DVD ThugaView: Stockholm Syndrome
“STOCKHOLM SYNDROME” (2008)
Starring: Eddie Benevich, Todd David Humes, Lisa Marino, Michael A. Migliore
Written by Ryan Cavalline & Jason Senior
Directed by Ryan Cavalline
Special to Polly Staffle ThugaView Rating: *
The depths of depravity have finally been breached.
Sometimes you have to applaud filmmakers willing to go to “any lengths.” Sometimes you have to say “Enough.” I will leave it up to the individual viewer to make that decision in the case of “Stockholm Syndrome,” but I will warn them that it’s one of the most brutalizing experiences ever set to celluloid.
It begins with the message “There are more human slaves today than at any point in human history,” then a rather straightforward kidnapping explodes into an ongoing criminal enterprise of murder, white slavery, torture, prostitution, brainwashing, etc. If you’ve ever wanted to witness a black-market abortion being performed or a prostitute being sodomized by an evil priest, here’s your big chance. Afterwards, check yourself into the nearest psycho ward.
There is a good, anguished performance by a mobbed-up gangster trying to go straight (Todd David Humes); everyone else acts fairly well but they’re all homicidal scumbags … with the exception of the victims, who simply scream until your ears beg for mercy.
- K.K., July 2009
Ken Kupstis is a horror writer, head banger, actor and then some. Find out more about him on AuthorsDen.com or Myspace.
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