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Sinful
Directed By Tony Marsiglia
Released: 2006
Starring: Misty Mundae, Erika Smith, Ronnie Kerr, and Nikos Psarras
Running Time: 74 minutes
DVD Released By Shock-O-Rama
Lilith (played by Misty Mundae) is obsessed with having a child and her
husband, Jim (Ronnie Kerr), has been unable to give her one. Their
neighbors, Aisha (Erika Smith) and Sam (Nikos Psarras), seem to have no
troubles at all as their incessant lovemaking results in a pregnancy. An
unhealthy friendship develops between the two women due to the fact that
the lack of a child in her womb is beginning to drive Lilith mad. She
decides to take the baby from Erika by any means necessary.
The dreamlike and bizarre Sinful
comes from director Tony Marsiglia (Dr.
Jekyll & Mistress Hyde,
Sin Sisters).
Excellent lighting (love those reds and blues!), talented cinematography,
and an eerie yet beautiful soundtrack (from composer Nick Vasallo) help
give this artsy indie thriller some class. The film is quite dark and
twisted with some disturbing (but not overabundant) gore thrown in. The
only misstep in this strange and surreal film is casting a grown woman to
play a ten year old child.
As sexy and appealing as Misty Mundae is in many of her film roles, her
character of Lilith is actually quite repulsive and frightening in her
psychotic pursuit of motherhood. The lovely Erika Smith (Shock-O-Rama,
Bite Me!)
certainly has her hands full with a very odd character. Aisha is in love
with life and incredibly naïve about the world around her. She has no clue
as to the amount of danger she and her unborn child face at the hands of
Lilith. The male actors handle the material quite well. Ronnie Kerr and
Nikos Psarras are perfectly cast as total opposites, Jim (ineffectual and
socially inept) and Sam (self-assured and virile).
Sinful
definitely shows the lofty aspirations as well as the potential of
director Marsiglia. Instead of giving the audience a straight-up thriller
or horror flick, he takes the more difficult route, twisting the reality
of Sinful
so that feels like a dream or a collection of the tainted and unreliable
memories of an insane person. However you look at it, this film is some
trashy and depressing stuff with a handful of philosophical strangeness
mixed in. A thought-provoking and occasionally sickening film,
Sinful is
definitely an original creation.
DVD Stuff:
Sinful’s
presentation is very nice. The picture is crystal clear in its 1.78:1
presentation and the audio is quite good. The source material is all over
the place with voices going from whispers to screams quite a bit but
everything is perfectly audible here. Extras include an interview with
Misty Mundae, a Behind-The-Scenes segment, some tape from the gorgeous
Erika Smith’s 2003 audition, and clips from the festival screening of
Sinful.
There is also a trailer for Sinful. The DVD insert features a couple of
cool promo photos for Sinful
with Mundae and Smith.
Links:
For more information, get your butt over to
Shock-O-Rama Cinema.
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