Morally Offensive

Killer Nun (1979): So Offensive That One of Us Walked Out After 10 Minutes | Filthy Habits

Bill and Stephanie are joined once again by returning guest Christopher Hoppe, previously heard on the show’s Stigmata episode, to discuss the notorious 1979 nunsploitation film Killer Nun starring Anita Ekberg and Joe Dallesandro. Inspired by a real, true crime case, the film follows Sister Gertrude, a morphine dependent nun whose grip on reality steadily collapses inside a convent hospital. The episode covers the strange intersection of Catholic imagery, Italian exploitation cinema, psychological horror, and late 1970s grindhouse filmmaking, along with Anita Ekberg’s career after La Dolce Vita and the larger wave of controversial religious horror films coming out of Italy at the time. Stephanie, however, barely made it through the movie. About ten minutes in, the dentures scene had her exiting the screening room, leaving Bill and Christopher to continue through the film’s murders, hallucinations, casual hookups, elder abuse, ludicrous nude scenes, and drug abuse. We're also discussing cult cinema, giallo films, actors in political exile,  nunsploitation, Catholicism, and one of the more notorious entries in 1970s Italian horror. Support the show: FILTHY HABITS T-SHIRTS AND MERCH ARE IN! Merch: https://morallyoffensive.bigcartel.com/ [https://morallyoffensive.bigcartel.com/] SUPPORT THE SHOW JUST BECAUSE Buy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/morallyoffensive [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/morallyoffensive] Website and Contact info: https://www.morallyoffensive.com [https://www.morallyoffensive.com/] Follow and watch: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MorallyOffensivepod [https://www.youtube.com/@MorallyOffensivepod] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morallyoffensivepod [https://www.tiktok.com/@morallyoffensivepod] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morallyoffensivepod [https://www.instagram.com/@morallyoffensivepod] Threads: https://www.threads.net/@morallyoffensivepod [https://www.threads.net/@morallyoffensive] Follow Christopher Hoppe at: https://www.tiktok.com/@onsetlocationnyc [https://www.tiktok.com/@onsetlocationnyc]

Benedetta (2021) Part 2: Burning Charismatics & Blasphemous Sex Toys (ft. Veronica Novotny, Leave Laugh Love) | Filthy Habits

In Part II, Bill and Stephanie get into the plot of Benedetta, and break down the story, the performances, and why this film stirred up so much controversy around Catholic mysticism, sainthood, visions, and miracles. They are once again joined by co-host of the Leave, Laugh, Love Podcast, Veronica Novotny, who once contemplated convent life. In this episode, the three address Benedetta’s ecstatic visions, the plague backdrop of the film, they address THAT Virgin Mary statue, and ask whether or not the Pear of Anguish was actually a commonly used torture device during the witch trial and heretic burning era of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation.  There’s also a closer look at Paul Verhoeven and his career, including Basic Instinct, Showgirls, RoboCop, and Flesh and Blood, and his surprsing side gig as a Jesus expert. Check out the Leave, Laugh, Love podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leave-laugh-love/id1755663974 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leave-laugh-love/id1755663974] Support the show: FILTHY HABITS T-SHIRTS AND MERCH ARE IN! Merch: https://morallyoffensive.bigcartel.com/ [https://morallyoffensive.bigcartel.com/] SUPPORT THE SHOW JUST BECAUSE Buy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/morallyoffensive [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/morallyoffensive] Website and Contact info: https://www.morallyoffensive.com [https://www.morallyoffensive.com/] Follow and watch: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MorallyOffensivepod [https://www.youtube.com/@MorallyOffensivepod] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morallyoffensivepod [https://www.tiktok.com/@morallyoffensivepod] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morallyoffensivepod [https://www.instagram.com/@morallyoffensivepod] Threads: https://www.threads.net/@morallyoffensivepod [https://www.threads.net/@morallyoffensive]

Benedetta (2021) Part I: Vocation, Rejection, & Speaking in Tongues (ft. Veronica Novotny, Leave Laugh Love) | Filthy Habits

