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As with Ice From The Sun, Stanze puts it all on the screen. The plot here is simple but executed with a real quality sure to offend anyone. Ths acting here is excellent, but I wonder how much is acting (except by "Leonard" played by the departed Tommy Biondo) and how much is reacting to the sequences they are a part of. "True horror is simply what one human being can do to another"

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The acting is merely okay. In fact, it is only believable when the actors are screaming, or not speaking at all. The tension is palpable then and only then. The rest of the acting feels phony, making the movie almost silly and unreasonably upsetting.

The movie is bold in its depiction of nudity, violence and sex. It often goes over the top, and rightly so. But the technique betrays the subject matter many times. Constant dissolves and whatnot get in the way of simply telling a straight story. Also, sometimes the camerawork is raw, gritty, and documentary like. Other times, it has an arthouse, picturesque feel. Pick one or the other and be consistent.

A lot of what you've heard about the film is true. It's raw. It's explicit. All of that. However, the filmmakers seem to undercut themselves often simply because they still have a lot to learn about telling a story.

An interesting and affecting movie with powerful (yet not very well acted) performances that pushes many boundaries and is the most visceral thing I've seen in a while. But it doesn't seem to have a soul. What I mean is: I didn't care whether anyone in the film lived or died, as the whole thing seemed a variety of setpieces for "provocative" scenes. The characters are two-dimensional. The killer is an amalgamal cliche, with a silly freudian flashback "explaining" his current behaviour. The victim has no personality or gravitas. She is, simply, "the victim." And her later motivations seem awkward and silly (yet entertaining) as she attempts escape.

A movie that is more about shock and serial killer movies, than it is about a serial killer.

But recommended in its explicitness.

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you want to see great, experimental filmmaking that tells a story and is visually amazing, watch Stanze's previous effort "ICE FROM THE SUN".

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