Phantasiii

This movie is a very early voice for trans youth. It is a product of its time so be a little forgiving when viewing. It has great intentions. It was saying it aloud (in 1986!) before it became more accepted and that is saying something! We see the struggle to fit in and where you belong, unintended outcomes, and even the parent's perspective. Plus it's just some great 80s fun. It is difficult to find nowadays, but if you find a rip of it somewhere i highly suggest watching this movie. More so if you're living as a trans youth of today. This film should give some perspective to how trans people dealt with their newfound lives in the 80s.

Now that you have seen 8mm (1999). Take the character of Dino Velvet and his work that is shown (not the snuff film). The ones that use "Come to Daddy" by Aphex Twin and have the quick cutting montage of the cat hiss and dog bark followed by shots of women tied up being "tortured" by Machine. Ring a bell? Great. Now imagine you're actually watching THAT film in the film but the porno side of it is turned down. That is what "Slaughtered Vomit Dolls" is. Mindless, self indulgent drivel with no plot or real sense of anything in a narrative way. We have quick cutting, some not so quick cutting, disjointed scenes, sound distortion, overlays, repeating gore shots, "torture", blood, and film filters on 30i DV footage. It's not fooling anyone. Dude with camera shoots nude models saying satanic phrases, having rough sex, vomiting and dying. Then cuts it together to make it seem artsy. Like life imitating art (JS says this in the commentary for 8mm) there are those fans of LV and even filmmakers like LV that think this is a high art form. To me it isn't. It is something, but high-art it is not. I get what the intention is, don't get me wrong. I understand this side of film, I even embrace and encourage rouge filmmakers for putting their stuff out there. But this isn't good.