Sweatshop [Blu-ray]

SWEATSHOP (2010) - This Texas-lensed regional horror flick is truly one of the goriest films I have seen in many years, but if you are looking for sympathetic characters you can identify with or root for, look somewhere else. The premise is simple: A group of chain-smoking, beer-drinking, drug-taking, lollypop-sucking, body-pierced punkers break into an abandoned warehouse and set up for a rave they plan to throw later that night. Unfortunately, the warehouse is not as empty as they expected. It is infested with four ghoul-like females and a hulking welding mask-wearing killer known as "The Beast" (Jeremy Sumrall), who wields a heavy hammer made out of an anvil attached to a pipe, a pair of sharp garden shears, razor wire and other weapons of death. The group, headed by Charlie (Ashley Kay), begin setting up the lighting, DJ booth and sound system (not to mention a "Makeout Room", where Charlie pimps out two girls as whores for anyone who is willing to pay the price), while The Beast begins dispatching the group one-by-one in various extreme bloody ways (nothing is left to the imagination). Lighting girl Kim (Danielle Jones) is tied to a table with the razor wire and has the lower half of her body crushed with the anvil hammer, stripping the skin off both of her legs (she survives, but has her head crushed with the hammer as she tries to crawl away later in the film). Kenny (Vincent Guerrero) is decapitated at his jawline while Charlie is giving him a blowjob in her car and when Charlie escapes, she accidentally puts her hand in Kenny's bloody stump and then falls out of the car, landing on the top half of Kenny's head (people who get queasy easy should turn away). Jade (Melanie Donihoo) tries to escape from the ghoul girls in a warehouse elevator, only to have her head crushed through the elevator's door grate by The Beast's hammer. Scottyboy (Peyton Wetzel, easily the most interesting character in the film for reasons I'll explain later) is impaled through the neck by the garden shears, only to have The Beast grab the handles and suddenly open them, instantly cutting off Scottyboy's head. There is plenty more extreme gore on view, so if you're a fan of 80's-styled slasher films, I'll leave them for you to discover, including an unexpected bloody massacre of the patrons that show up for the rave. Director/co-producer/co-writer/cinematographer/editor/visual effects supervisor Stacy Davidson (DOMAIN OF THE DAMNED - 2007) has fashioned a film that's a gore lover's dream, but he and co-writer Ted Geoghegan (who co-wrote the screenplays to the gore-soaked films BARRICADE - 2006 and DON'T WAKE THE DEAD - 2008) have underwritten most of the characters, except for spiked-mohawked Scottyboy and his older brother, the straight-laced, but mean, Wade (Brent D. Himes, who looks like a slightly less obese John Goodman wearing a trucker's cap). Scottyboy loves to receive oral sex, but can't stand to be "snowballed" (Google it) or perform oral sex on a female, so when fellow punker Miko (Julin) makes a bet with him to perform oral sex on her and he loses the bet, she tries to force him to perform oral sex, only to have The Beast crush Miko's body with his hammer while she is standing (one of the film's most upchucking moments). Wade is nothing but a big redneck bully who gets drunk on beer and tries to have sex with Kim while she is tied to the table, failing to notice that Kim's legs are nothing but bloody bones. He fails to deliver the goods because he is too drunk, but The Beast thrusts two spikes under Wade's chin and razor wires him to a table with his brother and Charlie (his fate is still left in the air when the film ends, the only cast member we don't find out who lives or dies). Hey, if you like wall-to-wall gore that is very well done and filmed professionally, this film is for you. If you want a plot to go with it (we really have no idea how The Beast or the ghoul girls claimed this warehouse as their own, as none of them are given a backstory), look somewhere else. Let's just say that the film doesn't have any lofty goals and delivers the goods to the audience it was made for, that being gorehounds. I liked SWEATSHOP for what it was and it never bored me, even if some of the music seemed out of place for a rave. Filmed in 2008 and 2009, but it bears a 2010 copyright during the closing credits. Also starring Naika Malveaux, Krystal Freeman, ViVi Sterling and Fangoria managing editor Michael Gingold as a cop who shoots and kills an innocent girl as she tries to escape The Beast in the beginning of the film. Star Ashley Kay also portrays one of the ghoul girls, but I'll be damned if I could recognise her. Stacy Davidson also worked as producer/cinematographer/editor/visual effects supervisor on director/writer Larry Wade Carrell's highly-regarded Texas-made indie horror film JACOB (2011), which also features some of this film's actors. A Screen Media Films DVD Release. Not Rated and rightfully so.

