Alucarda (Moctezuma, 1978)

I have to confess that I had a fun time and mostly got what I was looking for from this Mexican horror film, directed by Jodorowsky collaborator, Juan Lopez Moctezuma. Two young girls in a convent -- one notably named after de Sade's Justine and the other, our title character who is probably something not quite human -- get possessed by the devil and soon thereafter people start stripping off clothes and having Satanic rituals and bathing in blood and bursting horribly into flames. Not nearly as visually arresting as a Jodorowsky film, but then how many films are? Also, the acting is pretty over-the-top, but Moctezuma keeps things moving at a quick clip and some of the fire-related stunts are rather impressive.

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