Repugnant Review: The Sinful Dwarf (1974) – Vidal Raski

Howdy Folks, and welcome back to a new installment of the Repugnant Review. Today, I watched the almost forgotten sleazy \”dwarfsploitation\” flick, The Sinful Dwarf. Directed by Vidal Raski (real name Eduardo Fuller) this film was almost lost in a janitors closet at the Danish Film Institute, and thanks to the great people at Severin Films, I was able to get a nice restored version of this from their incredible library. The plot centers around a maniacal dwarf (Torben Bille) and his drunken mother (Clara Keller) as they run a shanty hotel, and kidnap the women who stay there to turn them into heroin addicted sex slaves. A young couple moves into their house, and the diabolical duo take a liking to the sweet, blonde, and beautiful Mary (Anne Sparrows), hoping to add her to their collection of doped up prostitutes. It\’s silly, demented, and depraved, but you know what… it\’s not half bad.

I really thought I wasn\’t going to like this at all. I figured it was going to be too goofy; just a small person who looks like a shrunken Jack Black torture and murder gorgeous women. Oddly enough, The Sinful Dwarf has a fairly decent plot. The acting was pretty above average for this kind of film, and the woman who played the dwarf\’s mother was pretty funny. She kind of reminded me of a cracked out Cruella DeVille. Torben Bille who played Olaf the Dwarf was pretty fun to watch as well, with him being equal parts creepy and silly as the same time.

I didn\’t think I was going to say this at first, but I definitely recommend this. It\’s absolutely demented and sleazy, and I enjoyed just about every minute of it. You filth mongers would get a total kick out of this, especially if you\’re into whacky exploitation films that teeter on the exploitation/porn spectrum. This was rated X after all. If you\’re interested in picking this up, check out the Severin Films link on the right hand column (with other amazing distributers) labeled \”THE GOODS\”. Buy it, watch it, and let me know what you think!

Enjoy!

REPUGNANT PLAYHOUSE EPISODE 4: 2001 MANIACS

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A HISTORY OF REPUGNANCE: About the Author

I come from a small and boring town by the name of Dudley, Massachusetts, where my only escape from home would either by the woods behind the church, the local and decrepit cemeteries, or in my room with my dvd/vhs combo player, with the few horror movies I owned (let\’s say I was 8 or 9). My first introduction to such films really started with the slasher film, movies like Friday the 13th, Halloween, Maniac, etc etc, and that would be all thanks to my mom, who as a great parent, didn\’t really care that I watched those things. I mean, I was terrified at first, but I think that\’s what made me get into this genre, a love for being scared, or grossed out. I became fixed on these monsters, mongoloid machete men, and ghouls, drawing them, writing stories… even so that the school would call home to tell my mom about my disturbing stories, or pictures. She didn\’t give a shit, and you know why? Because she didn\’t raise a animal torturing, self mutilating psychopath… just a kid who was into creepy shit. But then I would soon find out, that the slasher film goes much deeper into the void. I fell in, and I haven\’t climbed out yet.

I would say my life changed when I went through my Mom\’s movie collection and pulled out the films Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble (both are still in my collection). Watching those changed everything I ever knew about film and I can not thank my Mom, or John Waters, enough for their contribution in turning me into a twisted sick fuck of a cinephile. My love (and lust) for these kind of films went deeper, and I\’m still digging for more, searching through every flea market, second hand-store, dollar bin, and sketchy ebay store to get it all. John Waters really hit the nail on the head, but then another genius came into my life… and his name was Lloyd Kaufman, president and co-founder of Troma Studios. I remember being in a room with two buddies, smoking pot, and one of my friends pulls out a DVD. It was a double feature of Terror Firmer and Tromeo and Juliet and we watched both of them, in their entirety, and it was incredible. I mean, my brain may be clogged up with resin and bong water, but I\’ll never forget the first time I watched a Troma movie. The humor, mixed with unrelenting gore and sex, was everything I could ask for.

And just like a sex crazed necrophile, I kept on digging. Everything from Jörg Buttgereit\’s Nekromantik, to Lucio Fulci\’s House By The Cemetery, to Pier Paolo Pasolini\’s Salo, or 120 Days of Sodom, and so on and so forth. Scraping the bottom of the bin with movies ranging from the August Underground Series, Guinea Pig, A Serbian Film and Dog Dick, to classics such as Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS, They Call Her One Eye, Faster Pussycat! KILL! KILL! and 2000 Maniacs. I just really enjoy disturbing, humorous, pornographic, gory, nauseating cinema, and thanks to websites like this, I can share my love for such films, and hopefully turn you on to some of them.

Well I think that makes for a \”decent\” into to myself, and I hope you folks enjoy the rest of this blog. Also, send me some recommendations! I\’m always looking for films.

Jake.

WELCOME TO THE REPUGNANT PLAYHOUSE: BLOG OF ABSURD FILMS

Hello freaks, bloodhounds, perverts, and everything in between…

Welcome to The Repugnant Playhouse, a blog dedicated to obscure and obscene film from all around the world. I started this originally as a \”horror\” blog, but the genre itself breaks into so my different sub-genre\’s, and as much as I love the genre as a whole, my mind has always been set to the absurd and grotesque. I mean I wouldn\’t be here typing all of this shit if it wasn\’t for horror movies such as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre or Halloween, but movies like The Toxic Avenger, Nekromantik, The Wizard of Gore, and Pink Flamingos that shaped my tender mind into the dysfunctional weirdo that is myself. I absolutely love it. All of the smut, shock, schlock… and that\’s why I\’m here… to blog and share the movies and future films that continue to make me laugh, cringe, and throw up (Sometimes at the same time).

Expect a lot of reviews, art, films (if I can find any free ones online, I\’ll link you), and some interviews. Also, if you have any film recommendations or anything (I MEAN ANYTHING), send me an email. My addiction is your shitty info source so hold on tight, I\’ll be posting a lot.

Enjoy,

Jake.