1976
USA
DIRECTOR: joel m. reed
AKA: the incredible torture show. Sardu,master of the screaming virgins (original script title).
Sardu and his dwarf assistant ralphus run a backstreet theater show where young girls are humilliated, tortured and dismembered on stage.The crowd that have come to see the show think it is all a load of rubbish and done with cheap effects,but what they dont know is that sardu is a sick,twisted man who abducts the women he uses and they are being tortured and killed on stage for real.He not only uses these woman for his stage show,when the curtain has dropped and the audience has gone, the torture continues purely for sardu's sadistic pleasure.You will either view this film as a very sick black comedy or you will find it the most offensive film you have ever seen,most people plump for the latter.In one of the most revolting scenes,a naked woman has a hole drilled into the top of her head,a straw is then inserted into the hole and her brains are sucked out.Elsewhere,naked women are kept in cages and fed raw meat,forced to get on all fours and used as dinner tables and one is made to bend over so her naked butt can be used as a dartboard.The gore effects are pretty cheap looking which is just as well otherwise this could easily have been the nastiest film ever made.
Rejected outright by the B.B.F.C, there is no chance of this film getting a release in the uk in any shape or form for the forseeable future.It's racist, sexist and every other "ist" you could imagine and thats proberly enough of a reccomendation to all you people who have strong stomachs or are not easily offended.If you want to track down this film though you are going to have to search abroad but it shouldn't be to much of a problem.
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