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Originally Posted by BAKA

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[#04] Alucarda
Despite being a Mexican production, Juan Lopez Moctezuma’s Alucarda has a euro-horror feel. There’s an almost constant whistling wind that pervades the film, central characters Alucarda and Justine encounter a faun in the woods at one point, a nod to the darker side of European folklore. The film feels constructed to unnerve the viewer, the convent is subterranean, cavernous, the religious iconography more menacing than holy. Tina Romero’s presence as the titular Alucarda completely envelops the film, giving a possessed performance, manically spiralling, physically contorting and convulsing. Justine’s character arc, from innocence to rising from a blood-filled coffin, clawing like a beast in one of the most breathtaking sequences, further demoralizing the typical notions of spiritual protectiveness present in similarly themed films. Hysteria penetrates both the convent and the viewer. Alucarda’s vengeful retribution in the final act is a spectacular, captivating sight, the nuns spontaneously combusting to her incantations. There is no hope or luminance, only hellfire.

I've always been curious about this one, was it Mondo Macabro that put it out?