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Mondo Weirdo

1990 ‘Jungfrau am Abgrund’ Directed by Carl Andersen

Young girl becomes Alice in dreamland during menstruation. Wild dreams and nightmares about sexuality, vampirism, death, obsessions and other bizarre things.

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Carl Andersen

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Review by Sally Jane Black 2

I think the most succinct description of this film, other than its apt title, is the fact that it is dedicated to Jess Franco and Jean Luc Godard. With all of the razors sliding through flesh, despite not going for the eyes, it still also put me in mind of Bunuel. Its unflinching, graphic violence and sex was presented in a manner similar to Dead Man 2 or Braindead, though. It's a dream-like narrative of a young woman's sexual fears and fantasies.

While it embraces the usual pornographic close-ups of sex, it manages to at least make it interesting through its bizarre trisected shots, random impossibilities (Odile being in two places at once, for instance), and sudden shifts in tone,…
Review by Chris ★★

Not sure I know what I just saw, but I'm not sure I want to watch it again to check. Plenty of surrealism on display along with graphic sex and razor blades and a truly impressive castration scene, if such things can be impressive. Moebius has nothing on this.

My main problem with the film are the aesthetics which are not my style, mind you it could be the copy I was viewing. That and the lack of a solid narrative add up to I should really learn to stop watching these types of films.

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Review by Chris ★★

Not sure I know what I just saw, but I'm not sure I want to watch it again to check. Plenty of surrealism on display along with graphic sex and razor blades and a truly impressive castration scene, if such things can be impressive. Moebius has nothing on this.

My main problem with the film are the aesthetics which are not my style, mind you it could be the copy I was viewing. That and the lack of a solid narrative add up to I should really learn to stop watching these types of films.
Review by Sally Jane Black 2

I think the most succinct description of this film, other than its apt title, is the fact that it is dedicated to Jess Franco and Jean Luc Godard. With all of the razors sliding through flesh, despite not going for the eyes, it still also put me in mind of Bunuel. Its unflinching, graphic violence and sex was presented in a manner similar to Dead Man 2 or Braindead, though. It's a dream-like narrative of a young woman's sexual fears and fantasies.

While it embraces the usual pornographic close-ups of sex, it manages to at least make it interesting through its bizarre trisected shots, random impossibilities (Odile being in two places at once, for instance), and sudden shifts in tone,…