Slaughter Disc (2005) (V)

User Rating:

4.2/10   

Director:

David Quitmeyer

Writer:

David Quitmeyer (writer)

Release Date:

19 September 2005 (Germany)

Genre:

Horror | Adult

Tagline:

Porn Kills

Plot:

Mike loves porn. Unfortunately he is blinded by his addiction to XXX entertainment as it slowly eats away at every aspect of his life...

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Explicit Sex | Gore | Masturbation | Hammer

Cast

Caroline Pierce	...	Andromeda Strange
Robert Williams	...	Mike
Jewels MacKenzie	...	Carrie
Albin Kinsey	...	Naked Man
Kristen Quitmeyer	...	Neighbor
Gabe Messer	...	Clerk #1
Ashley Rees	...	Clerk #2
Chris Spoto	...	Delivery Guy
David Quitmeyer	...	Mr. Langley/Customer
Pete Arnold	...	Police Officer
Kreg Kearley	...	Detective #1 (as Craig Curlee)
Roger Gobin	...	Detective #2

Runtime:

USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

San Diego, California, USA

Company:

Steel Web Studios

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Mr. Buttons (2007)

A tale of twisted sex and horror.

As a reasonably open-minded fan of extreme cinema, I have no problem with the inclusion of hardcore sex in a film—particularly when the genre is horror, since sex and violence are a classic combo. The problem is that the two elements are rarely well integrated, and too often the result is a disharmonious product, with the emphasis on the humping often outweighing the horror.

Slaughter Disc is such a film.

Robert Williams plays Mike, a porn obsessed loser whose search for extreme sex leads him to a website where he purchases a DVD starring Andromeda Strange (Caroline Pierce), a weird goth XXX-star who has gained a reputation for nastiness. Robert soon becomes hooked on the depraved sexual antics of Ms. Strange, but with each viewing, what he witnesses on the disc becomes more and more disturbing.

Writer/director David Quitmeyer's 'Ringu'-style narrative is actually quite well relayed, with competent direction, and a reasonable performance from Williams as chronic masturbator Mike. But the strength of the tale is undermined by the incessant, and overlong sex scenes which cause the flow of the film to falter. Each sex scene has a running time of around 10-15 minutes; fairly typical for a porno (enough time to 'knock one out' to), but wayyy too drawn out for a film hoping to tell a decent story as well.

In my opinion, Quitmeyer should have drastically reduced the quantity of sex (the blood and violence involved makes it fairly unerotic anyway) and upped the level of gore. The result would have been much more impressive.