Friday, August 30, 2024

Trilogy of Lust 2: Portrait of a Sex Killer (1995) shouldn't be one of my favorites but it is.

I just love how insane it is and I feel like it's pushing boundaries. I certainly don't think it's playing things safe by any stretch so I really admire that. Reviews for it seem less than favorable but dammit I love it. The very end is odd and a lot of it is brutal but they were completely fearless in going to some extremely dark places. So much horror feels safe now especially if you gorged yourself on it. Clive Barker said the same thing recently when I saw him speak at Spooky Empire. Thus, I have to say a film like this should be applauded because it's unique and totally out there. The lead actress Julie Lee is also wonderful and so brave to do something like this (she was great in the first part as well). I know there are German releases of this (you rule, Germany) but dang it someone give this a nice English-subtitled Blu-ray with extras please. We don't deserve this but we need it for our dark little souls.