Lash of the Penitentes

Directed by Roland Price and Harry Revier

With Marie DeForrest, William Marcos, Victor Justi, Josef Swickard and Pepe Rubio

Fact and fiction collide in this exploitation flick that employs documentary footage depicting the bizarre self-flagellation rituals of the fanatical Catholic sect known as the Penitentes. Mixed with those truly disturbing sequences is a story concerning a killing in New Mexico, itself inspired by the murder of real-life reporter Carl Taylor as he worked on an article on the Penitentes.