Killer Nun (1978)

I've come to realise that Black Swan is just a nunsploitation movie without the nuns. 

You might thing that nuns were the operative part of a nunsploitation picture. Guh. You are a silly goose. nunsploitation is about almost supernatural paranoia and the nieve and innocent entering the path of cruelty & violence and/or sex. So there. Just don't ask me to explain nursesploitation. Please Do ask me about royalsploitation.

I digress. Killer Nun is about a trio of children who find a portal to magic kingd-No, it's pretty much about a killer nun. 
Made in the 70's for 2 lira, Killer Nun is about a matron-ly nun who works in a mental hospital. She had a brain tumor removed? And is still suffering from extreme headaches (we know this because she keep doing the Solpedine pose), which in turn causes her to develop a morphine addiction. And if she's blacking-out due to the dope or pain, she’s killing too. Did i mention this film is called Killer Nun?
It was also made in Italy so bad dubbing is a natch as much as the Aldi-brand film-making. If Killer Nun had a smell (god forbid), it would smell of Yugoslavian bleach. It's kinda hard to judge this film, in so much as if it accidentally does anything right, it goes a long way. It's shitty story and shitty acting are forgotten cos it's a fun dumb watch. At one point, the titicular sister of Christ steals a dead womans wedding ring to pawn for money for drugs. So she leaves the hospital but she also leaves her morals and matronly frumpitude behind to get dolled up and pick up a random bloke at an airport bar! We get to hear her inner-monologue during her choosing process-
"Asian guy? - Not with my digestion.
Him? Oh he's married to her-i'm a sex-nun, not a whorebag.

Him? He looks... Clean?'- Yo Mario! Grab your Faggio -You've pulled !"If you were hoping for a lot of violence, there's not much-certainly not the sort of viceral gore you might expect. It's not shy about nudity though. Nuns share cots and sleep in the nude together... I did not know that. Educational. Some women enter the church to hide their Sapphism... Well i guessed that.
I said the story was no good but it's not plot heavy; it's not convoluted which is good. Which also means somehow the film you waited your life to watch (if unconsciously) called Killer Nun is instantly forgetable but that's not the point. 
You know, somethings' aren't about savouring forever. You can still enjoy something in spite of its disposablity. I'd suggest you watch Killer Nun but on a Friday or Saturday night after coming home drunk and in a leery mood. Perfect viewing but not if you're looking to be challenged.

I watched Killer Nun (1978) via LoveFilm Online - http://bit.ly/gS7MYT

My 2011 in Movies will return with The Ghost (2010)...