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[Margot]

Julia, The Perfectly Sadomasochist Novice
She loves to torture, but she loves to be tortured even more

Julia, played by Stephanie, aka Katerine, arrives to the dungeon with Leticia, they are friends, and she participated of the pagan feast Leticia organized at the monastery.

As Julia watches Leticia being whipped for her transgressions, she notices Barbara's closeness to the Monk. That's a clue for the young woman as to what can make her life at the dungeons more to her extreme taste. She has to get into the monk's heart and mind, as she just saw Barbara do when she reached into the Monk's pants to please him while he had his eyes fixed on Leticia suffering under the whip.

When Leticia is under the care of Martina, after her first harsh penance, Julia asks her if the whipping hurt a lot. You would've love it, Leticia responds. She knows her friend very well and she knows that she will probably enjoy paying for her sins.

When Julia's turn comes to talk to Agustinus, she offers herself to him and requests to pay for her transgressions on the cross and that the monk himself should be the one to whip her.

Thus begins her descent into the depths of the horrid torture chamber. She means to please the Mad Monk and as she does, she participates in the whipping of Justa, she relishes torturing Martina, sinking the stiletto into her flesh, over and over again. Later she does the same to Leticia, sinking the sharp, thin and long metal under her friend's breast, after the young woman had been tortured, whipped and burn with the hot iron.

However that is not enough for Julia. She wants to suffer the ultimate torture to show that she can take as much, if not more, than the others.

Maleficarum Monxa Mala
(2019 - 99 min)​

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[Margot]

Martina, The Healer - Problem Solver

Martina, played by Graciela, knows her place. She has been with the Mad Monk the longest. She's in charge of healing those nuns and novices who pass by the dungeons to be chastised and to send them back to the monastery as healthy as they arrived days, maybe weeks, before.

She voiced her lack of conviction to be a nun, the reason why she was sent to the dungeons to be punished and to then stay with the task of tending to the needs of those that fall in the hands of the Mad Monk and succumb to his pleasures and excesses.

Martina knows the secrets all those around her hold because she's part of them. She has solved the problems of those who fell under the spell of Agustinus, but she never forced anyone to go through the ‘treatment’. She didn't forced Lucrecia, she agreed to do it. She didn't force the Marquesa either, nor any of the other novices or nuns that required her services.

Martina is now confronted with the task of solving Barbara's problem, something Barbara refuses to do because she wants to keep what she suspects she has inside, but the Mad Monk insists, Martina has to do it... or else.

Martina falls from Agustinus grace because she kept the information she had from him, as all the others did. The six novices under Agustinus charge have become part of the demon's coven and they must pay.

Martina meets her fate when she's put to the rack to be tortured without mercy.

Maleficarum Monxa Mala
(2019 - 99 min)

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[Margot]

Justa, The Loyal and Faithful Servant​

When Leticia arrives to the dungeons of the Holy Office, she brings Justa with her, one of Leticia's family servants who was sent to the monastery to take care of the young mistress needs. Being the daughter of the Marquise has its privileges.

Justa is as loyal and trustworthy as a woman of her condition can be. She's indigenous to those lands conquered by the Spaniards.

Justa watches as Leticia is whipped for her transgressions, and she is there to help the young woman when Martina takes care of her lashed body. But just before she enters the room where Leticia is taken, Justa witnesses as Agustinus takes Barbara, strips her down to her waist, bends her over, raises her gown and enters her from behind. "This demon takes her from behind, like he does with the Marquise" Justa whispers to herself.

Soon after Justa assists Martina in disposing with Barbara's problem.

Leticia's torture begins. Chained by her neck to the post, her back is whipped bloody, she's then turn around to face her tormentor, that's when Justa intervenes, launching herself in front of the chained woman screaming "Enough!".

Justa's gown is lowered and she receives the lashes meant for her mistress. As the whip falls on her back, Justa turns to the monk and yells "you're the devil!"

After her bloody lashing, Justa is taken to the rack where the monk himself tortures her with a hook telling her that her kind doesn't have a soul, so he can't send her to hell. As the monk rips her insides, Justa calls him a demon, claiming that she saw him enter the Marquise and Barbara from behind, as dogs do to bitches.

Leticia screams as she sees her faithful servant tortured. Justa turns to her screaming in agony, uttering the words “My mistress, he's the demon!“.

