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Based on actual events. Leonard (Tommy Biondo), your friendly
neighborhood serial killer, has abducted his latest victim, Clara (Emily
Haack). She is raped, humiliated, tortured, and forced to write about
her ordeal in Leonard's scrapbook. Leonard believes that his scrapbook
will bring him fame and fortune; he fantasizes about having a movie
contract and being on Jerry Springer.
Leonard's hands are filthy. His home is filthy - encrusted with rotting
food and empty Stag beer cans. There is a wall filled with Polaroid
pictures. There are splattered bloodstains everywhere. In general,
this is a very ugly film; it made me feel dirty watching it. Even the
soundtrack is unsettling.
This is one sadistic flick, one of the most brutal sleazefests that I
have seen in years (and that's saying a lot). The violence is not
glorified, but instead treated in a harsh, realistic manner. Some of
the torture inflicted upon Clara (and a young Leonard) is hard to
watch. Thankfully, there are people like Biondo, Haack, and director
Stanze who have the balls to create such a groundbreaking film.
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