Alucarda

Name: Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas
Genre: Horror
Released: 1978-01-26
Duration: 1 h 18 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Claudio Brook, David Silva, Tina Romero

Original title: Alucarda, la hija de las tinieblas

1977
R
1h 18m

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

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After the death of her parents, a young girl arrives at a convent and brings a sinister presence with her. Is it her enigmatic imaginary friend, Alucarda, who is to blame? Or is there a sata... Read allAfter the death of her parents, a young girl arrives at a convent and brings a sinister presence with her. Is it her enigmatic imaginary friend, Alucarda, who is to blame? Or is there a satanic force at work?After the death of her parents, a young girl arrives at a convent and brings a sinister presence with her. Is it her enigmatic imaginary friend, Alucarda, who is to blame? Or is there a satanic force at work?

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IMDb RATING

6.3/10

4.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The scene when Alucarda and Justine are in the crypt for the first time; the name of the person in the coffin that Alucarda opens is Lucy Westerna, the name of a character in Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula.

Quotes
Alucarda: And this is what the devil does.
Alucarda: He grants us vertues to expand his kingdom, the only valid one.
Justine: God with his lack of knowledge, does not understand this truth.
Justine: And apose of it with false toughts and prayers.
Mother Superior: [Mother Superior screams] God, silence.
Alucarda: [Alucarda and Justine both chant] Satan satan satan, our lord and master.
Alucarda: I acknowledge thee as my god and prince.
Alucarda: I promise to serve and obey thee as long as i shall live.
Alucarda: I renounce the other god and all the saints.
Mother Superior: Don't listen to them, don't listen to them.
Mother Superior: Go out of the room.
Mother Superior: Sister Carras, take the children out of the room.
Mother Superior: Go, go.
Alucarda: Satan satan, i promise thee that i will do as much evil as i can.
Alucarda: I will draw everyone else to evil.
Alucarda: I won't fail to serve and adore thee.
Alucarda: I give you my life and my soul.

Connections
Featured in Mondo Macabro: Mexican Horror Movies (2002)

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Featured review

7/10

Demonic Lesbians vs The Curch

After being born, and becoming orphaned, under mysterious circumstances, 15 year old Justine ends up in a convent, where she is befriended by a dark young woman named Alucarda. The two quickly form a lesbian relationship, and are about to enter into a blood pact with one another, when a dark force is unleashed...onto the world...or perhaps...into themselves...

Because, immediately after, they are drawn into a booby blood pact with the devil, and initiated into a demonic lesbian cult...both of which they wholeheartedly embrace. Turning against the sister who seeks to protect them, with help from God.

Now, the sadistic priest and other masochistic sisters fear that demonic possession will spread through the entire monastery, like an infection. And, thus, set out to violently exorcise the demons from the two stricken girls.

Justine succumbs to the bloodletting, but a local doctor intervenes, and saves Alucarda, before the clergy have a chance to torture her.

However, after Justine's body disappears and the nuns start to drop from a mysterious curse...the good doctor is forced to question his beliefs- as the more he witnesses, the more he starts to believe in the existence of the devil.

Now, the doctor must fight alongside the church, in order to save the convent, before it too succumbs to Alucarda...and the devil's curse...

This English language inquisition era film from Mexico's Juan López Moctezuma is really well made. The story is disturbingly erotic, and has some excellent gore for an independent feature from the 70's.

One of the auteristic qualities of Moctezuma's work seems to be a focus on issues women face when being subjugated by men and/or patriarchal institutions...but it's hard to tell whether he is making a subtle feminist commentary or just getting off on the sadism of it all.

I'll leave that for the viewer to judge.

A great little film.

7.5 out of 10.