I have to place it midpoint in the canon, which, to paraphrase Ralphus, still makes it better than most every thing else out there, but it does not reach the lofty peaks established by some previous ZFX productions.

First off, Suzi Sexton is gorgeous and for that alone is enough to give it good position at the starting line. I wish though that we had got to know her better before she was abducted and gagged. One of the finer points of earlier home invasion themed movies is that brief glimpse of normalcy before the festivities begin.

Not to belabor and old debate, but for my preference, after stripping she was still a bit overdressed.

I liked the table top whipping, but it did not reach the sublime heights of Kimberly Noble's sweaty drool flecked performance in a similar scene in Underland. Not to worry though, few things do. BTW, (stop me if you have heard this one before), but in my opinion, Kimberly Noble is one of the best actresses in ZFX productions. Sure, I can wax philosophic on all things Kelly McKay and Lisa Kinkaid, but is there a better five minutes of lurid pathos than the upside down whipping scene in 666? Mousetraps on her nipples and opened up with clips strung and taped to her thighs, she is given an epic whipping but hoarsely cries "don't leave me" when it ends, knowing the horrors of being left that way might be worse than the whipping itself. (This is one of those "lofty peaks" I mentioned earlier.)

Dark Offering though is not without what I call "ZFX moments". The short scene of her being lead crawling on all fours across the cement floor is worth the price of admission alone, and what's there not to love about a beautiful woman being gang groped on a table top? There really isn't anything out there that consistently approaches this stuff.