UK, 1999
75m
videotape, colour, 1.78:1
stereo, English
A British horror film directed by Nigel Wingrove.
Plot Summary
An abbot is summoned to a convent where the sisters have been accused of ‘debauchery’ and being in league with the Devil.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Nigel Wingrove
© Gothica Films Ltd 1999
Salvation Films in association with The 400 Company presents a Gothica production. A film by Nigel Wingrove
Executive Producer: Mark Sloper
Producer: Louise Ross
Written by: Nigel Wingrove
Directors of Photography: Chris Herd, James MacDonald
Editor: Chris Shaw
Additional Editing & Title Sequence: Jake West
Music: Steve Pittis, Band of Pain
Sound: Tom Webster
Makeup: Liberty Shaw, Sally Smith
Special Effects: M2 Television
Art Director: Nigel Wingrove
Cast
Sally Tremaine (mother superior)
Moyna Cope (abbess)
Simon Hill (abbot)
Kristina Bill (Mary Magdalene)
Rachel Taggart (Catechism)
Eileen Daly (Repression)
Daisy Weston (Sister Brigitte)
Moses Rockman (Richard)
Emily Booth (Williams girl)
Willow (herself)
Laura Plair (succubi)
Leasa Carlyon (peasant)
Louise Linehan (Marion)
Mary Grant, Daisy Weston, Leasa Carlyon (nun)
Nicole Bouchet (incarcerated nun)
Louise Ross (mad nun)
Cindy Read (whipping nun)
Michelle Thorne (Sister Sarah)
Marc Morris, Chris Charlston (inquisitors)
Hannah Callow (Sister Helena)
Alternative Titles
Agia sarka – Greece (DVD)
Carne Sagrada – Portugal
Sacred Flesh – Der Sünde verfallen – Germany
Священная плоть – Russia
Links
Extracts included in
Fear, Panic & Censorship (2000)
The Real Blue Nuns (2006)
Satanic Sluts III: Scandalized (2009)
See also
Porn Wars (1999)
References
Periodicals
- Creation April 2000 pp.23-25 – illustrated article (Stripping costs by Charles Hewitt)
- Creation March 2000) p.50 – illustrated article (Habit-Forming)
- Sight and Sound vol.10 no.6 (June 2000) pp.52-53 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review (Reviews by Linda Ruth Williams)
- Sight and Sound vol.10 no.9 (September 2000) p.64 – note (Additions and corrections)
- Variety 8 May 2000 p.58 – illustrated credits, synopsis, review (Film reviews by Derek Elley)
