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5/10
Likable enough for what it is
kannibalcorpsegrinder30 April 2022
After escaping from the clutches of a mad scientist, a couple of girls are rescued by another group of girlfriends and try to get them to safety, but when they realize that the girls they've rescued aren't what they thought are forced to escape the demented killers.

This was a somewhat fun if troublesome slice of exploitative genre filmmaking. When it relies on those qualities, this features quite an enjoyable sleazy atmosphere with the generally trashy qualities on display. With plenty of women getting naked or stripping down to engage in anything from nude news telecasts, experimentation sequences with the mad scientist, or just in general hanging out with the girls while they're hanging out together, this one easily sets up a perverted atmosphere that's capitalized on rather well. Not only that, but this extends to the gloriously goofy and silly second half where its horror-film leanings are brought to the forefront as the victims dress up in bondage gear to chase them through the facility killing them one by one. It adds some fun indie-styled kills and attacks in these scenes while still plowing through the sleaze quite frequently which is all perfectly fine and worthwhile for those that appreciate this style. That said, there are a few issues on display here that hold this one down. The main issue is the film's general randomness which makes everything seems unorganized and improvised without any kind of direction. It comes off much more like things are just happening randomly and that there's no real story here with the way things play out here as being just a random assortment of scenes done in without much of a concept or idea at all. Those who don't mind these features won't be that put off by it but will also have the films' rather obvious low-budget qualities that are featured throughout here. Ranging from the obvious use of stock footage to complete sequences, jarring editing work for the scene transitions, and the usual features mentioned above involving the improvised nature of the film beforehand. These factors don't really have a truly detrimental effect but are enough to drag this down overall.

Rated Unrated/R: Full Nudity, Graphic Language, and Violence.
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10/10
Bonkers
kevinpately19 February 2022
Bonkers film with a retro feel.

Recommended film of the year!

Stand out performances from Ian Sen Alexxa Vice Laura Barker Harmony Filth and so much more.

Can't wait for the sequel.
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10/10
My favourite film
jeremyconnors-1940430 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This is my favourite film since my friend showed me it and I have become friends with Kitty Kiss who plays Nurse Meow.

Side note I didn't know until watching a video recently that Nurse Meow, Nurse Spanks and the Doctor were created by both Kitty Kiss and Joe Cash.

This film is so grindhouse 70s and I don't think it was intended to be which is the great thing.

This is a genuine low budget film which cost I think £500 to make and is just over an hour long.

I am so looking forward to the sequel but unfortunately I won't be around to see it.

Love Lloyd Kaufmans segments in this and the killer with the latex mask has a killer body, no pun intended.

Plus you see Kitty Kiss nearly nude kissing Alexxa Vice which is perfect cinema.
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9/10
Must see Troma
deanstraight7 February 2022
As a Troma fan for many years I was lucky enough to watch this at the Horror On Sea film festival in January this year.

Now what can I say but OMG 😱 this film is awesome! It's a throwback to the old days of Troma like The Toxic Avenger or Class Of Nukem High as this is low budget, sleezy, funny, over the top nudity and chaos.

The only down side is the audio is low in quality at some places in the film and the dialogue is too hectic.

The up sides to this film is toxic gasses, the mad scientist, the cat girl nurse played by Laura Barker which I hope to see more of in future films, the busty nurse played by Alexxa Vice who has some really funny lines, the use of practical effects and explosions, girls who look like actual real people instead of fakes, camera work which is a throwback to old 70s video nasties.

This is a perfect Troma movie and a contender for modern cult status.

Looking forward to the sequel.
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