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Animator" was barely
Lovecraftian? Sheesh.
Re-Penetrator comes off as a sort of Halloween pornstar
joke, and in many ways it is. Several times there is laughter
(both on and off screen) and it is hard to take this film seriously.
Fortunately enough, this film doesn't want to be taken too seriously.
As one would expect, there is little plot. Dr. Hubert Breast
re-animates the corpse of a dead stripper with an unquenchable
desire for sex (hear that whirring sound? It is Lovecraft, spinning
in his grave.), that's it, end of plot...end of acting really.
There are a few bits of over the top dialog, but not a whole
lot. that isn't what this film is about. What the movie is about
is hard core, blood-spattered, zombie porn. Disturbingly enough,
this movie delivers....and I'm not so certain that I ever needed
to be confronted by some of those images.
The thing is, this film has already developed a bit of a cult
following. Originally made as a Halloween feature for a porn
website, the website found themselves in trouble with their
billing company over what was seen as a terms of service violation.
So, Re-Penetrator became possibly the first pornographic
film to be banned from the internet. Considering what all is
out there, that is quite a feat. After a hiatus, the movie came
back with its own website and a different billing company making
it available just in time for Christmas (I suppose red blood
and green re-animation fluid are festive....if you squint).
The website has both a "Director's Cut" and a "Screening
Cut" (from a screening in New York) and there is a gallery
of production stills. The "Director's Cut" has about
ten minutes more footage than the "Screening Cut"
(the Directors cut is just over 20 minutes long) and has a different
soundtrack. The music itself tends to be interesting, and a
bit fun...which is hard to imagine for a hardcore, zombie porn
movie...but then, why take such a subject too seriously I suppose.
Make no mistake, this movie is not for the faint of heart, the
weak of stomach, or those who are underage. This is not a work
friendly or family friendly film. It is, unapologetically, hardcore
porn and takes the sexualization of Lovecraft's work and characters
to new heights (or depths).
-Bob Brinkman
Special thanks to Bob Brinkman
for allowing me to use this review.
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