Director: Jason Matherne
Year: 2002
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: Attack of the C*ckface Killer
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
After hearing of a special party nearby, a group of friends decides to go visit to help them forget the reports of a strange murderer killing people in savage matters, but when they arrive at the house find that the masked madman has arrived at the same place killing everyone he comes across forcing them to get away alive.
Review:
Overall, this is a pretty enjoyable indie slasher even with a few issues. One of it’s better qualities is the sheer audacity and bravery to tackle the sleaziest aspects of the genre in full-on detail. The choice of the killers’ attire, dressing in black decked bondage gear with a dildo strapped under their face and wielding another one as a main choice of weaponry, gives this a clear indication of where it’s going from the opening scenes as he emerges from the shadows to attack and kill off the screwing couple in the barn which is shown in full detail of their amorous activities. The resulting chase scene imitating the exploits of a popular television show that utilized that same pretense is the final capper to determine what’s going on in the rest of the film as it carries the same anarchistic sense throughout it with a focus on killing off couples in sexually-compromising situations resulting in plenty of solid indie thrills.
This is carried over in the use of simply providing a body-count for the killer to wipe out. The actual stalking scenes aren’t that terrible here, constituting the traditional indie-style of appearing out of nowhere and striking suddenly with a sharp object that results in some cheesy-enough genre setups. From the attack on the couple screwing in the upstairs bar bedroom to the attack on the various guests at the house party inside the bathroom, the couple in the private bedroom or slashing the various guests which results in some fine if somewhat unconvincing splatter such as the removal of intestines which are then used to strange the victim, a multitude of limbs getting chopped off, a series of beatings with the dildo and having their privates chopped off and removed among other more graphic deaths. These here manage to make this somewhat interesting.
There isn’t much to dislike here, and it all constitutes the same factors anyway for the most part. The film’s obvious low-budget and underwhelming barely-there production values that are rampant throughout the film. There’s not much of a story to this one, focusing on random unnamed people showing up t the house party only to then randomly run into the killer while having sex or meeting someone alone. It’s just all random and seemingly improvised over the course of a weekend at a friends’ house which seems to explain everything here from the indie-flavored scope and tone to the wasted time running around doing nothing which eats up the running time and laughably amateurish special effects that are used here. That no one manages to catch the killer doing what he does or stop him despite the fact that the character is handicapped and barely mobile is another sign here of the kind of film this is, which can be the main factor holding this one back for just about anyone.
Overview: *.5/5
A sleazy, graphic and outright explicit indie slasher that reveals in that atmosphere for the most part unrepentantly, this will certainly be a somewhat controversial effort that has most of its appeal for those that appreciate the style. Those viewers, others tolerant of the extreme nature of everything present or indie-slashers in general, while others with no tolerance or appreciation of the style and format should steer clear of this one altogether.
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