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Key Features:
Religious institution, Convent, Torture, Mystery, Investigation, Revenge, Corruption, Oppression, Cult, Violence-moderate, Nudity-moderate
Tone:
serious, gritty
Target Audience:
Horror fans, Mystery lovers, Cult films, Adults
Emotional Arc:
Intrigue → Dread

The Transgressor

1974-02-16
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18 years after the mysterious death of her mother, Maya takes religious vows to find out what terrible things happened to her mother inside the Sacred Heart Convent. As soon as the door closes to the nunnery, the nuns start torturing her. She also has to deal with a lecherous archbishops and a lesbian mother superior.

Genres
Drama, Thriller, Horror
Cast
Yumi Takigawa, Emiko Yamauchi, Yayoi Watanabe, Ryōko Ema, Hachiro Tako, Harumi Tajima, Natsuko Yashiro, Marie Antoinette, Emi Jo, Rie Saotome
Crew
Norifumi Suzuki, Masahiro Kakefuda, Norifumi Suzuki
Rating
6.4(61 votes)
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The Nun
The Nun(2005)
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Nude Nuns with Big Guns

Upon taking her vows to become a nun, Sister Sarah is abused, brainwashed and also drugged into submission by the corrupt clergy. On the verge of her own death from a lethal dose of drugs, Sister Sarah receives a message from God telling her to take vengeance on all those who did wrong to her. Armed with God's will and an arsenal of big guns, she dispenses Judgment Day on her former tormentors. When the church hires the merciless motorcycle gang "Los Muertos" to track down and to kill her they soon realize that this sister is one bad mother.



Killer Nun
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A demented nun sliding through morphine addiction into madness, while presiding over a regime of lesbianism, torture and death. Sister Gertrude is the head nurse/nun in a general hospital, whose increasingly psychotic behavior endangers the staff and patients around her.



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5.665

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The Nun(2013)
6.229

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Tokyo Decadence
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During the 17th century, a young woman is saved from execution and led to a priory to repent her sins but discovers a greater evil lies within.



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The Ghost(2004)
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Violation(2020)
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Novitiate(2017)
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Bleeding Heart
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Hellhole(2022)
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Thelma
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Demonic
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The Monk
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The Kiss
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Pepi, Luci, Bom
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Apartment 1303
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The Devil's Honey
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Reincarnation
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The Hidden Blade
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A Virgin Among the Living Dead

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Tokyo Gore Police
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