House of Flesh Mannequins (2009)

A loner artist with a history of abuse meets a beautiful woman who takes an interest in his life and work; leading to a chilling path of tragedy.

Director:

Domiziano Cristopharo

Writers:

Domiziano Cristopharo (screenplay), Domiziano Cristopharo

Stars:

Domiziano Arcangeli, Irena Violette, Giovanni Lombardo Radice

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Domiziano Arcangeli	...	Sebastian Rhys
Irena Violette	...	Sarah Roeg (as Irena A. Hoffman)
Giovanni Lombardo Radice	...	Mr. Roeg
Jerred Berg	...	Tommy
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hal Alpert	...	Older Gentleman
Diego Artioli	...	Paramedic
Raffaella Baracchi	...	The Past
Lucia Batassa	...	The Present
Edoardo Beghi	...	Party Guest
Drevon Cooks	...	A Dwarf
Jeff Doba	...	Cop
Michael Garamendi	...	Children's Brother
Roberta Gemma	...	The Wife (as Roberta Missoni)
Lejla Hadzimuratovic	...	Stepmother
Tommy Kijas	...	Young Sebastian (as Thomas Kijas)

Storyline

Sebastian, a loner artist, photographer and filmmaker spends his days in the seediness of life's elements. Taking pictures, photographing violent acts and spending a lot of time watching homemade films filled with jarring imagery, Sebastian also happens to be his building's landlord. He has also suffered an abused childhood, being subjected to sleep deprivation and constant home videos. Things begin to change for him when apartment tenant, Sarah Roeg, begins to take interest in his work and Sebastian himself.

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Plot Keywords:

unsimulated male masturbation | penis | full frontal male nudity | fellatio | semen | 

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 October 2009 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Das Haus der fleischlüsternen Mannequins

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$400,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Empire Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When guy has a shotgun put into his mouth, and killed by shotgun blast, we can see the equipment taped to the back of his head to produce the blood splatter.

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Connections

Followed by Hyde's Secret Nightmare (2011)

User Reviews

Art-house horror

How to sum up the movie in a few words? Pornographic, slow, humorous (though not on purpose) acting and graphic. The movie depicts actual performances of bodily mutilation and sexual acts.

Sebastian the main character is a budding film maker who has suffered an abused childhood at the hands of his psychologist father. He now works for a shady news stand guy taking pics of gruesome events - children molested, bodily mutilation and car accidents.

The basis of the movie is that Sebastian meets a young (apparently 18 but clearly not) neighbour who becomes interested in his work. The movie is interspersed with Sebastion visiting violent peep shows and filming people.

I'm not sure whether Domiziano's acting in this movie is terrible or if he is playing the part of a damaged man too well. It was definitely an awkward performance. If anyone has seen any of his other movies I'd love to know.

Irene is probably the best of the actors in the movie and comes across pretty convincingly.

Many of the other main characters are over the top and spew forth their own profound worldly advice on the state of the world which comes across as silly.

Anyone looking for a slasher film will be sorely disappointed. This can only be described as an art house horror film. It is broken up into chapters, with slatherings of pornographic acts (masturbation/sex) and violence (piercings, razor cutting and drilling into body parts).

I would gather that some in our audience - we were honored to have the lead actor in attendance - left the film early out of a mixture of boredom and disgust.

I would have to say that this was a terrible film and that it did not meet my expectations of a "horror" film.