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The “Rape of Christ” Scene from 1971’s ‘The Devils’ Is Back. Is the World Finally Ready?
It was so shocking that censors demanded it be removed in its entirety. Its director later feared the footage had been destroyed.
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It was so shocking that censors demanded it be removed in its entirety. Its director later feared the footage had been destroyed. Now Warner Bros. has restored the notorious “Rape of Christ” sequence to Ken Russell’s The Devils : frenzied nuns pull down a huge crucifix and sexually defile its sculpted figure of Jesus.
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