A group of punk/goth/industrial young adults plan to prepare a warehouse for a dance/Rave. A large man wearing a welder's mask (latest killer fad) goes after the group one by one with an anvil attached to a pipe that he uses for a head crushing hammer.There is no character introduction, so the "final girl" was tough to pick out. My first pick got her head cut off at 37 minutes...except in the next scene, she is being dragged by the head and it is not cut off and she is still alive...not even a sore throat. My next pick for final girl gets killed at 54 minutes.Except for a few dance and sex scenes, the film is a complete gore-fest with cannibal females and gruesome special effects. A very 80ish formula adapted to modern times. Apparently, this is the group that doesn't have cell phones.Guide: F-word, sex, nudity (Krystal Freeman. ViVi Sterling)

Charlie (Ashley Kay) and her friends break into an abandoned foundry; they plan to host a secret midnight rave and charge admission. Unfortunately, this foundry, which contains a lot of industrial equipment, is the home of three murderous creatures. The lead one, a giant, wears filthy furs and a welder’s mask and carries an enormous foundry hammer; he is accompanied by two females who look like demons with their razor-sharp teeth and long, stringy black hair. Charlie’s friends are obnoxious, sex-crazed Goths with tattoos and piercings galore. One by one they die horribly gruesome deaths, some of which fall into the category of torture porn. The actors are unattractive, which is good, because it adds a dimension of realism to the film. They look like actual people and not the beautiful, preppy, wholesome types that populated the slasher flicks of the eighties. The acting in “Sweatshop” exceeded my expectations. Most of the characters were amoral and obnoxious, which made me unsympathetic towards their plight. Some of the killings were extremely gruesome and surprisingly creative. This movie definitely has a high body count. A massacre occurs at the end which sends the body count soaring through the roof. It was reminiscent of the massacre that occurs in “Hellraiser 3: Hell on Earth” when Pin Head slaughters everyone in a night club. Don’t pass on this film if you enjoy slasher flicks with a lot of death and gore. Many plot questions are left unanswered, which is good; it adds a sense of mystery and could lead to a sequel. If only the killer had a name. The streaming video was presented in excellent widescreen HD with English captions. If this is a low budget film, I wouldn’t have known it. The setting of the cluttered, filthy foundry, with its vast assortment of cutting tools, is quite chilling. Throw in chained doors and a gathering of Goths and you have a recipe for disaster. One thing I didn’t like was the overabundance of foul language, especially in regards to oral sex. Also, there was too much drama involving sexual preferences and who is having sex with whom. Nevertheless, “Sweatshop” is enjoyable late-night slasher fare.

On the back cover it says "some of the best kills I've seen in years", trouble is there not, not only are they are run-of-the-mill kills, but due to the extremely bad directing, you don't actually see the kills anyway, the continuity is awful, but the worst is the blonde who gets a screwdriver pushed through her left hand, she pulls her hand & ends up splitting her hand in two, yet when she's finally got out of the building, her left hand doesn't even have any blood on it, the blonde on the table tied by barb wire, again awful due to the fact that she could pulls her hands & legs straight out, because the gaps are that wide, then there's the dreadful sound, while she's on the table, she's screaming, fair enough, but she's also saying things, but due to the extremely dreadful sounding editor, you can't hear what she's saying, but after saying all that, the worst bit in the whole film for me, was the killers main weapon, which is pictured on the front cover, it's a total rip-off of resident evil, & as a huge fan of resident evil, this was a very big no-no for me. Avoid this at all costs, it's not even, or what you'd call a film, it's just a dreadful mess that's been thrown together.

It's a Horrible Horrer Movie.Excellent Audio. ( German 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio) English 5.1 Dolby digital.Video Quality Was Fine.3D Effects Nothing Special, But GOOD.It's Region Free ( Multi Region) bluray disc.Full & Fully Sexual Violence.Stylish Costumes & Impressive Screen Play.Nice Editing. Good Makeup.Especially Lightings are Awesome.Art Director's Job was Superb.Slightly Slow First 30 Mins... Another 30 Mins Was Fast. Climax 15 Mins is Express Speed.It's a Low Budget Flick. But It was Not Shown in Camara & BGM & Sets...If You Are a Horrer Thriller Fan ? You Must ADD it in Your Collection.Thnx to amaxon.co.uk for the Great Price.and momex online seller and for Perfect Package and On Time Delivary.

Again I bought this after reading reviews about the film as I like a good horror film now and again. I cannot say that this was very frightening as I had been led to believe by the reviews. The horrific bits were not shown. The story didn't have much to it; the acting was a bit wooden and the killer was unbelievable! I don't think I can recommend it for any reason.

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Mediocre horror movie with gore and sex. Couple of entertaining moments but nothing special. Is it worth buying? Yeah as a cheap purchase it might be worth a go but it won't leave you gagging for a sequel