On paper, PORNO reads like a sleazy little genre gem: a bunch of '90s teen movie theater ushers (who have to choose between watching ENCINO MAN and A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN this weekend) uncover a lost reel of art porn in the walls of their twin cinema. Unfortunately, when these cute little Christians - whose faith is weirdly important to their dorky manager for no good reason - roll that smutty experiment through the projector, it conjures up a murderous succubus demon, who proceeds to seduce and destroy like Frank TJ Mackey. Sounds pretty cool, right? Well, it would be cool, had an imaginative creative team tackled the premise. Instead, what we’re treated to is the 100,000,000th EVIL DEAD rip, which is oddly chaste (minus some "tee hee" titty shots) until the final gore soaked act. Basically, there’s a decent splatter movie to be made out of this madness, but this ain’t it.

A very young'n'cheeky film school horror head movie where characters speak in quips and reference movies like Encino Man for some reason, Porno works best when it drops the juvenile gags and slips into hypnotic trance reality bending that feels like hell leaking through a dirty movie. Porno tries its damndest to be transgressive, but maybe I've seen too many scary tales and lived long enough that nudity and a bit of gore don't really shock any more. There is one killer gross out set piece that made me squirm, though. But there's not enough to differentiate Porno from any other edgy reference heavy horror comedy. Reminds me of something I would write when I was a teen for better or worse. Demons for a generation too far removed to remember the '80s Italian horror boom.

That was a weird episode of Scooby Doo

‪Christian teens unleash a succubus upon their small town movie theater in PORNO. Fun film, tons of gnarly practical effects and more mutilated penises than you could hope for. I like horror movies set in movie theaters. #SXSW2019 ‬

Aggressively not for me (and I really wanted it to be). Brilliant premise that by the end felt like several big missed opportunities


SXSW 2019 FILM #4

This B horror midnight flick is about a group of teens dealing with Christian guilt over their sexual urges are assailed by a sex demon after they accidentally view a cursed porno reel at the movie theater they work at. When the gore ramps up, the film is a lot of fun, with graphic practical effects that may leave you squirming in your seat. The problem, though, is the story feels very slow and awkwardly paced, with one-dimensional characters that are hard to care about. I don't take off too many points for this, though, because those are the trappings of the genre. Still, stretches of this movie struggled to keep my attention.

Funny .

Exploded balls scene + a pretty awesome final act make up for the criminally unfunny straught edge character 

Also came in late but apparently there’s a uniform choice song within the first couple minutes ahahahaha

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Gotta love a haunted movie theater horror flick that's equal-opportunity (and fucking gruesome) when it comes to genital mutilation (ow ow ow ow).

The one SX film I was looking forward to most, if they shaved like 10 minutes off it would be perfect.

It was a miss for me personally, but I would highly recommend it. A full complete story, and lovely movie theater aesthetics, because it was shot much pretty. 

The succubus trope is wasted on me, unfortunately.

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It was ok, but it does feature a disturbing scene involving exploding testicles. I do like the story that a group of kids unleash a succubus in their theater, that resided on a porno film.

honestly, this just needed to go full camp and it would've been stellar

Enjoyed the film for being ballsy and a fun ride. I liked its use of practicality over special effects, but in terms of narrative can be a bit confusing. It’s got some charisma, but could’ve been even stronger in terms of character and plot.