The Dark Side of Porn: The Real Animal Farm (2006, Molly Mathieson)

"Animal Farm" isn't just a George Orwell novel based on the Stalin era - it's also the unofficial 'street name' of a little bestiality film that garnered some 'buzz' in the 80s after it was smuggled into the UK. With the burgeoning availability of home video technology at the time, the distribution of the tape made it's rounds among curious shock-seekers and probably a few who dig on 'inter-species erotica'. "The Real Animal Farm" attempts to explore the fairly unknown origin of the film, but mostly sheds light on the life and times of it's main star, Bodil Joensen.

Without a doubt, Joensen was an interesting figure in how she ran her own farm and regularly fucked her animals (pigs, dogs, horses) out of a genuine love and sexual attraction for them. She was truly a tragic individual, especially in her final years leading up to her death after her animals were taken away and she turned to prostitution to support her alcoholism.

I've never seen "Animal Farm", or much of Bodil Joensen's animal fucking films, but I'll most certainly be putting out some feelers for a copy. Not out of a love of bestiality, but cuz I just fucking HAVE to see shit like this! As for this entry in the "Dark Side of Porn" series, it's an interesting look at a prominent 'icon' of bestiality.

Lucky Sky Diamond (1990, Izô Hashimoto)

"Lucky Sky Diamond" isn't a particularly outstanding entry in the Japanese 'gore flick' department, but it's certainly not the most awful thing I've ever seen. Definitely one for the WEIRD pile.

No English subtitles on my version, but I think I caught the drift of it: a woman is locked in some kind of hospital room where a pair of twisted doctors subject her to strange psychological and physical tortures. They also seem to be pumping some kind of liquid into her and at one point, they operate on her brain...

Strange shit occurs here n' there, like the chick's organs have a tendency of falling out, especially when she's repeatedly stabbed, yet somehow stays alive. A guy eats an insect out of a surgically planted hole in her skull and at one point a guy with face paint cuts himself out of a cardboard box and chases the terrified "patient" around with a serrated knife while still wearing the box around his torso! I have no idea why...

"Lucky Sky Diamond" sort of has the feel of a "Guinea Pig" film, although it lacks the the "extreme" shock-factor of much of that series. I didn't hate this flick, but I didn't find it especially 'stand out'. It's got an interesting, psychedelic 'tone' to it and a nice CHAOTIC element, considering the female 'subject' is constantly screaming and wounded and running away from deranged shit. It's very bizarre and fans of gory Jap-cinema might wanna give it a look...

The Washing Machine (1993, Ruggero Deodato)

I'm obviously not breaking any new ground in saying that director Ruggero Deodato really 'jumped the shark' - so to speak - with his notorious 1980 jungle classic "Cannibal Holocaust". Nothing else I've seen from him has really compared, even in the slightest, and I've never gotten word of another film by him that comes close that particular sleazy, blood-drenched 'exploit' gem. Deodato went on to tackle numerous other genres, such as slasher, rape/revenge and, with "The Washing Machine", he went with a 'giallo' theme. Unfortunately, this is one of the most exhaustingly boring giallo's I can recall seeing as of late...

A detective is investigating the death of a scummy playboy whose dismembered body was discovered in the washing machine of three extremely odd and slutty sisters who live together in their father's old house. Each one of these chicks take turns seducing him and tangling him up in their confusing web of insanity and potential murder cover-up.

"The Washing Machine" is about as slow and melodramatic as a 'gialli' flick can be. Nothing memorable really happens. There's some occasional nudity and sex, a quick scene of gore, but for the most part, it's really just a overly convoluted murder-mystery. Just not really my "thing", to be totally honest. I know some people kinda like this one so I'll just leave it at that. Not really my "style" when it comes to the 'giallo' genre.

Sloppy the Psychotic (2012, Mike O'Mahony)

I pretty much expected to hate this one. For one, it's a Chemical Burn release and if you know anything about this company than you're most likely aware of their low-quality catalog of uber-schlock, DIY "horror" garbage. They easily make Troma look like Miramax...

A professional clown loses his job after getting rough with a kid at a birthday party and completely snaps - going off on a booze-fueled killing spree. He kills hookers, frat boy assholes who took pleasure in fucking with him as well as other people associated with the negative aspects of his clowning career (boss, angry mom, etc)...

Honestly, for the majority of the runtime I had a pretty enervated attitude toward "Sloppy the Psychotic" - finding it watchable, at best, but nothing all that special when considering the field of digitally shot, micro-budget horror flicks. Then, the end came and it really turned me around... The big finish is a wonderful build-up to a remarkably brutal child massacre that I certainly didn't see coming, especially to the extent they went for. Other than that, I'd still say "Sloppy" is a pretty decent clown slasher, overall, with some other fairly gruesome kill scenes - namely a bloody castration and some frenzied stabbings. This one is worth checking out, especially for the last 20 minutes or so of crazy kid-killing...

The Infernal Rapist (1988, Damián Acosta Esparza)

"El Violador Infernal" - aka "The Infernal Rapist" - is some truly off-the-wall Mexican 'exploit' sleaze with a totally ridiculous, almost nonsensical 'demonic' storyline, but packed to the gills with all kinds of sick rape and murder, so I was basically happy as a pig in shit...

A serial killer is sentenced to "the chair" and confirmed dead after a thorough frying. After all of those present at his execution leave the room, a big-haired she-devil with laser-beam eyes appears, via THE most simplest of jump-cuts (this "effect" is used several times in the movie and each time it is BEYOND hilarious), and summons him back to life - basically telling him that he will remain virtually indestructible as long as he rapes all sorts of men and women, kills them and then marks them with the customary three-digit "mark of the beast".

You got all sorts of violent stabbings - one of which is viciously carried out on a woman's vag - some homo-butt rapin', levitating titties, tons of cheezy looking laser-eye beams and plenty of battered women. "The Infernal Rapist" is just all-around mean spirited and nasty in tone and in it's harsh content. Definitely the finest example of 'mexploitation' that I have ever come across in my years of cinematic filth hunting. Sleaze-hounds are sure to appreciate this little rapey gem!

9 Days (2011, Samuel M. Johnson)

Not the worst thing I've had Chemical Burn Entertainment send me. Nothing really "special" about "9 Days" in the slightest, but I've had some real TURDS come my way thanks to this particular distributor, so when I get one that's at least watchable, then consider me pleasantly surprised.

A teenage foster home runaway is hitch-hiking to L.A. when she's picked up by a clean-cut looking smart-ass who brings her home and insists she stay the night. That night, he wakes her up and drags her to the basement where he chains her up and explains that she's going to be put through nine days of harsh torture as a way of pulling her into his religious fanaticism. He crudely implants a shock collar device into her spine so he can zap her at will, pours moonshine down her throat, makes her sit in a bathtub of ice, etc...

In terms of 'torture flicks', "9 Days" is FAR from disturbing and offers nothing new. The guy who played the psycho Jesus-freak did a decent job, overall, though I didn't find him all that menacing. Just goofy and laughably annoying. The almost-attractive female lead sheds her clothes here-and-there which was another mild perk, I guess. Still, there's not a whole lot to get enthusiastic about when talking about this flick. Again, when you're talking Chemical Burn releases, you can do a lot worse than this one, but I still wouldn't recommend it...