Bill and Stephanie are joined by Veronica (Leave, Laugh, Love) to talk about Benedetta—starting with her own experience discerning religious life, and the moment that path ended when she was denied entry to a convent because she’s a lesbian. From there, the conversation moves through fundamentalist Catholic spaces and the charismatic movement, touching on ideas like vocation, discernment, religious orders, and what it actually means to be “called” in a system with hard boundaries. We also get into the reaction to Benedetta, including a harsh condemnation from Tradition, Family, Property and a more favorable take that approaches the film on its own terms. Along the way, we set the stage for Part II with some context on director Paul Verhoeven—known for films like Basic Instinct, Showgirls, and RoboCop—and why a movie about Catholic mysticism, sainthood, and alleged miracles was always going to land exactly where it did: somewhere between serious religious drama and total controversy. Check out the Leave, Laugh, Love podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leave-laugh-love/id1755663974 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/leave-laugh-love/id1755663974] Support the show: FILTHY HABITS T-SHIRTS AND MERCH ARE IN! Merch: https://morallyoffensive.bigcartel.com/ [https://morallyoffensive.bigcartel.com/] SUPPORT THE SHOW JUST BECAUSE Buy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/morallyoffensive [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/morallyoffensive] Website and Contact info: https://www.morallyoffensive.com [https://www.morallyoffensive.com/] Follow and watch: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MorallyOffensivepod [https://www.youtube.com/@MorallyOffensivepod] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morallyoffensivepod [https://www.tiktok.com/@morallyoffensivepod] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morallyoffensivepod [https://www.instagram.com/@morallyoffensivepod] Threads: https://www.threads.net/@morallyoffensivepod [https://www.threads.net/@morallyoffensive]

The Little Hours (2017) — Part 2: Nuns Gone Wild! | Filthy Habits

This week on Morally Offensive, Bill, Jess, and special guest Syd King dive into The Little Hours—a medieval comedy where the nuns are anything but devout. Set in a 14th-century convent, the film follows a group of wildly unrestrained sisters who drink, swear, and terrorize the local help…until a fugitive posing as a deaf-mute handyman shows up and turns everything sideways. What starts as a chaotic character study quickly spirals into a mix of lust, power plays, religious hypocrisy, and naked dancing in the woods. Along the way, the crew unpacks how the film pulls from The Decameron, why its anachronistic dialogue actually works, and how it gleefully pokes at the idea of holiness without completely dismissing it. Tangents include youth pastors telling us we'd go to hell if we died in a car crash, that time Jess' classmates terrorized and vandalized Holy Hill Basilica, TMI Catholic confessions about your sex life, campus ministers on the run from the law, and Syd's proximity to Ryan Gosling on Saturday Night Live. Support the show: Merch: https://morallyoffensive.bigcartel.com/ [https://morallyoffensive.bigcartel.com/] Buy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/morallyoffensive [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/morallyoffensive] Follow Syd King on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/syd.the.king/ [https://www.instagram.com/syd.the.king/] Website and Contact info: https://www.morallyoffensive.com [https://www.morallyoffensive.com/] Follow and watch: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MorallyOffensivepod [https://www.youtube.com/@MorallyOffensivepod] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morallyoffensivepod [https://www.tiktok.com/@morallyoffensivepod] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morallyoffensivepod [https://www.instagram.com/@morallyoffensivepod] Threads: https://www.threads.net/@morallyoffensivepod [https://www.threads.net/@morallyoffensive]

The Little Hours (2017) — Part 1: "It is trash, pure trash!" | Filthy Habits

This week, Bill and Jess are joined by comedian, actor, and writer Syd King to talk The Little Hours—a movie where nuns drink too much, swear constantly, and ignore basically every rule they’re supposed to follow. Loosely based on The Decameron, it’s equal parts historical weirdness and modern comedy. We get into the Catholic angle, the controversy (or lack of it), and why this kind of story keeps coming back.  In episode one, find out why Bill Donahue called the movie "Pure Trash", why a fringe Catholic Cult protested the movie (with bagpipes!), discover the existence of a creepy Catholic nun doll museum in northern Michigan, Jess finds out about "The Shack", and Bill reviews the hot dog menu from The Gay Bar in Gay, Michigan. Support the show: Merch: https://morallyoffensive.bigcartel.com/ [https://morallyoffensive.bigcartel.com/] Buy Us a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/morallyoffensive [https://www.buymeacoffee.com/morallyoffensive] Follow Syd King on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/syd.the.king/ [https://www.instagram.com/syd.the.king/] Website and Contact info: https://www.morallyoffensive.com [https://www.morallyoffensive.com/] Follow and watch: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@MorallyOffensivepod [https://www.youtube.com/@MorallyOffensivepod] TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@morallyoffensivepod [https://www.tiktok.com/@morallyoffensivepod] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morallyoffensivepod [https://www.instagram.com/@morallyoffensivepod] Threads: https://www.threads.net/@morallyoffensivepod [https://www.threads.net/@morallyoffensive]