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nunsploitation

American  
[nuhn-sploi-tay-shuhn] / ˌnʌn splɔɪˈteɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. a subgenre of exploitation film featuring Christian nuns.


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In a great year for religious horror — “Immaculate” and ”The First Omen” expanded the nunsploitation subgenre — “Heretic” turned probing discourse into existential menace.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 3, 2024

But this nun, a feminist heroine for the 21st century, is the agent of her own destiny: Unlike so many sisters in the first wave of nunsploitation films, she frees herself.

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

Directed by Sweeney’s longtime collaborator, Michael Mohan, this well-tooled piece of nunsploitation horror boasts a brazen, fearless commitment from its star.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2024

But there’s no wacky nunsploitation fun to be found in “The Nun II.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2023

At 56, Durang is exactly twice as old he was when he wrote his nunsploitation comic diatribe Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You.

From Time Magazine Archive

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