
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun(1977)
16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists.


“They are sisters with spirit... divine and deadly.”
A group of nuns become possessed by demons and are then tortured in a dungeon of horrors during the Inquisition.

Anne Libert
Kathleen

Carmen Yazalde
Margaret
Doris Thomas
Mother Rosalinda
Karin Field
Lady De Winter

Jahangir Ghaffari
Lord Justice Jeffries

Luis Barboo
Truro

Howard Vernon
Lord Malcolm De Winter

Alberto Dalbés
Thomas Renfield

Rosa Palomar

Andrea Montchal
Brian the Painter (uncredited)
The Demons is a horror film released in 1973 exploring themes of rape, nun, inquisition, witch burning, torture, female homosexuality. Directed by Jesús Franco, it stars Anne Libert, Carmen Yazalde, Doris Thomas. A group of nuns become possessed by demons and are then tortured in a dungeon of horrors during the Inquisition.
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