MORBUS (1983) Ignasi Ferre's legendary Cult Film with Carla Day
4949DVD
director: Ignasi P Ferre
starring: Mon Ferre · Carmen Serrett (as Carla Day) · Joan Borras ·
Victor Israel · Sony Young · Montse Calvo
Very
similar to capturing a dream on film, Ignasi Ferre's legendary cult movie
manages to introduce one absurd sequence after another without making
any of it seem absurd. From the beginning - when a scientist creates a
potion that rejuvenates the dead by mixing Prophatized Lithium and Sosa
with woman's urine [see pic, above left] - the notion of absurdity never
comes into play. Rather, each event seems to [somehow] follow with dreamlike
precision. The result is a film that well-deserves it's cult status despite
it's unfortunate obscurity. The plot deals with zombies, satanic cults,
and a torture session (among other things) but the story concentrates
mostly on the relationship between Juan [a horror writer better known
by his pseudonym John Peters] living in a remote cabin and Anna who arrives
at his door - completely naked - after getting attacked by zombies.
Some
genre fans may recognize Carla Day (sometimes Carla Dey) from PORNO
EXTREME MEASURES, BACANALES
ROMANAS and VIRGIN
FOR CALIGULA. She was a versatile, popular actress who enjoyed
a cult following mostly for her erotic roles in the '80s. This was the
debut film for filmmaker Ignasi Ferre. Afterwards, he left Spain for Italy
where he became assistant director to Michelangelo Antonioni. His subsequent
solo projects - after a decade in Italy - were mostly documentaries and
Spanish TV projects. Perhaps the strangest thing about this exceptionally
sleazy and exploitative film is it was written by Isabel Coixet, today
a leading Feminist author and director in Europe.
A Spanish
film with optional English subtitles; widescreen format (16:9), 84 minutes,
DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC WORLD FORMAT. Extras include theatrical
trailers.
Female
and Male Nudity/Sexual Themes/Graphic Violence/
Sexual Brutality/Prostitution/Drugs
for Mature Audiences
