Latin America or any other region with Catholic roots would consider taboo. Was this review helpful? Here, she meets Alucarda (Tina Romero), a pretty young "fey" who convinces her to go on an exploration of a nearby crypt. 20 out of 23 found this helpful.