Flesh Target: Rape (1979)

"Flesh Target: Rape" is a solid and mean-spirited 'pinku' entry. Not exceeding much in terms of 'style' or its overall story-line - which is more or less run-of-the-mill for this type of thing - but in how it presented the outcome of its main character.

A sexually embittered and short tempered office drone sets out to rape his most 'favored' female co-workers. The negative repercussions of his abusive behavior are nonexistent and, oddly, his success at work seems to grow when one of his victims with powerful ties becomes hot for him...

I'll give this one props for the nihilistic idea of the star sexual predator actually coming out on top as a result of violently assaulting young women, which definitely ups the 'offensive' nature of an already harshly toned film. Up until this point, however, there's nothing really out of the realm of your straight-forward 'pinker'. You got a wide spread of rapiness, some girl-on-girl sixty-nining, and some silly 'lighthearted' music thrown in at odd times. All in all, "Flesh Target: Rape" isn't the best of the best, by far, but one fans of these types of flicks should certainly check out.

Gayniggers from Outer Space (1992)

Despite the title, you're not going to get anything all that 'sleazy' - nor a raucous gay-fest - out of "Gayniggers from Outer Space". This short film is a spoof of '70s 'blaxploitation' with a homosexual-sci-fi 'spin'.

A space crew of "gayniggers" from the planet Anus - an all-male/gay utopia - are traveling the universe in search of other worlds in need of female eradication. They come across Earth and begin beaming each other down to various countries - 'death rays' in hand - to rid the planet of women and create a 'perfect' gay world.

Pretty amusing short, overall. The "gaynigger's" encounters with the Earthy "female creatures" are humorous in how they depict chicks as completely oppressive and how the Earth-men are immediately grateful for the 'help' when the females are dissolved by cheesy ray-gun effects. In all, this one's a decent watch that is, again, nothing as 'outrageous' as the title may allude. Still worth a look if you dig un-PC stuff.

Penance (2009)

Incredibly weak 'found-footage' torture flick that may, honestly, be some of the worst of its kind. This makes "The Butcher" look like top-shelf shit in comparison.

To help pay her sick kid's medical bills, a 24-year old single mother is recording her audition for some kind of reality show, I guess. In the meantime, however, she has her stripper friend coach her on how to dance for quick cash. They do a few private parties (all of which are recorded...) before the friend is beaten by a client and needs her protege to take her place for a high-paying gig in a secret location for an unknown guy. She reluctantly goes and is held captive by some insane religious wackos who are attempting to 'rehabilitate' sex workers in an abandoned mental hospital.

As is usually the case in these types of movies, the hand-held 'gimmick' is unreasonably prevalent considering the situations presented. The cameras are always positioned perfectly and there's even a music score that pipes in a few times that destroyed any potential 'realism' the movie was trying to suggest. Also, many of the scenes are much too drawn out and dull and there's very little in the way of carnage or anything even impactful, for that matter. Tony Todd is in the movie for, what had to be, 25 seconds, while Michael Rooker is in it a tiny bit more, here and there, but is WAY underutilized. The only thing "Penance" had going for it was good looking women who do some stripping in the beginning. The rest of this movie is a total bore-fest.

Masters of Horror: The Screwfly Solution (2006)

What a terrific end-of-the-world concept "The Screwfly Solution" is - based on a short story, penned by Alice Sheldon back in the '70s. It's certainly rife with social commentary, regarding gender-relations and mass panic.

A bizarre new murder trend kicks up in the Southern region of the U.S. in which women are being killed at an exponential rate. This violent progression seems to be steadily making its way North and is determined to be a sickness that afflicts men; chemically replacing affection and attraction for women with murderous hatred. During this, we follow a disease expert who's trying to convince government officials that they're most likely dealing with biochemical warfare. All while his wife and daughter are forced to keep a safe distance from him, as he has rejected medicinal neutering - the only known 'cure' for this open season on females.

Pretty grim stuff from director Joe Dante. There's some considerably 'strong' scenes of violence - one involving strippers being brutalized onstage as well as a woman-hating 'uproar' on an airplane. The mass hysteria tone is handled effectively and the story feels particularly thorough and well paced for clocking in at only an hour, as these Masters of Horror installments do. "The Screwfly Solution"is definitely up there as one of the strongest of this series.

Drainiac (2000)

"Drainiac" is a shoddily made, though somewhat amibtious, low-budget crap-fest. Despite the one or two things that almost had potential, the movie is ultimately a bore.

A teenage girl is forced into helping her asshole dad fix up an old house out in the woods to be 'flipped'. He leaves her with the grimy grunt work and heads into town, so her friends (along with an annoying dickhead tag-along) drive up to keep her company and help out. They eventually catch on to a 'water demon' inhabiting the house's pipes and attacking through drains so an exorcist shows up to rid the house of its liquid evil...

How shitty is this movie? I swear, in the first three minutes of this thing an actor walks into a boom mic that is fully in the shot. FULLY. Another terrific blunder involves someone exiting the frame, accidentally kicking the camera's tripod causing the shot to wobble and actually saying "oops". In no way did this seem to be intentional based on the overall 'tone' of the movie. The acting is godawful, the effects are cheesy as hell - with a lot of 'reverse' shots of water and rubbery creatures around the end. In all, I guess there's enough here to laugh at if you're in the mood for something to mock. Otherwise, "Drainiac" is a pile of shit.

The Wife Collector (1985)

"The Wife Collector" is a pretty damn dark and sleazy 'pinku' flick. I wasn't able to follow the Japanese dialog that, unfortunately, wasn't accompanied by English subs, but this one looked fairly straight-forward so I don't think I missed too much.

A cab driver has a perverted 'hobby' of kidnapping and raping his female passengers while video tapping it for his personal home 'collection'. He ends up rigging his car with a camera, monitor and knock-out gas so he can do all of his rape and recording right in the comfort of the backseat. Things take a turn, however, when his girlfriend finds out about his violent antics and decides to start some sexual degeneracy of her own as a form of payback...

This one is definitely FAR from plot-heavy and keeps the sleaziness flowing strong. A few scenes go into some pretty exhibitionist-territory, which I found pretty interesting. For instance, a rape scene taking place in the backseat of a cab on the shoulder of a busy freeway, non-discretely - followed up by the fully nude and stranded female victim awakening alongside the high-traffic thoroughfare. There's also a scene in which the cabbie "attacks" a woman in a dense crowd of urbanites. In all, "The Wife Collector" isn't one of the more story-driven 'pinku' films out there, but if it's just the 'nuts-n-bolts' rapey sleaze you're after than it's worth a look.