SKIN 'EM ALIVE (1979) Mario Siciliano's Vile, Nasty, Racist Film
1005DVD
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Vile, Reprehensible Film for Exploitation Fans Only
director: Mario Siciliano
starring: Bryan Rostron · Karin Well · Anthony Freeman · Thomas Kerr
· Charles Borromel
Bryan
Rostron plays down-on-his-luck Rudy, a young man who decides to leave
the country when he gets into trouble with some local gangsters. After
visiting a buxom ex-girlfriend for a booty call and a 'loan,' Rudy
hops on a plane for Africa where he looks up his half-brother Franz, the
leader of a team of bloodthirsty mercenaries. Franz and his men are slaughtering
rebel natives, raping the women and pocketing as many diamonds as possible.
Rudy hopes to get his hands on the diamonds; however, his plans are temporarily
scrapped when brother Franz is captured by the rebels. In desperation,
Rudy joins the mercenaries on a rescue mission.
Please
note: this movie is vile. It's a racist, sleazy piece of trash that
is absolutely jaw-dropping in its inhumanity. Here is a parade of nastiness
which features an inordinate amount of torture killing and sexual brutality.
It is quite a departure from other Mario Siciliano films.
He is better
known for his Spaghetti Westerns (TRINITY
AND SARTANA) and Italian horror films (EVIL
EYE). But none of them showed this level of unbridled nihilism.
After this project, he went on to dabble in erotica - or perhaps more
correctly, sexploitation - with a series of soft and hardcore titles like
DANGEROUS
LOVE (1982). Most of his sex films were signed as "Lee Castle."
Many of his films from the late seventies and '80s [like this one] starred
Karin Well who had gained some notoriety from her role in BURIAL
GROUND. Mr Siciliano died at age 62 in 1987.
An
Italian film in English language with burnt Finnish subtitles; widescreen
format (1.85:1), uncut version (90 minutes), DVD encoded for ALL REGION
NTSC WORLD FORMAT. Extras include trailers.
Strong
Sexual Themes/Graphic Violence/Nudity/Rape/Sexual Brutality
for Mature Audiences
