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Angst
AKA Penetration Angst
Directed By Wolfgang Büld
Released: 2003
Starring: Fiona Horsey, Paul Conway, Amy Steel, and Beth Steel
Running Time: 95 minutes
DVD Released By MTI Home Video
Helen (played by Fiona Horsey) has some deep-rooted issues involving sex
due to a horrific childhood incident. Her situation certainly deteriorates
when her scumbag boyfriend decides to attempt to rape her while they’re
out on a date. The career of this date rapist is cut short when he
suddenly vanishes leaving only his clothes behind. Helen is understandably
upset as she discovers that any man who sleeps with her is likely to be
swallowed by her vagina. She flees to the big city in order to become a
prostitute and feed the newly ravenous presence inside her. Trailing right
behind her is Dennis (Paul Conway), a young man who has never been able to
express his love for Helen. Dennis finds romance and maddening distraction
in the form of Siamese twins (Amy and Beth Steel) while Helen finds a
conniving husband. Soon, Helen and Dennis cross paths once again with
disturbing and violent results.
Director Wolfgang Büld (Twisted
Sisters) lets loose his
Angst upon the world and I
couldn’t be happier. Well, maybe a little. Büld is quite a bold director
and the exploitative insanity of this film is bound to have viewers’ jaws
dropping more than a few times. Angst
is shot on digital video but hardly looks cheap and the electronic score
kicks ass. It’s hard not to get disoriented when the plot splits down the
middle along the way following two characters (Helen and Dennis) on two
completely different paths. Before these two storylines rejoin it is
pretty clear that Büld easily could have turned each into their own film.
Fiona Horsey (Twisted
Sisters) is quite good as Helen. I would like to have
seen the look on her face when she read the script for this one. “So… my
vagina eats blokes?” Anyway, her character goes through quite a
transformation during the film while Paul Conway’s Dennis character
remains quite pathetic throughout. Conway is a great actor who isn’t
afraid to delve into the part of an instantly unlikable yet fascinating
simp. Things get pretty nutty when he hooks up with stripper/bank robber
Pinky played by the sexy Jaye Macaulay. Twin actresses Amy and Beth Steel
are excellent as Siamese twins, Silvia and Sonia. One likes poetry and one
likes porn. Classic. I couldn’t get enough of these two and I can’t help
but wish these characters could have been expanded upon.
Meandering conclusion and wildly divergent plot aside (never a dull moment
though), Angst
is a lot of twisted entertainment. The seemingly overbearing message that
“men are evil” is overridden by the whole “vaginas are scary and will eat
you whole” thing. Did I just write that? Yeah, there’s some pretty wild
ways to read the subtext of this film but its way more fun than smart so I
suggest leaving any lofty film criticism at the door. If you’re into the
perversely bizarre and the unapologetically crass, then
Angst is
for you.
Links:
For more, check out
MTI Home Video.
Or go to
Dark Black Films.
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