Maleficarum Monxa Mala
(2019 - 99 min)​

From a review soon to be published:
”Jac Avila's newest cinematic creation goes beyond anything he has done before, which is normal for a Cinematic Artist like the director of MALEFICARUM, MARTYR, JUSTINE, and DEAD BUT DREAMING."

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[Margot]

The Mad Monk Runs Amok​

Agustinus sits at his usual chair in the depths of the dungeon and waits for Leticia to be brought in. He's there to punish the young woman for having organized a pagan feast at the monastery, where she was forced to enter by her mother, the wealthy Marquise that owns most of the town, if not all.

The monk has taken over the Inquisition's dungeons after they were abandoned by the church and he puts them to good use, as he convinced the monasteries and cloisters to send their rebellious novices and nuns to be set in the path of righteousness. He also convinced the wealthy Marquise to support his task with an extremely generous yearly contribution, which she's happy to do because apart from servicing the church, the monk serves her unusual desires.

When Leticia is put to the whip, in front of Agustinus, she does not take her punishment with the humility and repentance that would be expected of a humble novice. She does the opposite, she talks back, to the extreme of telling to the annoyed monk's face, that the only reason he is where he is, it is because of her mother's foolish gifts.

Agustinus has a way with those under his 'care'. Barbara, his current favorite, is one of those who pleases him the most, even while Leticia is under the lash. The monk will learn, soon enough, that she might be carrying something of his inside.

Julia offers herself to him as well, to gain his favors. Lucrecia, the enforcer, has a special place in his dark heart too, even the Marquise enjoys his companionship; however, when the monk lowers Leticia's gown, exposing her breasts, she pushes him away in disgust, a reaction he's not familiar with. "You will pay for this” he warns her after her rebukes grow. "I don't expect anything better than the others ... father” she admonishes him. "Not even because of all of the money my mother gives you to live your pleasures and excesses in the realm of your 'holy' office”.

Her words touch him deeply. How dare she! “You will be tortured and crucified upon that dead trunk!“ he threatens.

From that moment on, Agustinus looses it. He has Leticia lashed without mercy until her back is bloody. He has other tortures is store for her, including to burn her soft skin with hot irons.

After a defiant act by Justa trying to protect her mistress, Agustinus tortures her on the rack.

The monk also learns that Martina was keeping secrets from him, so he sends her to the rack to be tormented beyond her limits.

But that's not all. He and Lucrecia torture Leticia in between torturing the others, prolonging the young woman's suffering way longer than the rest. Even Barbara, his favorite, falls under his wrath and she is put to the wheel to suffer the lash and other horrible torments.</p>

Julia too, is tortured beyond what she expected or wanted to suffer and Lucrecia ... Oh Lucrecia, she's not beyond his demonic reach.

Maleficarum Monxa Mala
(2019 - 99 min)​

From a review soon to be published:
”Jac Avila's newest cinematic creation goes beyond anything he has done before, which is normal for a Cinematic Artist like the director of MALEFICARUM, MARTYR, JUSTINE, and DEAD BUT DREAMING."

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[Margot]

Leticia, At The Center Of The Storm​

Leticia, the Marquise's daughter, arrives to the dungeons of the Holy Office with a chip on her shoulder. She was forced into the monastery by her mother. “I’m the gift from my mother to our most holy church” she tells Agustinus, her hands tied above her head, her back exposed to the whip that doesn't take long to crack on her skin.

Every comment by the monk is underlined by the sound of the whip crashing on Leticia, every response by the rebellious young woman is met by more lashes, until Agustinus stops the whipping and sends her away.

“I will get out of here alive, maybe broken up in pieces, but alive” is Leticia's response to Martina, who, as she applies soothing oils to the welted skin, comments that the only way they'll get out of that place is dead.

Leticia joins the others in the dungeon to watch her friend Julia receive her punishment. She teases the woman tied to the cross, receiving the lash on her naked back from Barbara, showing her a rusty nail and jokingly telling her “we could nail you to your cross”.

Leticia is called to the side of the monk and when she kneels in front of him, Agustinus lowers her garment to expose her breasts. “What are you doing ... father?” she reacts to his action. While Barbara gets busy lashing Lucrecia, for keeping her secret from the Monk, Leticia fights off Agustinus advances. "<em>I'm not a weak man, a slave of the flesh, but I can let myself be seduced by the beauty of your skin</em>" he tells her as he tries to reach her lips with his.

