Its staggering how successful a lot of these were, and perhaps it was numbers like these that led in part to the Video Nasty list. If this was so successful than that means a lot of people were seeing it, and what were we going to do if people saw this film? Surely they would grow up to do the same horrendous actions depicted in the film.
I wanted to write about this film though because in a way, a few of these films in the Video Nasties have touched on the idea of trauma, and this is one of them. One of the women who is in this film has a truly awful story about being raped by a neighbor when she was just a young girl, and having such anger at the man who victimized her. The mastermind character in this movie manipulates her to take out that anger on the person he chooses, and uses her in that way but still, the trauma is acknowledged.
Interestingly, its still notice something we see talked about in movies now, despite being the obvious "reason" behind things like serial killers, etc. For how popular true crime has become, you just would think it would be a huge plot point.
This movie is about some Manson-esque charismatic leader named Satan. He has a group of women that are in his harem, and he makes them attack people. That's about it, and it certainly leans into the demented side of things, that bizarre esoteric genre sort of known as psychotronic.
This movie is definitely a vibe change from the last couple, a ton more fun. It's a lot more of the campy weirdness going on, there's a bit more plot. There's a clash of tones, there's fun nudity, there's B movie acting. This is a welcome change, I have to really say. Somehow it just feels fun again, and maybe cause I took the Nazi, psuedo-documentary and cannibal excursion. This movie is a breath of fresh air right now. For that its not awesome or good, but I give it a 3.5
Nasty-Meter: 5/10
Argument: Mildly for Video Nasty
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