Cannibal Hookers

2020

★★★★½ Watched

This remake of Farmer's 1987 cult (?) classic (???) brings together the concept of prostitutes eating their clients with all the structure and acting chops of Shark Exorcist. It's all here - scenes whose purpose is less than clear, an almost complete lack of meaningful set-up/payoff constructions, drooling, smearing, biting into guts/gore. You'll not see as much writhing as you would expect if you only trusted online reviewers, who tend to focus more on the writhing than on the far…

Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers

1988

★½ Watched

Nope. After 15+ Donald Farmer films in less than two weeks, this just won't cut it. I will agree with other reviewers who think that the noir/P.I. voice over is a fine idea, but in mixing the ingredients of "real movie", "campy failure", and "self-aware, tongue in cheek comedy", HCH got almost everything wrong.

My most fundamental objection is that I hate this type of "80s sexiness", even if (especially when?) it's played for laughs. Don't be alarmed here: I…