Gruesome Horror – Fried Alive with Hailey Holiday
I've been a long-time fan of the videos by Gruesome Horror. I know there are mixed reviews about some of their interests, but this studio touches on a few elements in a way that can be found nowhere else. Since many of their videos resemble each other, I'm going to list a few other movies that also focus on electricity, and have very similar content to Fried Alive. They are:
1. Burn Bitch Burn
2. Terminated Cut
3. Total Suffering
4. Bitch Fry
I'd like to start this review by summarizing the pro's:
-Lots of electricity
-Some other elements (feet, blackish vomit, red/bloody vomit, urine)
-Really long scenes, whole movie is around 26 minutes
-Many angles, close-ups, before and after torture, many areas of body
-Drool from torture.
-Struggling, writhing, back arching
-Sweaty body
-Attractive model
-Good resolution and video quality
-The other movies mentioned also include tazer, soldering iron, poker, burning fire, burning with hot egg (?), choking
…and some of the con’s:
-Questionable acting
-Poor effects
-Low budget setups, technical flaws
-Lots of hair (I guess this could be a good thing if you're into that)
-Poor preview and description before purchase
-High price and poor purchasing system at nicheclips.com (their website is dysfunctional)
Fried Alive has scenes with the model suspended (arms over head, feet on ground) and with the model lying down in various positions. The following happens for each case:
a) Multiple views before torture, model awake, sometimes dazed from prior torture
b) Electrocuted until passed out
c) Multiple views after torture, model passed out
d) Change of wire position behind the scenes
e) Repeat, about 5 times for each position, with lots sweat accumulating throughout
The “before” shots include a lot of views, sweaty or dry, but Hailey doesn't truly look concerned about what’s going to happen. They show a lot of hair, and the wiring setup, which rarely makes any sense. In some cases, the rigging doesn't make sense either. The ropes are held by sand bags, duct tape, or the wiring doesn't work, etc.
Now for the shocking. Hailey takes many doses in this movie, and reacts with the same surprise as her body starts shaking, and she has a stunned, dazed, look with head rolling, fast blinking, shaking, and moans and cries. Some are poorly acted, some are mediocre. The effects aren't that great, but there’s a half decent electrocution sound. Hailey’s moans don't usually correspond with the images, they sound like voice-overs. I think to add to the effect, they mess with the video speed a bit to make the shaking look faster or something. There is lots of shaking and writhing, close-ups, facial expressions, and numerous repetitions with slightly different setups. Overall, I think they all could have been done much better. The still images I provided, however, make everything look better. Note, although it might be hard to tell because of the acting, she is being shocked in some of these photos.
The scene ends when Hailey passes out. For some reason, her body stops reacting to the current even though it is still buzzing. I don't think this is very realistic. The nice part is, when the current is finally killed, there are many shots provided of her sweaty still body from many angles and different distances. This is done really well if you can look past the hair. A couple of the scenes end in urination, or strangely coloured vomit.
So onto the images.
Before torture:
Shocking:
After:
My overall rating for Fried Alive is an A, but only because it has so many elements which I am specifically interested in.
This is my favorite of all the Gruesome Horror movies (somewhat because of Hailey). From here, the other movies I mentioned slide down the scale into B’s. I've also seen this studio produce movies all the way down to F. So be careful. The descriptions and images don't offer much, so it’s easy to throw away 20 or 30 bucks with this studio.
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