A pair of rich, sexually charged Catholic schoolgirls bow out of their strict, god-fearing lifestyles and turn to the wicked embrace of Satan in order to satisfy their hormonal lust for being just plain naughty. Such activities include teasing a mentally retarded farm hand with the cruel art of seduction, fucking with the gardener (also retarded...) by killing his precious birds and snitching to the priest after catching a couple nuns dyking out. They end up getting a bit carried away in their antics when one of their lured seduction victims becomes a murder victim...
The cinematography, acting and score are all very solid. It's got a high 'sleaze factor' without being abundantly 'trashy', I thought, which mostly comes from the fact that these actresses look particularly young and they spent a good portion of the film in highly 'suggestive' situations. However, appararntly these girls WERE of age so my conscience is hereby clear. The story is well executed and ends on a pretty 'dark' note. It's not all that factual to the Parker/Hulme case, however - having more to do with the girls' close-knit relationship and presumed lesbianism than the murder of one of their mothers, which was what actually transpired in New Zealand back in the '50s - as seen in Peter Jackson's film, "Heavenly Creatures". "Don't Deliver Us From Evil" is it's own animal, overall, portraying this bond between two inseparable girls as pretty twisted and ultimately tragic. Also conveying a possible, underlying contempt for Catholicism that I couldn't help but pick up on. I strongly recommend this one for fans of Euro-sleaze cinema.
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