When Leticia's rejection of Agustinus lands her once again at the post of woes, her confidence and self assurance is crushed as the skin of her back is broken by the whip. She's held against the whipping post by a metal collar on her neck, a short chain keeps her on her toes, her wrists chained behind her back. Barbara is in front of her, facing the other side of the post, attached to the crossbar that held Julia before. Martina whips Barbara, while Lucrecia strikes Leticia.

After a long lashing, Barbara is taken down from her cross to be dragged to the rack and Leticia is turned around to face Lucrecia and her whip. The young rebellious woman realizes that what was meant to be simply atonement for one's transgressions to the most holy of churches, was turning into full fledge torture sessions where death was probably preferable to the painful inquisition torments to come.

Maleficarum Monxa Mala
(2019 - 99 min)

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[Margot]

Maleficarum Monxa Mala

Ralphus
Finally, a few comments about the new Maleficarum movie: This has gotten universal scorn from the forum so far,

With all due respect, labeling a few comments as universal is a bit of a stretch; however, everyone is entitled to their opinion, I respect that, and there's absolutely no point in trying to change anyone's mind once it's made up, and anyone who's interested in our films will get them and anyone who isn't will not. That's not exactly a drama worth commenting on.

But for the record, Maleficarum Monxa Mala is currently our best seller of the year with 542 points but I'm sure by the time this is published, it will be a few more points higher, our second best is #2 - Mila A La Croix with 402, #3 - Justine with 221, #4 - The Passion of Isabel with 176 and #5 - Maleficarum with 125. The points represent the level of sales reached for the entire year as of this moment.

MMM made in a month a whole lot more than the rest of the films made this year so far. MMM is already a big seller and that's the bottom line. All our films had their big shinning moment, but three of them stand out, Maleficarum, our number one Best seller of All time, released in 2011, the Second Best Seller of all time is Red Feline On The Cross, it made its debut ... and ours, in 1998 and the third Best Seller of ALL TIME, JUSTINE, released in 2016.

Jac is heavily involved in three projects with Dani under the general title of Crux Extrema The first of the three films has The Wheel as the center piece of the new passion play. For a few days now, Jac has been torturing Dani on that wheel, exploiting further some of that instrument's painful possibilities, maybe not all, using fake blood, of course, instead of making Dani bleed for real, which could make it almost impossible to make any more films with that beautiful and super sexy actress.

Jac does not endorse the line of thought that says Make it real or don’t make it at all. That line of thought is simply senseless, bordering on the psychotic.

I have no information about the other two films included in this new ongoing project yet, but I know they involve The Rack, The Cross and probably some new disturbingly captivating nasty addition to the props department. After those projects are done, Dani will be suffering a lot more in the soon to be produced period film La Femme De Chambre

Simonne will be part of La Femme De Chambre, and right after, or maybe before, she will be on another of Jac's artsy fartsy Maleficarum style films where her character will have plenty of lines to deliver as she suffers new terrifying indignities and puts her body to the test under the painfully efficient hands of her inquisitor, showcasing, once again, those talents recently described in another soon to be published review in these terms: Simonne borders on gorgeous. She uses her facial expressions of anguish and agony better than anyone in the film. And, she is superb at delivering dialogue.

Simonne will also take a leading role in Casa de Fieras (Menagerie) a psycho thriller based on Jekyll and Hyde. In addition, she will be the sexy but evil female lead in a free form adaptation of De Sade's Eugenie de Praval, the story of an incestuous young woman who after killing her own mother joins her dad in a sadistic killing spree. I'm sure there will be not only car tires in this new De Sade adaptation, but maybe even a complete car or two.

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[Eulalia]

For a few days now, Jac has been torturing Dani on that wheel, exploiting further some of that instrument's painful possibilities

how I envy Dani! I love the Wheel, it's such a perfect invention for torturing us girls on,
we can hardly help looking sexy stretched out on it, whether on the rim or across the hub -
and Dani's certainly sexy! Simonne has such expressive eyes and lips too,
that critic is right - she says so much even before she speaks!

