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known as Old Main. The building, derelict at the time, was demolished in 1977. In spite of the film's content, the atmosphere on set was noticeably "relaxed", according to
Watkins, with the only major conflict arising during the 'operation scene' with Nancy Vrooman extremely anxious while filming the scene. Watkins would later reveal that, at the time of the making the film, he was an
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and the swingers who create it." Because of Terry's focus on murdering individuals connected to the pornographic film industry, Landis and
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film executive named Steve
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Terry and his crew confront Steve with the corpse of the blind transient they killed earlier, and welcome him "back to the edge." Steve flees through the building, and is confronted in the basement by Terry, who tackles him to the ground. Bill emerges from a dark corridor with his camera while Kathy
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with a group of degenerates. Additional influence on the film's tone came from
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Suzie across her chest with a hot iron before Terry slashes her throat. Later, Terry goes to meet Jim at his office and kidnaps him. Back at the building, Terry and his crew beat Jim to death while Bill again films the crime. They then take an unconscious Nancy and tie her to a large dining table.
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The following morning, Terry calls Steve and asks him to stop by the building to visit the film set; he also inquires about a young actress named Suzie
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wrote, "It's not only the intense gore contained within these 78 minutes that has led many to label this film as the most vile ever made, but it's also the drab, dreary settings and the assortment of malcontents you're forced to put up with if you want to make it to the other end of this ride.
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was scarcely released on VHS in the United States, and was made available on video through
Venezuelan distributors in the late 1980s and early 1990s. A two-disc DVD set of the film was released in 2002 by Barrel Entertainment. The set features major contributions from director Watkins, who was
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Michelle Clifford described the film as sticking to "a consistent, purposeful style that builds to the foulest mood imaginable, creating its own world of hate. In that unintentional exploitation way, it reproduces the Panic Theater extremes of surrealism, where
497:"Americans love violence the way they should perhaps love sex, but I'm not moralizing with this picture: it's not making a sociological statement. I'm interested only in the dark side of the personality. This picture is pure horror; it's not any more complicated than that."
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gave the film a favorable review. While admitting the film looked cheaply made, and featured poor audio and dubbing; Alan commended the film's gore effects, decent acting, disturbing atmosphere and tone, writing, "While it may not neighbor to the caliber of
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proves especially unsettling in the manner in which it blurs the lines between recording, inciting and participating in an act of violence. Other films... have similarly broached the subject, but none have been so alarmingly forthright and worrisome."
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on July 14. Watkins alleged that the film caused riots when subsequently shown in New York City and
Chicago; it was apocryphally claimed that a theater in Chicago was burned down in a riot that occurred during a screening. This version has been
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similarly suggests that the film possesses "a forbidding, hostile vibe, a malignant radiation that sends your toxicity meter haywire... What gives it unique status is the aura of pure hatred that oozes out of every pore of the project."
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and Patricia taunt Steve. Patricia removes her mask and takes off her blouse, exposing her breasts. She unbuttons her pants, revealing a dismembered goat hoof she has held between her legs. As the group taunt Steve, Terry forces him to
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commentary on cinematic perversity, the 's gnomic pronouncements, and the excessively ritualized evisceral 'sacrifices' allude to a debased if fundamentally unrepresentable religiosity." Horror film critic and scholar
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wrote, "This notorious exercise in low-budget gore is poorly edited and photographed, but its catalogue of horrors and a genuinely nasty tone make it worthwhile for fans of sick cinema," drawing comparisons to the
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will lead no further than the credits themselves, all obviously false." However, Chas Balun's 1989 review had in fact identified the film's director as "a young New York film student named Roger Watkins."
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was highly critical of the film, writing "This vain attempt to combine splatter with a commentary on the viciousness of the movie business fails miserably on all counts." Alternately, Jay Alan of
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Nothing that has to do with this film is happy or light and the film itself, even though presented nice and clear on this DVD, appears to be covered in dirt." Anton Bitel, writing for
894:(1972). It opened in New York City under this title on December 28, 1979. Vernacular historian Bill Landis note that, during the film's New York screenings—which occurred primarily in
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addict, and that only $ 800 of the $ 3,000 budget was actually spent on making the film; the remaining $ 2,200 was used to purchase drugs. The film's working title was
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Terry Hawkins has just been released from prison after spending a year incarcerated for drug charges. An amateur filmmaker, Terry claims to have previously made
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1994:"The Last House on Dead End Street"
1644:Perrignon, Kai (October 23, 2018).
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2430:Kerekes, David (October 1, 2002).
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1475:Watkins, Roger. Audio commentary,
1329:Dierenger, Ryan (April 19, 2016).
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110:Cinematic Releasing Corporation
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1616:Sher, Ben (October 31, 2016).
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2208:Alan, Jay (10 August 2012).
2060:"A Case of Vinegar Syndrome"
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417:Ken Rouse as The Whipper
2678:Films about snuff films
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2405:Kerekes, David (1995).
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1965:"A Note to Our Readers"
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1578:"Modest a Bit Too Late"
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2322:Cooper, Ian (2018).
2297:Cooper, Ian (2016).
2249:. Albany, New York:
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1820:Heller-Nicholas 2011
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936:Phantom of the Opera
840:Cannes Film Festival
722:"Destructive Powers"
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1842:New York Daily News
1791:Firsching, Robert.
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955:Killing for Culture
896:grindhouse theaters
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514:, a student at the
479:Concept and filming
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1992:Holecheck, Bruce.
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