Italy, 1980
88m
35mm film, Augustus colour
mono, Italian
An Italian horror film directed by Bruno Mattei using the pseudonym Stefan Oblowsky. The film was originally released in Italy on 22 January 1981.
Plot Summary
A priest is sent to investigate an outbreak of apparent demonic possession at convent. There's certainly something very dark and sinister at work there, but is it really Satan or has it something to do with the Mother Superior's dark secrets?
Credits
Crew
A film by Stefan Oblowsky [real name: Bruno Mattei]
(c) Copyright Cinemec Produzione S.r.l. MCMLXXX [1980]
Arcangelo Picchi presents a Cinemec Produzione S.r.l. film
Production Manager: Silvio Colecchia
Screenplay by: Claudio Fragasso
Story by: Bruno Mattei, Claudio Fragasso
Assistant Director: Maurizio Tanfani
Director of Photography: Giuseppe Bernardini
Editor: Liliana Serra
Printed by: Augustus Color
Music Publishers: Grandi Firme della Canzone e Bixio C.E.M.S.A.
[Music] Based on LP “Roller” and “Il Fantastico viaggio del bagarozzo” by: Goblin
Recording: Idea Cinematografica
Make-up: Giuseppe Ferranti
Cast
Franca Stoppi (Mother Superior)
Carlo De Mejo (Father Valerio)
Francesca Carmeno
Susan Forget
Frank Garfeeld [real name: Franco Garofalo]
Paola Montenero (Sister Assunta)
Sandy Samuel
Andrew Ray [real name: Andrea Aureli] (Father Inardo)
Alternative Titles
L'autre enfer – French title
Le couvent infernal – alternative French title
Guardian of Hell – USA video title
The Other Hell – UK/USA title
The Presence – Dutch/alternate USA video title
Terror en el convento – Spanish title
References
Periodicals
Book of the Dead no.4 p.21 – credits, review
Delirium no.3 pp.6 7 – credits, review
L'Écran fantastique no.24 (1982) p.74 – review
Rivista del cinematografo vol.55 no.5 (May 1982) p.251 – credits
Samhain no.55 p.38 – review
Sight & Sound vol.5 no.5 (May 1995) p.62 – note
Variety 25 December 1985 p.16 – credits, review
Videooze no3 (Winter 1991) pp.9 10 – review
Books
Anticristo: The Bible of Nasty Nun Sinema & Culture by by Steve Fentone p.48 – credits, review
Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby pp.382
Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.214 – credits
Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989 by Roberto Curti pp.51-55 – illustrated credits, review
Italian Horror 1979-1994 by Jim Harper pp.158-159 – illustrated credits, review
Spaghetti Nightmares: Italian Fantasy-Horrors as Seen Through the Eyes of Their Protagonists by Luca M. Palmerini and Gaetano Mistretta p.163 – credits
Zombie by Allan Bryce (ed) pp.14-27 – illustrated article (Morti viventi: Zombies Italian-style by Alan Jones)
Other sources
British Board of Film Censors Monthly List December 1981 – censorship details
