She Was Asking For It

2007, Canada

Director: Matthew Saliba

Writer: Matthew Saliba

Starring: Matthew Saliba, Danay Cragaris, Leela Marcelino

Producers: Matthew Saliba, Mario Carangi

Genre: Horror

Rating: This film is not rated

Distributor: Sinema Saliba, Fotovation

Running Time: 15 minutes

Website: http://www. myspace.com/sinema_saliba_collection

 
I love Chris Marker’s La Jetée. And so does Matthew Saliba. He also, apparently, likes killing people, and the two passions have met in She Was Asking For It, a beautiful-looking inversion of the rape-and-revenge exploitation film comprised entirely of still photos. Writer/director/co-producer/actor Matthew Saliba dons many hats in this production, and all of them are probably made of human skin and the inside part of the brainpan, because this movie is pretty sick. Saliba stars as a young man kidnapped from a smoky nightclub by two women, who dress him up like Rob Halford after midnight and have their way with him using several sex toys. Saliba’s character is none too pleased about this, and exacts his revenge quite messily. She Was Asking For It is hard to watch, and even harder to explain to your girlfriend when she finds the DVD sitting beside the Star Trek boxed set, but for those with intestinal fortitude, it’s certainly worth a look, as are Saliba’s other, even stranger films, Pandora’s Paradox and The Manipulator And the Subservient.

Rating: 8 on 10

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