We have a hip young photographer who uses his dark room for multiple purposes. In the bowels of his stylish pad he has his previous chickliwick chair tied with some sort of metallic device stuffed in her pie hole. He has a monitor there where he can view callers at the door and she sees him arriving with his latest squeeze.

The new girlfriend is doing some yard work and finds what appears to be a hip bone in the garden. Inside she begins to prep dinner and hears odd noises from downstairs and goes to investigate but he interrupts her and heads down himself. Seems the ex had managed to tip her chair over and was using her metal mouthpiece to tap on the plumbing. He sedates her with an injection, cuts her loose from the chair and duct tapes her hands together in front. She taunts him and we learn he cannot function sexually with a woman unless he is inflicting pain. He then takes a series of photos as she squirms on the floor.

She manages to bite him. Now enraged, he applies a clamp to her tongue and reaches for his trusty pruning shears - a tongue snipping and voile, she shuts up. He heads upstairs and new girl notices stains on his sweater which he says are chemicals from the dark room. She sends him out on a honey-do and she goes downstairs to investigate.

There she discovers numerous photos of his previous captives before locating the ex who developed something of a speech impediment. They look at the monitor and see him return. He pursues them and knocks them unconscious. When they awake the newest chick is strapped face down on a gurney while ex is bound on the floor. He preps for a photo shoot.

He cuts the tendon behind the knee of the strapped down chick and discovers the other got loose and disappeared. As he searches for her she attacks him and the screen goes blank.

We cut scene to an art exhibit at a museum. Our villain enters and begins to chat with his latest conquest. The End

Movie Pluses - this was not done by some bunch of stoners who got together for the weekend and decided they could make a movie - all aspects of the filming are first rate from camera to sound to setting to acting - as is the premise, a charming handsome nutcase who takes photos of his captives.

Movie Minuses - the girls remain clothed - bummer - being a short the sequences are crammed together so the tortures are abbreviated - obviously, there will be blood but not overly so, no splatter fest here so that might actually be a plus.

The Verdict - these guys came oh so close to going full blown Gimp but seemed to have backed off at the last second.