Screaming Dead (2005)
This movie from Shock-O-Rama Cinema stars Rachael Robbins, Misty
Mundae, AJ Kahn and a few other babes, plus a couple of guys. In a
nutshell:
One rack scene before the credits
Three ankle-handcuffed-to-the-bed bondages
One nude female victim shackled to a wooden "X" scene complete with
bloody slashing
One rack/Chinese Water Torture
Three--then two--then one--AOH shackled-to-the-wall bondages
One gal fastened to an amazing horizontal "X" device that accomplishes
multiple torments
Screaming Dead begins with a bondage scene. AJ Kahn is lying
on a slab wearing a (short) diaphanous wrap with a bare midriff. A
photographer fastens iron shackles on her ankles and hands her a wooden
dowel to hold (her hands are stretched AOH), which is attached to a
chain that is revealed to be attached to a weighted dagger suspended
over her stomach. The photographer flips a switch and sand begins to
fill an urn that increases the weight on the dagger. As the
photographer snaps away, the model becomes more and more agitated,
panicking that she cannot hold the dowel. Eventually the weight is too
great and the dowel slips out of her hands, sending the dagger plunging
toward her belly. The dagger is on a chain that stops just in time,
barely breaking the skin. It is an incredible GIMP scene and that's
even before the credits roll.
Next up, the photographer is interviewing luscious Misty Mundae as a
potential model. She is seated on a wooden chair, blindfolded, and
completely naked. It's a nicely intense interview.
The photographer tells her to put her hands behind her back, then
asks her if she has ever been tied up. Misty relates the story of how
her boyfriend tied her to the bed once. The interview continues with
vaguely menacing humiliation but it is basically just an interview.
Eventually the photographer and a bevy of hot models (well, three
hot models and a hot female assistant) arrive at an old mansion with a
suitably spooky history. The photographer intends to terrorize the
models and take pictures of their distress. He has set up spy cameras
and tricks and traps to scare the models, all without their knowledge
of course. Definite GIMP possibilities.
The models are all locked in individual rooms and individually
terrified. Then they are all locked in the same room. There is an
obligatory shower scene, except the photographer walks in and talks to
the model while she is showering. He convinces the model to initiate
sex with the others. The model tells about a lesbian experience she
once had ("This one time, at cheerleading camp...."). This photographer
is a creepy guy.
The photographer retires to his secret surveillance room where he
watches the girls, no doubt waiting for some hot lesbian sex. Instead
he gets a slumber party confessional during which all of the girls
agree that the photographer is a creep. They even wonder if he has
secret cameras watching them. Imagine that. Miffed that he didn't get
his lesbian sex scene, the photographer separates the girls back into
their own rooms again. Then he walks into Misty Mundae's room and
chains her ankle to the bed. He chains all the girls' ankles to their
beds. Single ankle chaining is not very satisfying bondage.
However, is especially cool when he sets a mechanical disembodied hand
to crawl up Misty Mundae's chained leg in the middle of the night. She
freaks out, which is awesome. Poor Misty.
Eventually, the photographer discovers there's a secret room in the
basement. Naturally, there's a torture chamber in the basement room.
The photographer eventually approaches Misty for a private photo
session. He leads her to the basement room and tells her to undress so
he can tie her to the wooden "X" device. Actually he pressures
her into it since she is extremely reluctant.
Then he straps Misty to a wooden "X" (wrists and ankles).
While he is photographing her naked bound body, she becomes
distressed and starts screaming and crying to be released.
She is suddenly attacked by the evil spirit of the former owner, who
apparently has been resurrected by Misty's nudity and bondage. It would
have worked for me. The evil spirit slashes her repeatedly across her
naked body. The photographer keeps snapping away with his camera.
The cuts and blood look very fake, by the way. But Misty's fear,
shame and terror are pretty well acted. I like Misty Mundae, though, so
that is probably informing my opinion.
The ghost grabs all the girls, one by one, and installs them in the
torture chamber. They all start out chained AOH.
Then one is fixed to a slab and subjected to the "Chinese water
torture." Sadly, she is fuly clothed.
The next one (Rachael Robbins) is fastened to a horizontal "X" in a pit
with her arms and legs spread. The ghost starts the clockwork mechanism
that stretches her arms and legs outward (threatening to pull her limbs
from their sockets) and moves a red-hot dildo-shaped drill/poker toward
her crotch. Oh yes, the shackles also deliver electric shocks.
She is clothed, but at least the ghost removed her jeans so that
only thin lacy panties separate her sex from the approaching red-hot
dildo poker. Nice and intense. Until it ends with her rescue. Oh well.
The girls all escape and the house burns down.
No one will get any acting awards for this one. The dialog is fairly
lame as well. But that "X" torture device in the pit was pretty
awesome. I'd like to see that used again.