 

[Margot]

Oh Bloody Hell​

Things are moving and progressing in a way that we were not expecting. Our work is taking a detour that involves more documentaries, TV interviews and public appearances. While that happens, our current film, Maleficarum Monxa Mala, is still generating some comments elsewhere, more friendly, I should add, and, of course, it remains as our number one seller.

Eulalia Simonne has such expressive eyes and lips too, that critic is right - she says so much even before she speaks!

Simonne is truly a discovery for Jac, who would love to work with her a lot more and he's planning to do so. If I'm not mistaken he'll have a meeting with her next week, in between TV interviews, shooting the new film with Dani, organizing the theatrical screening of the documentary he showed in Switzerland in March of this year and working on a new documentary. The plan is to work with Simonne in a couple of solo projects, as preparation for two feature films where she will take the lead. More or that later.

Eulalia how I envy Dani! I love the Wheel, it's such a perfect invention for torturing us girls on, we can hardly help looking sexy stretched out on it, whether on the rim or across the hub - and Dani's certainly sexy!l.

The new film with Dani, Crux Extrema I - The Passion PlayRoom, is almost done. There are two more scenes to complete it and it will go into post production. It's a film that follows the line of Fantom, Agent X and others, where the story takes place in contemporary times. There's a cast and crew of TWO people, Dani and Jac and no one else, they can do whatever they want during a few hours as long as they finish by the time Dani has to get ready to go to her TV Show where she's the host.

Provost Thanks for your post, Margot, and for the very promising line-up of work underway with Jac and his colleagues. I am among those who will find too much gore in the latest offering, but having donated a bit to the production I will download and view it on its own terms. Given the more extreme artwork on this site, it is possible Jac is offering the cinematic equivalent. Many may not like it, but nothing is universally popular, even within this quite distinctive group. In my view, your company is a daring and cherished part of the community. (...) ...Cheers!l.

Maleficarum Monxa Mala is unapologetically bloody, yes, and the new production is also pretty bloody, and the next one too, will have plenty of (fake) blood ... and the next. It is ironic in some way because the documentary that Jac made and now is making the rounds on television is about the famous Hemorrhagic Fever epidemic in Bolivia. The famous virus is back in the news because apparently new cases have come up recently and panic has ensued. His work in two documentaries, one for NatGeo, has made Jac an expert on the bloody subject so there's a demand for the documentary. More news later.

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[Margot]

The High Road Taken​

Jac is part of the news these days. A new outbreak of a deadly virus has made him a kind of expert because of the work he did with two documentaries on the subject, one for NatGeo. He's appearing on TV talk shows and showing the films in different mediums, including movie houses. But not only that, the need for more information about this life threatening event, has made it mandatory for him to make a new documentary concerning the Arena-viruses from the Old and the New World, something he has begun to do already.

But this new development did not prevent him from completing his new film collaboration with Dani, Crux Extrema I - The Passion PlayRoom. It happened last night when they got involved in shooting the very hot opening and closing scenes of this new cinematic adventure. Crux Extrema I is now entering the post production stage. I venture to say that it might be ready for release at the end of next month.

Jac had a long meeting with Simonne, the star of Maleficarum Monxa Mala, to discuss future projects. Although her time is limited, she is anxious to begin shooting new films with him, one of which is based on De Sade's Eugenie De Preval. Another film discussed is a very intimate film that involves the intensely harrowing and argument, if it can be call that, between a defiant young woman and her torturer, while she suffers increasingly painful torments.

A really nice comment about Mila À La Croix came our way, as part of a larger review of Maleficarum Monxa Mala:

RM: I enjoy Mila in her newest film. She is visually stunning and captivating. Her image moves the film. Much of that credit also goes to the cameraman and the director, of course.

Maleficarum Monxa Mala continues to be our number one film in sales, Mila À La Croix is number two. I expect that the new film will probably top both for a while when it comes out.

Official reviews of Maleficarum Monxa Mala are coming up, along with some interviews with some of the actresses which will be published after the reviews appear.

