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ReGOREgitated Sacrifice
All bets
are off!!! Just when I had thought I had seen nasty and
disturbing, yet artsy and meaningful, Mr. Valentine has
proved me very wrong, in more ways than one.
Between
life and death, via suicide, lies a place in which hell
cannot compare a sort of putrid purgatory for those that
have lived life under the eyes of Satan. Angela (Ameara
LaVey) had lived a life of pain, suffering with bulimia
and envisioning life in her mind as a place of hate and
violence. These things for her have proven true, but it
is only after her death that the visions become more of
a reality than during her wretched and extremely sad
life.
Taking
place in what seemed to be the time between her suicide
and the total brain death, her mind took her to her
destination. In what is probably a few seconds, her
mind envisions a lifetime of hurt and the most intense
violence and bile drenched apparitions. Unknown to
most; the hurt and pain she had gone through and the
date of her intoxication and passing out at the
Excelcionne hotel coincide with instances and the same
date and of an O.D. Kurt Cobain had at the Exelcior
Hotel in Rome. I found this to be a brilliant trip into
both lives. In the words of Kurt Cobain “I hate myself
and I want to die”, this applies with Angela and her
experiences as well as her feelings of self loathing.
The
Angel of Aberdeen (Angela Aberdeen) also holds meaning
to the life and death of Cobain, being that he lived in Aberdeen, yet died on
lake Washington Blvd.
There are many Cobain references throughout the film but
I will not give them all away in this review, you can
find out more by watching the film and the special
features, they are explained in the utmost detail.
Back to
Angela’s PURGEatory, we find our selves in a place of
bright white light, surrounding us are victims whom are
apparently the multiple personalities of Angela,
enduring some of the most violent, sadistic and
beautifully barf worthy scenes of love, hate, torture
and murder. This showing us that every part of her is
dyeing, all that was human is piece by piece being
destroyed. Following from her former life, and her
unconscious realities, is the barf man himself Henry
(Hank Skinny) and his new minions the Black Angels of
Hell, twins who share the same interests as Henry, Blood
and the art of Emetophelia.
The
Angels seemed to have been designed for one thing and
that is to cause hatred and strangely enough, beauty in
the atrocities which lie ahead. In one scene for
instance we find them loving each other and then
brutalizing each other with a feeling of lust and
pleasure, took me to a horrible place in my mind. To
know that two sisters can have so much love and hate for
each other as well as themselves and not to mention
others. Don’t get me wrong there is a whole lot of love
and hate between siblings but not to this extreme.
The question that lies in my head are
they her so called guardians into death or are they
there to strike fear into what’s left of her mind, a
taste of what’s to come. It’s horrifying, this place in
the mind where no person should enter, that is unless
your soul is sold to Satan and you are looking to be by
his side at his Alter of anguish.
Through the various scenes of torture,
vomit, and gore, I found myself witnessing much more
fetish oriented sequences than the last film, such as
Prego porn (not full out porn just insinuations) and a
bit of Water sports (Piss, for those who aren’t down
with the lingo) thrown in, is this for shock value or
for alternative sexual lifestyle desire? Or could there
be much more behind these nasties? Only one person can
truly answer this question.
Well I gotta tell you people that this
was not as easy a film to cover as Slaughtered Vomit
Dolls was. It is extremely in depth and has more
meaning hidden behind each element of the film than you
could possibly imagine. Hopefully my upcoming interview
with Lucifer can shed some light on the background
elements behind most of the madness. So be on the
lookout for the interview if you have interest in this
kind of cinema.
Ratings:
When it comes to the writing and
direction of this film I give a 10. As I had
mentioned earlier the hidden meaning behind each element
of the film is something that cannot be over looked,
that is if you can catch on to it and not just focus on
the grotesque surroundings… Focus on what the scenes of
vomit and torture are trying to say. Using the obvious
love for Nirvana and its long lost beloved Kurt Cobain,
to create a background story for the film was in its own
horrific way an outstanding tribute to the king of
Grunge. With this being said to create a film that is
so openly sadistic and disgusting, having such feeling
beyond the vomit is a major credit and I give credit
where credit is due.
The cinematography was outstanding I give
a 9. With scenes shot in bright backgrounds it
truly shows us the talent and hard work put into the FX,
which I will talk about shortly. During some ground
shot scenes with a cover over the lens of the camera in
order to keep the bile off the goods, I found some
sliding movements to get closer to the atrocities. This
gave a creepier feel to the scenes this was used for.
Much of the film was very bright and beautifully shot
with extreme crisp quality. Still carrying the artsy
feel that Slaughtered Vomit Dolls had is by far a giant
plus for this sicko (ME). To be plain and simple, this
film had outstanding camera work!
As for the acting I would have to give a
7. Though Ameara and Hank delivered on what they
were there for, I did find some of the girls to be a bit
week in the acting area… However!!! When it comes to the
scenes that they had to do when it came to violence,
pseudo pornographic and the realizations of the
suffering they felt I definitely tip my hat, especially
after I puked in it! The Black Angels of Hell were
Fantastic, their presence brought more fear and
extremity to every scene they had been involved in,
especially being TWINS! So therefore, regardless of the
actual speaking roles of some girls I have no complaints
when it comes to their realism in moments of pain and
suffering.
The FX definitely gets a 10. Like
I said being a very bright film, for the most part, I
would see this as being a huge obstacle to overcome.
Every gore scene shot was fantastic; you could see every
bubbly chunk and every bit of nastiness with just about
no flaws… Unbelievable! With most films like this you
will find extreme gore scenes shot in dark environments
to hide what the camera would pick up, but Lucifer
managed to pull it off with no help from dim light at
gritty film quality. There are a few scenes in
particular that stood out for me, vaginal sewing and the
separation of Siamese twins at the head via hacking.
Watch and see, you will know what I’m trying to convey.
As for the film as a whole, ReGOREgitated
SacriFice Gets a 9. I am definitely still
partial to SVD, but I do know brilliance when I see it,
and this film is CHUNK-full of that. I can’t say enough
how the background stories of Cobain and Aberdeen’s lives coinciding the way they do
was, what I would think to be extremely difficult to
mesh, however Lucifer Valentine did it with perfection.
I am Definitely hoping that the third part to the Vomit
Gore Trilogy will tie all together and give me the
satisfaction I have received so far from his films.
And a
quick thing here, I was going to review the features of
the 2 disc masterpiece, but they need to be seen
everything you may want to know about this particular
film is explained in detail. So FUCK YOU, go and
purchase the shit for your selves or donate on the site
for a download of the film! I know that many things I
have written may be a bit repetitive but when I feel
strongly of things I tend to repeat myself, so sue me!
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