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. The film stars Sven Garrett and features cameos from horror icons

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Plot

The film follows a wealthy immigrant

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photographer, who leads a double life: by day he shoots erotic photos. By night, he rapes, tortures, and murders

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Cast

* Sven Garrett as The Photographer *

as The Nazi Mechanic *

as Beautiful Girl *

as Clerk * Jade Risser as Jade *

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as Good Samaritan

Censorship

In comparison with the theatrical cut of the film, the 'R' rated DVD version was missing approximately 22 minutes. Most of the cuts were to obtain the 'R' rating and removed several intense scenes of sexualized violence and torture, however, some scenes were also removed by the director himself which he intended to edit out of the film before going into theaters but never got the chance. The

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refused to give a certificate to the film, making its release in the UK illegal. It cited "unacceptable scenes" of "sex or sexual behaviour accompanied by non-consensual pain, injury and humiliation", with particular concern that "young children are among those terrorised and killed."

Critical reception

The film received generally negative reviews.

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reports that 36% of 11 reviews were positive, with an average rating of 3.73/10. On

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, the film has a 13 out of 100 rating, based on 5 critics, signifying "overwhelming dislike". Debra Birnbaum of the ''

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'' wrote it "aspires to be a highly stylized exploration of the mind of a serial killer, but it's nothing more than a gory, blood-soaked snuff film, reveling in its own shock value." Dennis Harvey of ''

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'' said the film evinced "only the slightest interest in narrative or character," and "distinguishes itself via sheer extremity of gore, sadism and tastelessness", and that its "nastiness is so insistent, one-dimensional and excessive it risks self-parody." Ben Kenigsberg of ''

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'' called it "a movie so utterly degenerate it makes you wish that indie filmmakers had to prove a basic standard of decency in order to buy a camera." However, Heidi Martinuzzi of '' Film Threat'' gave it four stars out of four, calling it "incredibly good" and "well made."

Home media

A director's cut

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was released after its theatrical run. The theatrical version runs at 105 minutes, the uncut DVD version runs at 91 minutes, whereas the 'R' rated version runs at 83 minutes.Murder Set Pieces - Yourjournal.de
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References

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