I love Rape Revenge films, call me sick, call me twisted, but there's something about them that just works. It might be the taboo subject or the fact that its the rare opportunity to see a decent strong woman on screen. (I'm not saying they have to be raped to be strong, but there is always that edge to these flicks).
They Call Her One Eye is no exception. I have managed, after several years of trying, to track down a fully uncut copy complete with the rather pointless hardcore inserts. For those of you who are interested it is not the actress, Christina Lindberg, in the hardcore scenes it was a random couple that was ordered from a lab!! The director didn't even shoot them, how weird is that? Having said that, Lindberg is very hot and I'm definitely digging the eye patch thing!
Here is the plot in basic terms ***contains spoilers***
. Girl goes to park . Raped by blood dribbling tramp . Loses voice . Girl grows up . Girl leaves home . Offered lift by creepy fella . Accepts lift, goes back to his place and gets drugged . Wakes up and gets drugged some more . She is now addicted to heroine and the creepy fella turns out to be a pimp . He forces her into prostitution . Atttacks the first man that comes to see her . Creepy fella takes her eye . She's raped several times by 'clients' . Creepy fella feeds habit . She learns martial arts, gun shooting and driving . Bides her time . Goes ape s**t in an orgy of violence, killing all her previous clients and finally strangling the creepy fella with a donkey!
This film is pretty crazy, but there are some outstanding scenes. The gouging of the eye (in true Fulci style) is sickeningly realistic and there is a big rumour that a real corpse was used for the shot. Robin Bougie in Cinema Sewer 15 asked the question of Bo Arne Vibenius and he flatly refused to answer!!?? Either way, it definitely worked.
The other notable moments for me where a chase scene in which Lindberg tries to escape the clutches of her pimp. He just drives along behind her as she plods along slowly running out of steam. He follows her into a park, driving along footpaths, before she falls into a pile of autumn leaves. The camera works well here, following her viewpoint we are left disorientated by the effect. He finally drags her back into the car in broad day light and not one person offers their help?
Towards the end of the film after she has killed a couple of hired thugs she is accosted by the police. Now I say police, but they appear to be wearing Thunderbirds suits???? No matter, they get their butts handed to them in glorious euro-trash slow mo.
The final scene of her tying the pimp by his neck to a horse and dragging him away is an unforgettable image. It really works.
There is a lot of gaff aspects to this film and it does have the usual budget constraints, but for a film of this era it is undeniably effective. I know Tarantino has banged on about this film a lot and at times it just about lives up to his love. However, don't go to this expecting easy viewing or the usual slickness of American productions, this is awkward, weird film making at it's very best.
They call her One Eye, I call it well worth a watch!
They Call Her One Eye is no exception. I have managed, after several years of trying, to track down a fully uncut copy complete with the rather pointless hardcore inserts. For those of you who are interested it is not the actress, Christina Lindberg, in the hardcore scenes it was a random couple that was ordered from a lab!! The director didn't even shoot them, how weird is that? Having said that, Lindberg is very hot and I'm definitely digging the eye patch thing!
Here is the plot in basic terms ***contains spoilers***
. Girl goes to park . Raped by blood dribbling tramp . Loses voice . Girl grows up . Girl leaves home . Offered lift by creepy fella . Accepts lift, goes back to his place and gets drugged . Wakes up and gets drugged some more . She is now addicted to heroine and the creepy fella turns out to be a pimp . He forces her into prostitution . Atttacks the first man that comes to see her . Creepy fella takes her eye . She's raped several times by 'clients' . Creepy fella feeds habit . She learns martial arts, gun shooting and driving . Bides her time . Goes ape s**t in an orgy of violence, killing all her previous clients and finally strangling the creepy fella with a donkey!
This film is pretty crazy, but there are some outstanding scenes. The gouging of the eye (in true Fulci style) is sickeningly realistic and there is a big rumour that a real corpse was used for the shot. Robin Bougie in Cinema Sewer 15 asked the question of Bo Arne Vibenius and he flatly refused to answer!!?? Either way, it definitely worked.
The other notable moments for me where a chase scene in which Lindberg tries to escape the clutches of her pimp. He just drives along behind her as she plods along slowly running out of steam. He follows her into a park, driving along footpaths, before she falls into a pile of autumn leaves. The camera works well here, following her viewpoint we are left disorientated by the effect. He finally drags her back into the car in broad day light and not one person offers their help?
Towards the end of the film after she has killed a couple of hired thugs she is accosted by the police. Now I say police, but they appear to be wearing Thunderbirds suits???? No matter, they get their butts handed to them in glorious euro-trash slow mo.
The final scene of her tying the pimp by his neck to a horse and dragging him away is an unforgettable image. It really works.
There is a lot of gaff aspects to this film and it does have the usual budget constraints, but for a film of this era it is undeniably effective. I know Tarantino has banged on about this film a lot and at times it just about lives up to his love. However, don't go to this expecting easy viewing or the usual slickness of American productions, this is awkward, weird film making at it's very best.
They call her One Eye, I call it well worth a watch!