Maybe the best thing about the 75-minute film "La petite mort" (an orgasm metaphor referring to the sexual parts of the movie) is that it does not take itself seriously at all. It's offensive against males and females equally, nobody can actually be offended. Manoush's character had me glued to the screen because it's such a hysterical character, while Habeck had me glued to the screen for other reasons. She's pretty stunning. The director is Marcel Walz who started filmmaking a t a very young age already. He was in his early 20s when this was made and has written and directed no less than 15 films in the last 10 years, one of the big names in the German gore movie industry. This film here has a trio of young people including a blind woman and a couple, having a nice time during a vacation. Lots of harmony and positive atmosphere early on, but things get rough pretty quickly. Pretty much everything except the first 15 minutes take place at the torture club and the ending is already told us in the very first minute in a similar manner like "Blair Witch Project".
Everything from that moment on is pretty much torture porn and very graphic. Stay away if you cannot deal with murder and the likes of a tongue being put into a mousetrap. There is no graphic nudity, but the film is packed with tight clothes and suggestive camera angles. The male protagonist is played by Andreas Pape, also a prolific actor and filmmaker in these kinds of films. The two girls are not that well known. And Thomas Kercmar has a cameo as well playing a lustful kobold in possibly the most hilarious sequences of the film. He is another example of how this movie does not take itself seriously at all. Also pay attention how one of the girls manages to flee when she is alone with the kobold. This would not have happened with any of the consequent females around. You could occasionally see this film as men-hating, but looking at the way Manoush's character talks about females as well, it's really against both genders, so nobody should really be offended as I wrote earlier. There's also some major plot weaknesses in this film, but it's surprisingly irrelevant as the whole thing is so absurd. For example during one situation, a girl basically has her skull smashed repeatedly, but still she is pretty much fine shortly afterward, physically and mentally. Or look at the irony of the one girl with moral doubts actually being the one who gets the final kill.
Not too long ago, a sequel came out which is not half as good as this film. This one here is one of these movies where you cannot look, but also cannot look away. So yeah, recommended, I guess.
Everything from that moment on is pretty much torture porn and very graphic. Stay away if you cannot deal with murder and the likes of a tongue being put into a mousetrap. There is no graphic nudity, but the film is packed with tight clothes and suggestive camera angles. The male protagonist is played by Andreas Pape, also a prolific actor and filmmaker in these kinds of films. The two girls are not that well known. And Thomas Kercmar has a cameo as well playing a lustful kobold in possibly the most hilarious sequences of the film. He is another example of how this movie does not take itself seriously at all. Also pay attention how one of the girls manages to flee when she is alone with the kobold. This would not have happened with any of the consequent females around. You could occasionally see this film as men-hating, but looking at the way Manoush's character talks about females as well, it's really against both genders, so nobody should really be offended as I wrote earlier. There's also some major plot weaknesses in this film, but it's surprisingly irrelevant as the whole thing is so absurd. For example during one situation, a girl basically has her skull smashed repeatedly, but still she is pretty much fine shortly afterward, physically and mentally. Or look at the irony of the one girl with moral doubts actually being the one who gets the final kill.
Not too long ago, a sequel came out which is not half as good as this film. This one here is one of these movies where you cannot look, but also cannot look away. So yeah, recommended, I guess.