Without a doubt this is one of the weirdest films I've seen -- and I've seen plenty.
It's Japanese in its focus, subject matter and politics, but it was made in Australia by an Australian director whose other films don't come close to the insanity on screen here.
I'm not going to detail the plot, but let's just say that the original title is THE MASTURBATING GUNMAN. A gunman gets on the trail of kidnapped women he gets hired to locate by sniffing the crotches of their soiled underwear. The plot involves the gunman's search for a nun, his sister.
In one bravura sequence, the trapped gunman, inspired by his sister's panties, kills his enemies by firing large loads of his own acidic semen at them.
Similar structurally to RAPEMAN in that the gunman and his hunchbacked servant operate out of a legitimate office and offer their "find-a-girl" services as if they were offering carpet cleaning.
Like other Savage films, this is very well scored and beautifully photographed. All performances are deliberately "off" and the action sequences are lurid and bloody.
And amongst all the sleaze, there is a scene with a little girl and the gunman clearly inspired by James Whale's FRANKENSTEIN.
It's that kind of movie!
It's Japanese in its focus, subject matter and politics, but it was made in Australia by an Australian director whose other films don't come close to the insanity on screen here.
I'm not going to detail the plot, but let's just say that the original title is THE MASTURBATING GUNMAN. A gunman gets on the trail of kidnapped women he gets hired to locate by sniffing the crotches of their soiled underwear. The plot involves the gunman's search for a nun, his sister.
In one bravura sequence, the trapped gunman, inspired by his sister's panties, kills his enemies by firing large loads of his own acidic semen at them.
Similar structurally to RAPEMAN in that the gunman and his hunchbacked servant operate out of a legitimate office and offer their "find-a-girl" services as if they were offering carpet cleaning.
Like other Savage films, this is very well scored and beautifully photographed. All performances are deliberately "off" and the action sequences are lurid and bloody.
And amongst all the sleaze, there is a scene with a little girl and the gunman clearly inspired by James Whale's FRANKENSTEIN.
It's that kind of movie!