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A Commentary on Monxa Mala: Part One
https://3hattergrindhouse.com/2019/07/14/a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-one/
by Rich Moreland
In this first installment on Monxa Mala, we’ll set the stage for the film.
Photos are courtesy of Pachamama/Decadent films. The Inquisition drawing is from gregfallis.com.

https://dvds.vermeerworks.com/us/Maleficarum-II-Monxa-Mala/p/131447]​

This latest Jac Avila niche creation celebrates the visual delights that enrich his fan base. Maleficarum II: Monxa Mala is a variance of the earlier Maleficarum, also a Pachamama/Decadent Cinema offering that tells the story of persecuted lovers who are condemned as witches. Both productions focus on the Inquisition tortures carried out in the name of the Church some five hundred plus years ago.

Amy Hesketh, who appears in the original movie, serves as the executive producer for this update. Amy is not on-screen this time around and her absence is regretfully noted. On the other hand, Amy’s long-time filming compadre, Mila Joya, returns for a role in which she is less a victim, at least on the surface, than a reluctant whip-wielding punisher. More on that later. Read more of this comment here: https://3hattergrindhouse.com/2019/07/14/a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-one/.

I was kind of amused when the above gif was posted. That's Amy, BTW, in the great, one day shoot, film Romana Crucifixa Est. What is not very well known is that Amy was tied up on top on an ant hill. It was not very visible, ants, in proportion to a woman's body, are very tiny; but they were there, causing a lot of discomfort for our great producer/director/actress and many more titles added to her name. Below a picture from the testing of the location for the film.

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[Eulalia]

What is not very well known is that Amy was tied up on top on an ant hill. It was not very visible, ants, in proportion to a woman's body, are very tiny; but they were there, causing a lot of discomfort for our great producer/director/actress and many more titles added to her name. Below a picture from the testing of the location for the film.

Oh yes, an excellent place to tie a girl up for torture -
just spread her with honey and watch the ants having a party!

https://3hattergrindhouse.com/2019/07/14/a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-one/.

Interesting analysis - especially the point about the 'four images that dominate this film',
the 'phallic' Whipping Post, the 'feminine' Collar enforcing female submission,
the cruel irony of them 'resting' on the Rack, the bubbling kettle of hot coals
ready to give them foretastes of Hell ...

 

[Whipper]

All beautiful girls under the whip like in reality

 

[Margot]

A Commentary on Monxa Mala: Part One (II)
https://3hattergrindhouse.com/2019/07/14/a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-one/​

Jac Avila is the writer and director of Monxa Mala, scoring another winner for the BDSM horror genre that is his specialty. With enough deviltry to make the story believable, he once again assumes the role of the torturer. What is particular about this film is that Jac is really “a director within a director.” His on-screen persona is commanding the nuns to satisfy his will just as off-camera he is moving the players around on the stage, so to speak.

Speaking of the nuns and novices, Monxa Mala introduces a talented group of female performers whose comeliness is a perfect fit for the dark evils of the dungeon. Their punishments will surely please BDSM aficionados. Make no mistake, however, there’s more than just “tie ‘em an’ beat ‘em” to this movie. It has psychological implications that reach beyond sadomasochistic themes. Let’s take an in-depth look at all of this beginning with the characters that occupy the story.
Read more of A Commentary on Monxa Mala: Part One
https://3hattergrindhouse.com/2019/07/14/a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-one/

Eulalia: Interesting analysis - especially the point about the 'four images that dominate this film', the 'phallic' Whipping Post, the 'feminine' Collar enforcing female submission, the cruel irony of them 'resting' on the Rack, the bubbling kettle of hot coals ready to give them foretastes of Hell ...

While Jac is very busy heating up the coals, sharpening the stilettos, setting up racks and wheels and other devices, running from TV station to TV station to give interviews about a bloody, not fake blood, subject, Amy is getting ready to direct her next feature, a horror film, of course. She's even testing a monster of a camera.

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A Commentary on Monxa Mala: The Players
https://3hattergrindhouse.com/2019/07/14/a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-one/

Leticia (Simonne): The Marquise’s daughter. She organizes a pagan feast that breaks “the sacred silence of the monastery” and is punished for her transgression.

Lucrecia (Mila): The Enforcer. She is loyal to the Father. When he orders a scourging to “correct” a deviant novice, Lucrecia steps in to do his bidding.

Father Agustinus (Jac): The “Mad Monk.” He sets it upon himself to “correct” novices to the holy order when they step out of line. The Father runs the underground dungeon show and loves the art of inflicting pain.

Barbara (Dani): The sexually-charged novice. She carries a prize the Father bequeathed to her, or rather inside her. Barbara desires to be the Enforcer and accommodates the Father for her own gain.

