Giulio Berruti

Killer Nun Blu-Ray

[REGION-FREE, UNCUT, NEW RESTORED 1080P ENCODE – LIMITED SERIAL-NUMBERED EDITION]

Fellini’s muse Anita Ekberg is the troubled nun consumed by madness who begins a spree of extreme violence  whilst presiding over a regime of lesbianism, torture and death within a Church-run Care Home. As the bodies pile up, suspicion falls on the disturbed nun, whose twisted desires and dark secrets unravel in a chilling tale. Banned as a Video Nasty now fully uncut, 2K restored.

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KILLER NUN [REGION-FREE, UNCUT, NEW RESTORED 1080P ENCODE – LIMITED SERIAL-NUMBERED EDITION]

Dubbed ‘The Sex Symbol of the silver screen’, Anita Ekberg, renowned for her iconic frolicking in the Trevi Fountain in Fellini’s ‘La Dolce Vita,’ delivers an amazingly unique barn-storming performance in ‘THE KILLER NUN.’ In an interview exclusive to this edition, Ekberg reveals her frustration with the ‘bombshell’ typecasting that followed, expressing a preference for working on films like ‘Killer Nun’ and she boldly declares, ‘This is the kind of film I like!

Originally banned as a Video Nasty, ‘Killer Nun’ is a true ‘Nunsploitation’ great, which uniquely crosses into the Giallo genre. Presented here uncut and pristinely restored from a 2K scan of the camera negative, this release finally does justice to the uninhibited and frenzied vision of its creator. With impressive high-style photography and vivid, deliciously surreal murders, it is superbly enhanced by the dreamy yet dystopian score of Alessandro Alessandroni (immortalised by his twangy guitar and his legendary whistling in Sergio Leone’s westerns). The music itself is a manic masterpiece.

Based on a true story, Ekberg’s captivating presence and tour-de-force performance portrays a nun who turns junkie and engages in robbery, possibly torture and murder of pensioners in a church-run Elderly Care Home – all while luring young nuns with her sapphic desires! The Nun is abetted by a hunky doctor played by Andy Warhol’s superstar protégé, Joe D’Alessandro (also spelt Joe Dallesandro, he was lionised as ‘Little Joe’ in Lou Reed’s famed ‘Walk On The Wild Side’).”

Special Features:

Unique Interview with Fellini’s Muse and iconic silver-screen Sex-Symbol, Anita Ekberg
Interview with director Giulio Berruti ”God is the Drug”
Audio commentary by UK Film-Critic and Genre-Expert Rachael Nisbet

• English + separate alternative Original Audio version.
• New Full 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen Blu-ray Encode

The Director of Public Prosecution’s Video Nasty is now fully uncut and pristinely restored from 2K scanned original negative.

Whilst low serial numbers (up to No 250) are assured from this website only, no specific number within that range can be guaranteed.

SPECIFICATIONS

Distributor: Shameless Screen Entertainment
Certificate: 18
Release date: 15th April 2024 Public retail release date
VFD: VFC90805
Region: Free
Running time: 88′
Cat No: SHAM224
Barcode: 5060162232249
Audio: ENGLISH or ITALIAN with ENGLISH SUBTITLES & ADDITIONAL SDH

Special Features:

Unique Interview with Fellini’s Muse and iconic silver-screen Sex-Symbol, Anita Ekberg

Interview with director Giulio Berruti ”God is the Drug”

Audio commentary by UK Film-Critic and Genre-Expert Rachael Nisbet

Director: Giulio Berruti

Stars: Anita Ekberg, Joe Dallesandro, Paola Morra, Alida Valli, Lou Castel

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