nuns of Loudun Archives

06/04/2026

The Devils Returns: Ken Russell’s Restored Cult Film and the True History of the Nuns of Loudun

Some films fade from cinemas, are forgotten, and survive only in archives and footnotes of film history. Ken Russell’s The Devils does not belong to that category. More than fifty years after its original...

Demonology

06/03/2026

Convent Possession in Europe (1500–1700) – Loudun Was Far from the Only Case

When the restored version of Ken Russell’s The Devils returns to theaters, it may at first seem like a cinematic relic from a more radical era of filmmaking. Yet the events depicted in the...