Julia (Stephanie): The masochist. Eager for the pain is this novice’s forte. Julia suffers the welts of humiliation with a smile while having a nasty sadistic streak of her own. When it comes to “getting off” on pain—be it receiving or giving—her favorite phrase is, “It’s my turn now.”

Martina (Graciela): The quiet observer. Martina intercedes for the tortured souls under the Father’s wrath. But, as they say in politics and crime, she knows where the bodies are buried. “The walls are guarding secrets,” she says.

Justa (Ines): The wrong nun in the wrong place at the wrong time. Because she is loyal to Leticia, she is more of a nuisance than the Father can endure.

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Whipper: All beautiful girls under the whip like in reality

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A Commentary on Monxa Mala: The Images
by Rich Moreland
https://3hattergrindhouse.com/2019/07/14/a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-one/

Four images of importance dominate the film. First is the whipping post where the crucifixions are also carried out. It’s a Freudian phallic symbol and central to the male dominance of the dungeon. Leticia’s suffering while manacled to it is the main focus of the film. Later, Lucrecia also spends time there when her usefulness to the Father is finished.

Second is the metal collar. Attached to the post, it immobilizes its victim, holding her in place for her punishment. The circular shape is a Freudian symbol for female genitalia, as is the wheel, of course, and a reminder that the Father controls the most intimate of female parts for his pleasure. When Leticia and Lucrecia endure their tribulations, the collar enforces their submission.

The third is the rack. Its has a depraved attraction for the Father who “treats” the condemned to its misery. The last major image is the flaming kettle where the branding iron awaits the Father’s bidding. Leticia is its victim. Simply put, the kettle and its hot coals are the fires of Hell awaiting her, at least in the Father’s eyes.

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A Commentary on Monxa Mala: The Back Story
by Rich Moreland
https://3hattergrindhouse.com/2019/07/14/a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-one/

By the Early Middle Ages the Church’s patriarchal, anti-woman attitude dominated Europe. Though fighting heresy was their major thrust, churchmen had a history of torturing misguided nonbelievers condemned for dancing with the Devil. The abused victims were often the weaker sex vulnerable to Beelzebub’s seduction. For some holy men, the Church’s tribunal, known as the Inquisition, turned a blind eye to its own sexual licentiousness and sadism that victimized many women. Such was the case with another Lucrecia, a 16th century Spanish girl whose dreams and imaginations were too much for the king. She was charged with heresy, imprisoned and tortured.

Another female was the virgin martyr Saint Leticia whose Spanish cult is celebrated through feasting. According to legend, Leticia was executed along with the virgin followers of St. Ursula in the Early Middle Ages. No surprise then that Leticia in this film is accused of promoting a pagan repast. It’s worth mentioning that Inquisition tortures were often carried out by the civil authorities who were not subject to the control of the Church.

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Their barbarity comes from the Roman word for the savage, the non-citizen: the barbarian. Notice that the novice in Monxa Mala who has not yet taken her vows remains outside of the holy order. Her name is Barbara and she wants to be an Enforcer. In this film, the Father is a metaphor for the church and uses his dungeon devices to satisfy his personal sexual and sadistic urges.

As for the women of Maleficarum II: Monxa Mala, there’s more than accusations of impiety at work here. They are victims of medieval sex trafficking by western civilization’s most stellar institution. Of course, Maleficarum is a reference to witches and we’re left with the question of a cover-up. Who is the Devil in this story and are the nuns worshiping him?

A Note on the Production

The set for Monxa Mala is a modified version of the underground chamber that appears in other Jac Avila films. Because of its limited size, the stage gets crowded at times. However, the cinematography is excellent and the camera is adept at placing everyone in the right position for each scene so that none of the visual impact of the story is lost.

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A Commentary on Monxa Mala: Part Two
by Rich Moreland
https://3hattergrindhouse.com/2019/07/14/a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-one/

Photos are courtesy of Pachamama/Decadent Films and Jac Avila.​

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Survival

Each woman in Maleficarum II: Monxa Mala is adept at self-preservation. Martina and Justa do it through silence. Barbara and Lucrecia use their sexuality. Both women identify with their abuser and become Enforcers to avoid the painful end of the whip. Julia wants to please and coincidentally relishes her punishments meted out by the Father. Essentially, she’s a cultist who symbolizes the faithful sheep (worshipers) who never question. However, her allegiance also has a darker side. Julia is symbolic of both parties in the age-old struggle between the Church and the forces of Satan because she’s willing to dance with the Father, however he is disguised.

