Sam Panico Loosely based on the Parker–Hulme murder case of 1954 (which also inspired Heavenly Creatures), Don't Deliver Us from Evil is about Anne de Boissy and Lore Fournier, two post-pubescent Catholic schoolgirls that come from rich, conservative families. They're both growing up to be maniacs, thanks to a love of death poetry, mocking people, pranks, petty theft and one another.They believe that when they are together, they are special and beyond the law, which allows them to escape punishment. Anne's parents go on vacation and leave her at home, which allows Lore to move in and their love affair to grow. Their pranks also grow, including setting fire to a perverted farmer's house, killing all of the birds of the school's groundskeeper and stealing the Eucharist and performing a Black Mass where they marry themselves to Satan.There's a really off juxtaposition in the film where the girls use their sexuality to be adults and when men take it too far, they instantly appear to be what they are — really young girls. It's disquieting and upsetting in a way that no movie I've ever seen has pictured — before or since.For example, when the girls attempt to seduce a motorist, he takes it as an invitation to rape Lore. Anna saves her and murders the man, who they dump in the river. A detective begins asking questions and the girls are sure they will be discovered, so they enter into a suicide pact. They know that when they go to Hell, Satan will reward them for their service.In front of their entire school, they read a Baudelaire poem to a cheering crowd before lighting themselves on fire.This film was known as "the French movie banned in France." It lives up to its controversial reputation — one assumes that the film was near incendiary when it was originally released. Yet it's not strictly an exploitation film. It's quite beautifully shot and has a definite message against the censorship of the Catholic Church and unfairness of the French class system.Read more at http://bit.ly/2joGhNV

punishmentpark Two young girls become heavily inspired by the death & doom rhetorics of their local priest (and some private lecture) as they witness the false values at their Catholic girl school. They decide they belong to Satan and they will do his bidding in the upcoming summer vacation... Things get way out of hand, but it takes a while before they are actually in such big trouble that they themselves actually see no other way out than a theatrical suicide.'Mais ne nous...' is a bold and naughty film, though Jeanne Goupil and Catherine Wagener were respectively 21 and 19 years old at the time. Their acting may not always be flawless, but it comes across as spontaneous and sincere. Following these two teenage girls liberating themselves from social and religious chains, one will more than once feel uneasy at their unflinching manners, but still this a unique and creative little tale that ought to be seen by every emo, goth or other alternative human spirit out there today.9 out of 10.

jfgibson73 This is a French drama about two girls who go to high school at a private convent, but secretly pledge to worship Satan. They get together at night and on the weekends to do things like kill the neighbor's pets and plan a secret ceremony.The story is set in what looks like a rustic French countryside, and one of the girls like in an old château. However, the pace of the film seems to match the leisurely setting--it drags constantly, showing us things like people walking across a room for 20 seconds without anything happening.The girls look really young, which should add to the shock of seeing them do some of the "sinful" things, and it probably did when the movie first came out. Today, however, films like Kids and Thirteen have shown preteens doing messed up things to the point where it doesn't seem to stand out as much. The girls in this movie reminded me more of the girls from Ghost World, actually. The movie gets pretty nasty in a couple places--I think the blonde girl gets assaulted three separate times. Even the ending is a bit blase at this point, having been done in more graphic detail several times over in movies with more capable effects. 5 out of 10.

HEFILM The pacing of this film is, well fans would say European, I'd say just a bit slow in a way that grinds on you. It's not poorly made or shot but isn't so well made as to overcome its low budget either. Now seeing it after the masterpiece Heavenly Creatures of course it seems less of a film worth seeing. This is a much different take on the material and completeists will probably be Glad they saw it.There is some convincing animal cruelty in the film that is perhaps a bit too real and there certainly are elements that would draw the "raincoat" crowd to the film. The script is a bit of a one note affair, supporting characters tend to pop up in a confusing way. Suddenly the girls are at a satanic ceremony, how did they find this local satanist, why does he go along with them? I don't know and neither will you.But the film doesn't really stop to be exploitation, nor are the girls "hot" enough for it to work on that level. These are girls who aren't really beautiful yet, they've lost the innocent beauty of children and it's really unclear if they will become plane or even ugly adults or what? I suppose that's a virtue. The posters for the film certainly make it seem like an exploitation movie and it's not.But be prepared for a sort of slow march to a memorable ending. Be prepared to be patient or use your fast forward button if you want to watch it.