Review of Images in a Convent

Leave it to the notorious Italian exploitation trashmeister supreme Joe D'Amato to make one of the single most graphic and unapologetically sleazy entries in the infamous nunsploitation genre. The evil spirit of a diabolic statue possesses the nuns at a convent and causes them to engage in all kinds depraved and blasphemous perverted activities. A tough priest (an excellent portrayal by Donald O'Brien of "Dr. Butcher, M.D." fame) arrives to perform an exorcism, but this only makes matters worse. D'Amato does an expert job of creating and sustaining a deliriously torrid atmosphere of heightened eroticism that's both dreamy and steamy in equal measure; said atmosphere becomes more increasingly fervid and alluring as it eventually culminates in a gloriously arousing all-out climactic frenzy of jaw-dropping anything-goes carnality. Better still, the actresses playing the nuns are insanely gorgeous and totally uninhibited. Moreover, this film scrupulously covers all the smoking hot sensual bases: rampant tasty female nudity, lesbianism, heterosexual copulation, masturbation, oral sex, whippings, and even rape (two randy woodsman have their nasty way with one of the nuns!). Kudos are also in order for the sturdy acting from the able cast, with especially praiseworthy work by Paola Senatore as snobby, insolent countess Isabella, Aiche Nana as the stern Mother Superior, Giovanna Mainardi as handsome heel artist Guido Bencio, and Marina Hedman as the lustful, but morally upright Sister Marta. D'Amato's lush cinematography gives the picture an attractive glossy look. Nico Fidenco's melodic, pulsating score likewise does the trick. Well worth seeing.