Leticia is an independent spirit and the Father is determined to crush her individuality, vowing to “expel those demons that mortify you.” Shackled and awaiting her chastisement, Leticia endures his sanctimonious judgment of her “transgressions” . . . reckless, conceited, proud, arrogant, defiant, unruly . . . just for a start. As Leticia grimaces under the lash wielded by Lucrecia, the Father calmly tells her, “You are Eve. God’s sentence hangs over all your sex.”

t’s an age-old, time-worn accusation. If left to their own designs, women will disgrace and dishonor the Church. Their curse is the sexual urges they arouse in men, an intolerable situation that calls for action. The best way to stamp out carnal desire, according to the Father’s logic, is to act on it first and then delight in its destruction. In other words, discipline the messenger before disposing of her in a righteous way. “The cross is a noble punishment,” the Father declares. The Father sees women as pawns. As God’s representative, he is unsullied, giving him free rein to debase the novices for his personal gratification before justifiably torturing them. We see that with Barbara’s “problem.” It’s taken care of on the rack after she whispers that she might be carrying something of his.

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A Commentary on Monxa Mala: Alive
by Rich Moreland
https://3hattergrindhouse.com/2019/07/16/a-commentary-on-monxa-mala-part-two/​

Alive

Leticia’s single-mindedness and her strength are brought to light in the bedchamber where ointment is applied after her scourging. She says with grit, “I will leave this place . . . maybe broken up into pieces, but I’ll leave from here alive.”

Leticia’s pronouncement reverberates through the film as each novice/nun seeks a way to ameliorate her own situation.
The challenge for the viewer is to interpret what “leave alive” means. Is Jac Avila telling us that faith conquers death? Internal strength survives the pain of torture? Church oppression is never final? Or, is Leticia offering us an undeniable feminist statement, thus transforming Monxa Mala into a feminist film?

In other words, is paganism pro-woman because it flies in the face of Church patriarchy? After all, some nuns get what they want, don’t they. . . ? Which brings us to the malleable Julia.

A Tidy Little Masochist

Julia is central to the film if one considers it to be a sadomasochistic horror tale with enough whipped backs and boobs to fascinate dedicated BDSMers. The novice is itching for her punishments and can mete out a bit of sadistic pleasure herself.

She uses the Father, seducing him in ways she knows will work. Julia confesses she is “a great sinner” who has “sinful thoughts about your Grace.” She fawns at his feet and extracts a kiss from him. The perfect toady. Important because another novice, the whipped Barbara, ends up on the wheel . . . and Lucrecia will endure the collar, then the rack.

By the way, when he kisses Julia, the Father pulls down her garment to bare her breasts, triggering her sexual excitement. Julia’s conflation of pain and sex is well noted in the film. When Leticia’s bloody marks are being treated, Julia says, “Did it hurt very much?” Leticia replies, “You would have loved it.” Later as Julia is being lashed by Barbara’s hand, Leticia walks in and watches with a half-smile. Julia closes her eyes in ecstasy and hardly flinches. “Your dream becomes reality,” Leticia says with a degree of sarcasm. “I’m doing my penance with humility,” Julia says softly, “but I don’t feel the pain.” She smiles with smug superiority.

Who is being manipulated here? Julia is the masochistic delight of Monxa Mala so don’t miss her whipping scene on the ladder. She is arrogant in her own way when she says to the Father that it’s her turn “with the flagellum.” “My wish is to be whipped by your grace,” she declares, so there are no shackles or restraints. This is Julia’s fun and she gets another kiss for her submission.

The scene is back side/front side and a naked Stephanie Vargas is eye candy. We hope to see her in future films. Beyond the Red Feline series, rarely has the Pachamama/Decadent library captured a better pure masochist on film. By the way, Julia is a switch of sorts. Using the needle probe, she increases Leticia’s agony when she gets the chance. Just goes to show you that pain lovers can be feisty if the opportunity rises.

