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In Defense of a Serbian Film

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If you’ve been clicking around the internet lately, there is good chance that you have at least heard of A Serbian Film. Primed to be the next Antichrist or Cannibal Holocaust, this film has been described as the most ungodly, violating piece of work to ever splat onto the silver screen. Forget the psychological tortures of Saw or the bloody violence of Hostel, A Serbian Film blows them all away with the harrowing story of a former porn star who is drawn into an abyss of debauchery, incest and necrophilia. Milos is the aforesaid ex-porn star with the legendary ability to hold an erection in the most adverse circumstances. Though he quit the business long ago to start a family and embrace clean living, demented director Vukmir wants Milos and his amazing member to star in his art house porno. On the verge of poverty, Milos agrees to Vukmir’s terms: he will participate in the porno without any prior knowledge of the scenes he will be performing in. Thus begins Milos’ traumatic d...

Otis: Political Comedy meets Torture Porn

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In a genre dominated by gore and torture porn (Hostel and Saw), a film like Otis brings a much needed laugh break to the carnage. The titular character is Otis, a 40 year old pizza delivery guy with a hard on for his sister-in-law (Kim) and a desire to live out his brother's football glory days. To satisfy these secret yearnings he kidnaps young blonde nymphets and keeps them chained up in his basement. Once trapped, he plays out an elaborate fantasy where he courts "Kim" and takes her to the prom in his trans am. But when the girls refuse to "play-play along" he kills them and cuts their bodies into bits. But Otis isn't the only killer in this movie. When the Lawson family finds out who kidnapped their little girl Riley, they're out for blood and mistakenly torture and kill Otis's brother. Otis is a smart little film that takes the torture elements of torture porn, which echoes the very real atrocities of places like Abu Ghraib, and gives it a me...