Cannibalism

Some folks go to jail for a cause: think civil rights protestors or journalists refusing to reveal their sources to governmental inquiry. But Lizzy Borden is one of those bottom-feeder pornographers who gets busted for breaking the obscenity rules -not dealing in kiddie porn but mixing extreme sex and ultra-violence in lousy videos like "Cannibalism".

Its title is a bit of a parlor trick to mislead, as the feature is about Satanic cult rituals and violence, with Mickey G. and his busty blonde girlfriend having sex with people and then killing them for food. The actual cannibalism of the title is not shown or simulated, but throughout the annoying video many subliminal images are fleetingly edited in showing blood or gore. To call this erotic would be a misclassification, as the violent nature of the forced sex predominates.

One of my least favorite porn actors of all time, Scott Lyons, is a big-dicked victim, along with his girl Brandi Lyons. Brandi plays it like an amateur rather than a seasoned sex worker in Adult Cinema, with her eyes closed during the forced sex, and even glancing at the camera (for assistance) at one point. She is part of the general cinema of ugliness, and Borden provides very little relief from the tedious misogyny.

It's not Lizzy's worst video - I would nominate "Rubber" for that distinction, but adds little to the cinematic depiction of Satanism which will surely continue with the current revival of interest in Aleister Crowley. If Borden had talent this might have resulted in a crossover feature of interest to horror fans, but it is merely another gonzo spectacle.

A modest masterpiece of misogynistic, unrepentant sleaze from Lizzie Borden, the director of the vilified and ripped-from-the-shelves "Forced Entry" of a few years back (not to be confused with the Warren Evans '75 effort). Where does one begin to review this hardcore train wreck that mixes grotesque Satanism, violent sodomy, standard "choking", spitting, general sociopathic behavior and, yes, cannibalism, into a pictorially repugnant brew?

As I was watching this odious gem, I asked myself: Who is it's audience? Then I answered my own question: Maybe me. And maybe a couple of thousand jaded punters and cinematic adventurers like me.

To most God-fearing citizens, a flick like this represents The End Of Civilization As We Know It. To those who oppose pornography without ever having seen it, this atypical porn flick is probably everything they feared porn is.

Director Borden is married to Rob Black and together they run Extreme Associates, an LA-based smut shingle that has specialized in extreme and inflammatory material (the two were even busted recently and charged with obscenity) for well over a decade now.

Black directed the interesting, gonzo-style "A Week and a Half in the Life of a Prostitute" and "War Whores", an equally repulsive example of a grotesque new porno genre that has established a sordid niche over the past six or seven years. Other vids of its slime-slicked ilk include volumes of the "Tough Love" series, Mason's "Dirty Trixxx" flicks, Rocco Sirrredi's "Animal Trainer" atrocities and his infamous "Hazardous Duty", a brutal diamond that added a gross bestiality scene to its psycho-erotic mix, the "Girlvert" series, and Khan Tusion's "Hellifire Sex" and pioneering "Rough Sex" duo.

Borden and Black aren't doing anything new here, but their blinkered focus on portraying hellish, almost sociopathic sexual behavior deserves respect -- even if that respect is semen-soaked.