Red Room: Desperately Seeking Red Feline (2009, Red Feline Pictures), is the first film Amy did with Jac under the Red Feline brand. The movie is an homage to Red Feline’s first movie Red Feline on the Cross. There are quite a few references to RFOTC that I will try to point out in the review.
The movie starts with Jane (Jane von Detlefson aka Amy Hesketh) entering the same abandoned building that Red Feline (Camille Duka aka Carmen Paintoux) entered many years ago. Jane is curious about Red Feline and goes there to learn more about what happened to her. The rooms in the house are all painted red which is a reference to the film’s title. While Jane is exploring the house, we are treated to flashbacks of Red Feline from RFOTC as Jane does the same when exploring the house. All of a sudden, Jane is caught off guard as the masked man in black (JJ aka Jan Jac aka Jac Avila) grabs Jane by the neck and chokes her out. Jane’s fate awaits in the hands of the masked man.
Jane is wearing a loose black top with black panties. She is also blindfolded and has her hands cuffed behind her. The masked man then lowers her top revealing her nice breasts. He then takes her panties and shoves them in her mouth. Unfortunately, the masked man does not do anything to keep her gag secure. I know that this may disappoint some of you. For me, Jane/Amy’s movies are more about expressing their suffering by their screams. RF rarely gags their victims. In this state, Jane gets whipped in various positions. She even gets a little hot wax torture for good measure. Jane does very well in expressing her pain and suffering. However, the bondage is not really that well done as Jane could have a chance to escape.
Jane is then tied AOH faced against the wall. Her top is lifted so that she is whipped naked from the shoulders below in this position. He turns her around and whips her some more as well.
Jane is next tied in a standing X position in between the doorway. While she is still wearing her top, the masked man whips her back some more. Eventually, most of her top is ripped from her back from all the whipping. Another nod to RFOTC as the same was done to her in a similar position in Red Feline’s first torture. She also passes out from all the pain.
After waking her up with some water, he finally removes the blindfold from her head. We are now able to see her face clearly and see the suffering clearly expressed on her face. Jane is one of those actresses that knows how to really convey a bunch of expressions on her face. JJ really should have done the same with Camille in RFOTC. He then starts whipping her again from the front side as well. Most of her top is ripped from the whip as well. This is another nod to RFOTC as the same was done to her in a similar position in Red Feline’s second torture. She then passes out again from the pain.
For her next torture, Jane is tied AOH and leaning on an angled ladder face down. Her struggling on the ladder was enough for the front of her top to be ripped open leaving the top of her front side totally exposed. Jane is then whipped some more in this position. She is whipped until the back side of her top is ripped open by all the whipping. She passes out as well from all the pain. Her back is very bloody after all the whipping.
Jane is then turned over so her back is facing the ladder. The rest of her top is removed from her body. He then takes a piece of Jane’s top and whips it across her face to wake her back up. She is then whipped some more on her front side. This is the first time we see tears from Jane’s eyes. Jane is a method actor which means she really gets into any character she portrays. If she tears up, she does so if she feels right for her character. Her front side is a bloody mess as well. She eventually passes out again from the pain.
For her next torture Jane is bound to a horse-like torture device. It is similar to the wooden horse used on Camille in RFOTC, but the one here has a metal top with lots of spikes protruding out. She is first bound on the horse lying on her back. Jane really acts out the pain she is feeling when laying on the sharp spikes. Jane is however not truly bound well to the horse here. The masked man then takes a lit black candle and tortures poor Jane with a little hot wax. Jane’s screams are lovely here. JJ also really adds some nice blood effect on the spikes Jane is laying on.
After a few minutes on the horse, Jane is lifted up and repositioned on the horse stomach side down. Her pussy and breasts are exposed to the sharp spikes. The bondage here is not well done as well. We get to see some more nice blood effects on the horse. She doesn’t screams as much here as she is so weak from her pain from previous tortures. Camille was the same way in RFOTC.
Jane is then tied AOH against the wall. She is really bloodied up after all the tortures so far. Jane is barely struggling to not lose consciousness. When the masked man returns, he shows Jane the barbed wire before wrapping it around her skull. He plans to make crown for Jane to wear. Jane screams from the pain. We see a good amount of blood running down her face.
For the final torture, Jane is crucified against the wall spread out in a Y-shape. The Red Feline team is known for their crucifixion scenes. Like their previous movies, it is done pretty well. He starts by nailing in the hands one at a time. He then nails in the legs one at a time as well. Jane really conveys her emotions well when she being nailed to the wall. Lots of nice blood effects as well. After a few minutes of suffering, she passes out from the pain before dying a slow death. After she dies, the movie does not end there. I will not spoil the ending, but it sort of ends similarly to RFOTC.
Summary: Jane goes searching for the place where Red Feline had her famous encounter with the man in black. Jane however get captured by the same man and is subject to 7 of her own tortures by the masked man which consists mostly whipping and ending with a crucifixion. Like Red Feline, Jane tries to realize that it is only just a fantasy.
Pros:
Great acting by the leading lady. She knows how to convey her emotions very well throughout all her torture. Jane/Amy has shown me she can act in all the feature films I have seen her in.
The special effects are pretty good considering the resources they had available. Lots of blood effects used. Not recommended for those who don’t like bloody tortures.
Cons:
One of the cameras used to capture other angles, had a bad picture quality compared to other cameras used for other angles.
The lighting is better lit than RFOTC, but is still too dark for my tastes. You can see a good deal of the action, but not enough to see the little details. My guess is that this was intentional in order to set the dark and gloomy mood. Artistic choice I suppose.
JJ’s acting. It has been talked about before. Since it is a 3 person crew (JJ, Jane, and Margot), he is the one mostly doing the production work while acting as well.
No dialog this is common with Red Feline’s early work. Another artistic choice by the company.
Overall, I give this movie a B-. If you know about their work, you know that they do pretty well with their whipping and crucifixion scenes. This is Jane’s first movie with Red Feline. She does a pretty good job with her acting. I don’t approve of many of their artistic choices, but they have made a few improvements from RFOTC which they took a lot of elements from. Their future work does show much improvement over the years. I hope their efforts improve even more in the future. I recommend this film if you are curious about Jane’s first movie with JJ.
