A Bring Out the GIMP (Girls in Merciless Peril) Movie Review


Dark Country

Reviewed by Thomas Chaser


Let me start out by saying that Dark Country by Torvea Films was a fun movie to watch. I can't say that about many GIMP films, but the idea of “fun” definitely applies to this one. The premise has been done ad nauseam so it’s hard to make a film with this plot without it becoming trite and shallow. However, Scott Torvea has done a good job of giving fans of the “Capture and Rape” genre a nod while giving the rest of us a solid wink.

The movie starts out with our damsel, played by Anabelle Pync, walking alone in the woods talking to herself, wondering why her friend Jade hasn't shown up yet to go for a walk in the woods. This is a not-so-secret nod to the fact that there were supposed to be two actresses in this film, but one didn't show up for the shoot so Anabelle had to carry the movie’s exposition on her own. Hence, one lonely girl in a Superman tank top trying to figure out her role in the universe. Unbeknownst to her, she’s being watched (cue scary music) through a sniper scope.

Will she be shot? Will she be tranquilized? Torvea takes his time here, letting the tension build. Who is the mystery person spying on poor Super Anabelle as she takes a walk of deep contemplation through the woods? As she wanders through the Forest of Solitude, she steps over a log. The first thought I had was “that’s a good place for a snake to be sleeping.” The second thought I had was “what is that white thing?”

Well, I didn't have to wait long. As Admiral Akbar once said, “It’s a trap!” She is snared by the rope around her ankle, and is unable to figure out how to untie it. Fortunately, a kind stranger happens to be taking his own walk of deep contemplation through the Forest of Solitude and comes upon our poor maiden. He explains that it’s a special kind of knot which she isn't able to untie, despite wearing a Superman tank top. This can only mean one thing: the rope is made of Kryptonite!

Ok, maybe not so much, but it doesn't take much for our Backwoods Lex Luthor to choke poor Super Anabelle out, fling her over his shoulder, and carry her off, declaring her to be “a nice breeding cow.” Well, that certainly sounds promising! But first, all of that stalking and capturing has given our Evil Guy a bit of an appetite, so he throws her on a nylon tarp and has a snack of beef jerky.

I loved this scene for two reasons. First, I couldn't help but laugh, which is a nod-and-wink that this is a pseudo-comedy. That’s something I don't see much in GIMP films nowadays. Second, Anabelle plays a pretty convincing unconscious girl. Maybe she has some experience with that in real life. Drunkenness? Narcolepsy? Who knows? It works in this scene and that’s all that really matters.

After he shoves a rag in her mouth and cinches it down with some rope, he declares things to be “fantastical” – another not-so-subtle hint that this is being played for giggles – and finishes tying her off with some more rope around her wrists, neck, and between her legs. He blindfolds her and then wakes her up, threatening her by dragging a knife across her throat. He explains to her that if she fights, he'll kill her and cook her up right there on the spot. He tugs on the rope, which is an improvised leash that pulls the rope tighter against her crotch. Helpless to resist, she allows herself to be tugged/dragged back to the cabin, where she’s bent over a table, belted down, and has one ankle tied to a table leg while Evil Guy goes about his business of being evil. We get a nice look at her soft legs and juicy ass, and I can certainly see where she'd make a nice feast for some lucky backwoods cannibal. But that’s not the weird part.

Some time later, Evil Guy returns and unbelts her, pulls her to her feet, unties the rope around her neck and between her legs, licks her face, and undresses her. He then gropes her pussy and squeezes her breasts as she whimpers and cries into her rope gag. He says she’s to be a special surprise for “Jasper” and threatens to cook her up right on the spot. She agrees to do whatever he wants and begs for mercy as the camera pans over her body. I will say this for Anabelle – she’s cute in a Plus-Size Supermodel sort of way, with big assets. Evil Guy explains that she’s to be Jasper’s wife, which means she won't be Evil Guy’s winter meal just yet. Instead, she’s getting a new outfit and make-over, so that she can be presented to Jasper properly. The outfit turns out to be a slutty schoolgirl stripper ensemble, and the make-over is toilet paper dabbed at her smeared cosmetics, some lip gloss, and a puff of eye shadow. She’s rewarded by having her picture taken, and then bound in a way that can best be described with a picture.

But I haven't gotten to the weird part yet.

Jasper arrives; a deformed mutant sort of person who looks a lot like Evil Guy except for some bad facial scars. Is this the weird part? No. He gropes her breasts, squeezes her pussy, slaps her ass, and generally degrades her. He asks her if she wants to be his pet or his “breeding cow”, which I take to be Backwoods Mutant for “wife”. She answers that she'll be his breeding cow, so he tells her to get naked and finally – finally! – we get to see her nipples properly when he commands her to “stick your fingers in your piss hole!”