The needle has a deeper meaning, however. Julia’s fascination with it is a thinly veiled comment on her own raging need for penetration of another sort. Oh yes, there is something else this moment reveals. Competition and revenge festers among the women. During Julia’s earlier whipping, Leticia pokes her in the ribs with a nail used in crucifixion. Turnabout is fair play, is it not? </p>

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Breaking News​

Well, a new month is beginning and a lot is happening right now. Maleficarum Monxa Mala reigns supreme as the best seller of the past month, followed by Mila À La Croix. In third place is JUSTINE and still making waves out there. The Passion of Isabel is fourth and in the fifth place is our ALL TIME best seller Maleficarum.

Amy sent Jac a new computer, which is four times faster than the one Jac has been working with, all of a sudden there's more power in the post production studio, and it came just in time for Jac to edit Crux Extrema the new film with Dani, which is coming along very sexy and super gimpy hot, and to prepare the DCP for Amy's film Pygmalion, which will have a 5 city, 10 screens theatrical release on September 19th. The DCP is the system now used for theatrical screenings the world over. It replaced the old 35mm celluloid film.

High Horse: Has anyone noticed that Amy Hesketh is making what looks like quite a big production Horror Movie about a murderous trucker? (Search for 'Rucker the Trucker' on facebook). I will be amazed if there is no GIMP-age, and am quite looking forward to seeing how it turns out...

Yes indeed, Amy is getting ready to shoot a new horror movie with a very interesting cast, which includes a very famous metal rock singer and another very famous stunt double who finally gets his chance to have a big lead role, not just being thrown out of running cars in place of some big star.

Rucker, the title of the movie, was written by Amy herself and it's a very big budget production, bigger than anything we've done so far. Jac and Amy were having a nice chat about it a couple of days ago, when she told him about signing Corey to play a leading role. Jac was impressed, of course.

All this activity comes on the heels of recent public events which included the sudden renewed interest in Outbreak, the film Jac produced for NatGeo way back in 2005. That production led to Jac meeting Amy and beginning an extremely rewarding association that produced over 20 films in 10 years.

A new cycle begun in 2016, when Jac took over the production of another NatGeo production, still going, in the jungles of Bolivia while Amy began her academic career in the US.

In my humble and honest opinion, all those reviews and articles that appeared in trade magazines like Fangoria and Weng's Chop, all those in-depth reviews written by Rich Moreland, C Dean Anderson and others, resonated in some places in the industry, thus, Amy and Jac are now engaging in some bigger productions. Amy with Rucker and Jac with Casa De Fieras (Menagerie).

Amy is all the way up north and Jac all the way down south, but very much in tune with each other, working together, producing for each other, advising on artistic matters and so on. They are planning a film where Amy, Carmen and Veronica will get together for some good horror fun to be produced in the US in the summer of next year, if all goes according to plan.

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A Commentary on Monxa Mala: Various Sides of a Woman

by Rich Moreland,​

Various Sides of a Woman

Writer/director Jac Avila leaves the viewer to decide what the Father means when he references the “big lie” that is making its way around the monastery. No matter how such a lie is interpreted, remember that each novice/nun in Monxa Mala represents a side of the human condition that is tested by it.

Leticia is the rebel who is unrepentant while Julia is the cultist who refuses to question. Barbara is sexual lust and power personified, the opposite of Lucrecia whose pragmatism guides her actions.

Martina and Justa represent the old adage, “the less said, the better.” In Martina’s case, she solves problems. We see that when talk with the Father turns to performing abortions to rid the monastery of its recurring unspoken “problem.” Lucrecia volunteered for one, Martina informs us.

It’s the big coverup that gets out of control. Except for Leticia who remains defiant and pays with a crown of thorns, the women have sold their souls to the Devil in a bargain driven by necessity. They have forfeited their choices.

Throughout the film, the tension between the Father and Leticia becomes a psychological tug-of-war. He threatens, she resists. As the story moves into its later stages, Leticia becomes the omnipotent power of freedom that sees everything for what it is.

In the final scenes, only the Enforcers, Lucrecia and Barbara, remain on-screen. They are crucified and the Father penetrates them once again, this time symbolically with the needle probe.

Finally the stage is empty of its victims. The Father sits calmly, pleased with his cleansing of the holy order. The Church is left naked and alone to wallow in its self-righteousness, or so it seems because there is more to this ending.

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