https://vo.rs/tags/norifumi-suzuki/Latest from the Norifumi Suzuki desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://vo.rs/screen/school-of-the-holy-beast-nunsploitation-with-a-real-argument/<p>Nunsploitation is the sub-genre most people are happiest to dismiss unseen, and usually they are right to. A convent, a novice, a sadistic Mother Superior, a great deal of suffering photographed with more relish than conscience — the formula ran through European exploitation cinema in the 1970s producing mostly junk. <em>School of the Holy Beast</em>, the 1974 Japanese entry from director Norifumi Suzuki, is the film that makes the category worth taking seriously. It is lush, blasphemous and frequently punishing, and underneath the provocation sits a genuine, sustained argument about institutional cruelty and religious hypocrisy. The provocation is the delivery system for the argument.</p>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000