That’s not the weird part. She manages to escape when Jasper leaves the room for some reason known only to him, and we're treated to extended shots of a Super Anabelle the Plus-Sized Model running through the woods in a schoolgirl stripper outfit. But wait; that’s not the weird part either.

She’s caught, choked out again, and taken her back to the cabin where she’s strung up Arms-Over-Head with a dildo shoved up her vagina. Jasper explains that running away is bad, and since she’s been a bad girl, she needs to be punished. That means a whipping with a multi-tailed flogger while she thanks him “for whipping my whorish ass!” followed by electric wiring being wrapped around her breasts, a clothespin stuck on her tongue, and being shocked with a taser until she professes her love for him and promises to never leave, or passes out, whichever comes first.

After she regains consciousness, the wiring is removed and she’s let down from her manacles. She’s brought down to her knees and forced to eat gravy poured into her hands. After being fed, she is hogtied, locked inside a cage, dental-bit gagged, and has nose-prongs (or whatever they're called) tied to her head. Friends, this is when things start to get weird.

She’s brought back upstairs and, after complaining that she’s cold, she’s given a pair of white socks to keep her feet warm. Nipple clamps are applied to those luscious breasts, even though she’s no longer tied up, and she’s forced to lick herself clean like a kitten. Then she’s bit-gagged and trussed up like a pony girl. After being marched around the room, she’s again bound AOH with the nipple clamps still applied.

He taunts her with his mutant dong and eventually she’s let down and marched out of the room pony-girl style and into the kitchen where a hose is taped to her mouth and another to her butthole. Evil Guy then pours gravy down the tubes and into her body until he believes that she really will be his breeding cow. But first, she has to experience what life would be like for her as his pet. This picture should pretty much describe what that’s all about.

More shocks with a taser, some general groping and crotch rope torture until she passes out. Water thrown on her face revives her and the process continues. Eventually she’s let loose and forced to walk on hands and knees like a dog in a pretty good humiliation scene, then thrown into a small utility closet that serves as her pen. When Jasper lets her out, she’s learned how to heel and obey instructions like a good pet. She lies on her back and allows her wrists to be tied to her ankles, which puts her in the perfect position for some good anal mistreatment with a large dildo. But there’s a problem. She’s a little tight. Jasper decides that the old adage “if it doesn't fit, use a bigger hammer” is the way to go and he drives the dildo deep into her exit hole with said hammer. She’s then untied and paraded around in his own twisted version of a “dog and pony show”. And then the weirdness begins in earnest.

She’s dressed in a costume best described as “stripper bride in rope bondage” and forced to give head to Jasper’s mutant dong. Satisfied with her performance, Jasper declares that he’s found the perfect breeding cow and pins her against the wall, spreading her legs and taking her while standing up. Anabelle really sells this scene and Torvea isn't bad either. I'll spare you the gory details and just cut to the next scene.

Anabelle is dancing around in a sheer black dress and a wooden bit gag when Jasper tells her that he’s brought her a new pet. Cut to a large bag big enough to hold a human being. But first, he’s got to keep his breeding cow fed because she’s pregnant with his child, so he hands her a bowl full of fluid. “Is that your cum?” she asks. “Yes, now drink up,” he answers as she licks it up like a kitten. Are things weird enough for you yet? No? Ok, hold on to your lunches because here it comes.

He sits now and pulls her over, burying her head in his lap. She leans in and we hear gagging sounds, and then…

Well, I'm going to just say that Scott Torvea makes a pretty good backwoods cannibalistic weirdo and Anabelle plays an unconscious girl very well. The beauty of this film is in the dialogue, something you don't see much in low budget GIMP movies. Anabelle is a pretty good sport about the scenes and I can't help but wonder what sort of creative process went into designing each one. It’s as if Torvea is trying to one-up himself on the weirdness scale with each shot. He certainly covers the gamut of kinks with the budget and resources available to him. I almost wonder what he could've done if he'd had two or three more girls to work over. The world may never know.

If there’s an obvious shortcoming, it’s the sound, which is done in-camera. On close-ups, Anabelle’s screams overwhelm the mic while Torvea’s dialogue is sometimes a bit muffled due to distance in the shot. The editing and camerawork are good, though I did get some staircasing on the resolution when playing via Windows Movie Player on Windows 10. And, I'm not really into big girls, but if you like big, natural breasts, then you have to take the big, natural body to which they're attached. If that's your thing, then Anabelle Pync is your girl. She's not a bad actress and turns in a fine performance.

Will this be a classic? Well, it’s a good start. The ending leaves the possibility of a sequel – and that’s all I'll say about that. It’s not a horror film and it’s certainly not a pure porn film, either. If there’s such a thing as a horror-bondage-porn-comedy genre, this would be a cornerstone in it. It's a fun movie to watch, if for no other reason than to see how weird things can get in a film. The Superman tank top gets some style points, too.


My Grade: B

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