School Of The Holy Beast

So, lately I've been reading a lot about Japanese movies, past and present, and I've been searching out some of the more interesting sounding movies to review here. The first one that caught my eye is School Of The Holy Beast.



Here's the story: Maya Takagawa is looking into the death of her mother. It seems that her mother died in a convent under mysterious circumstances and Maya wants to know what happened and maybe get a little bit of revenge. So, she joins the convent and finds it to be a den of weirdos and perverts. Two of the nuns are lesbians, one has been put there by her parents to be 'fixed' and the hierarchy of the nunnery are sadistic torturers! After being 'punished' for being a problem nun, Maya uncovers the truth about her mother. I would give it away here, but why ruin a perfectly good nun-xploitation movie?! Let's just say that revenge is meted out and justice is served!

I'm giving School Of The Holy Beast two out of four cigars,

because it moves a bit slowly and for being a 'shocking' movie, I really wasn't all that shocked. Now, keep in mind that this is a Japanese movie from the 70s so, shocking is probably a relative thing here, but I wasn't all that shocked or horrified. So, until next time, when I'll dress like a nun and do a little torturing of my own, remember that the best movies are bad movies.