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It's not often I feel The Urge to fast forward a movie, but this film created that urge. I saw it on the strength of "Robot Monster", which is one of my all time favourite guilty pleasure films. But this film, I think it only went for about 70 minutes, felt like hours. The most unerotic strippers ever - unattractive, moved like pack horses, and the music they stripped too, just what is these guys idea of erotic music, it sounded like it was from a Jerry Lewis movie, and they were stripping to it!?! (I like Jerry Lewis by the way). And these two comedians that link the strippers, the jokes must have been old when they performed them, but they went at every lame joke at 100 miles an hour, dragging every joke out, telegraphing every punch line, making me squirm and beg for mercy. And to top it off, I think the camera only moved twice, with just as many edits. A film that truley is...THE PITS. Do not watch this film expecting a so bad it's funny laugh, you'll simply want to kill yourself, I'm still trying to kick the Prozac.

This film is banned in Australia, the fact that I have a copy shows how pointless banning a film is. The fact that this film is a genuine masterpiece shows how putting this film in the category of bestiallity (bestiallity films are banned in Australia), is truley degrading of a film of this stature. The fact that I can't say I enjoyed this film is testament to it's power. To ban it because it is offensive misses the point. This film certainly does not titillate, it says something about the people who judge what we are allowed to watch. If they felt guilty for watching the film, they have issues they need to work out, if they were shocked by the film....that's the point.

After going through a difficult time in my life, I wanted a cathartic experience, and thought a notorious video nasty would fit the bill. The film does have 'difficult' subject matter, being rape, and the eventual revenge of her parents. But it doesn't really examine those issues. I found the wierdest thing about the film to be the odd soundtrack, and the comic relief of the two cops. These two elements should have been in a different film, as they never shared scenes with the girls story. The film uses a sentimental set-up, in as that the girls parents are home making a birthday cake for their little girl, whilst she is scoring dope before a rock concert. This is not presented in judgemental terms, she's a nice girl, full of life, likeable. The dope dealers are actually escaped con sadists. The girls are raped, tortured, killed. There is no gratuitous nudity, the rapes happen with a 'subtle' fadeout even. THAT shocked me, this is a video nasty! Still banned in Australia! Don't get me wrong, I didn't want to get off on a rape scene. But I was surprised by the films still strong reputation. The film did stay with me, I thought it was interesting, but I wasn't shocked.