After a female art student purchases a life-size wooden sculpture of a crucifixion from an abandoned church, she has a vision of herself being nailed to a cross and soon becomes sexually tormented by the sculpture when it comes to life.
Practical Effects
The wooden Satan puppet looks hilariously unthreatening.
Costume
Stella Carnacina's increasingly tattered nightgowns deserve awards.
Director
Mario Gariazzo
Stella Carnacina
Danila
Chris Avram
Mario
Lucretia Love
Luisa
Ivan Rassimov
Satan
Gabriele Tinti
Luisa's Lover
Luigi Pistilli
Father Xeno
Gianrico Tondinelli
Carlo
Umberto Raho
Psychiatrist
Giuseppe Addobbati
Doctor
Piero Gerlini
Rev. Antonio
Maria Teresa Piaggio
Mother Superior
Edoardo Toniolo
Luigi Antonio Guerra
Giovanni Di Benedetto
(as Gianni De Benedetto)
Lisa Mantellini
Gina
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Italy's 1970s 'nunsploitation' wave that peaked after The Exorcist's success, though this one dials up the art-world pretension to justify its excesses.
Director Mario Gariazzo also made SS Experiment Love Camp the same year, because apparently he had a very specific 1974.
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