The Killer Nun
1979 · Movie · Not Rated · 89 min · ★ 4.8 · 28% critics
A troubled nun working as a hospital nurse struggles with addiction and worsening instability, creating fear among the people around her. As her behavior grows more erratic, the hospital becomes a tense setting for taboo impulses, cruelty, and suspected violence.
Also known as Sister Murders
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Details
- Original title
- Suor Omicidi
- Years
- 1979
- Release date
- 1979-05-09
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Critic score
- 28/100
- TMDB rating
- 4.8/10 (85 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy grim 1970s Italian exploitation with a hospital setting and taboo psychological tension; Not for you if you need fast pacing or constant horror.
Pros: creepy atmosphere; strong lead performance; taboo cult appeal | Cons: slow pacing; disjointed story; limited shocks
Themes
- adultery
- rape
- nun
- sadism
- revenge
- perversion
- torture
- lust
- video nasty
Cast & crew
Anita Ekberg
as Sister Gertrude
Joe Dallesandro
as Dr. Patrick Roland
Alida Valli
as Mother Superior
Massimo Serato
as Dr. Poirret
- DD
Daniele Dublino
as Director
Paola Morra
as Sister Mathieu
Lou Castel
as Peter
Laura Nucci
as Baroness
Alice Gherardi
as Nurse
- LB
Lee De Barriault
Directed by Giulio Berruti