Sexykiller (Spain)

Did anyone ever stop and ask Jason of the Friday the 13th films WHY he killed? After hitting you in the head with an ax the obvious answer would be "why not?" (Or in this film "porque no?" - who says my HS Spanish was completely useless") So goes the delightfully over the top logic of Sexykiller. This isn't a film where the beautiful weak and dumb topless girls are chased around by some crazed guy. Instead those characters, and everyone else is mercilessly slaughtered by a strong, determined (but equally psychotic) female character. And kill she does. Though (apparently) always in the latest fashions.

Set on a college campus our "hero" is on a rampage to kill anyone who remotely upsets her and find her perfect husband (she's in medical school in search of a plastic surgeon hubby). This is as dumb as it sounds, and the film revels in it. Much of the story is told in flashback and directly to the viewer. One of my favorite lines comes from an interaction she has during class while she's not paying attention and telling us about the latest issue of CosmoKiller. The professor asks her "who are you talking to" - "the cameras" is the reply...

There's something for everyone here including, over the top acting, a fair amount of naked female flesh, a pounding soundtrack, tips of the hat to many other films (including Taxi Driver), blood, lots of camp, and zombies. I wasn't really expecting the last one - but as the saying goes, "what could it hurt?"

It's not high art - but if you're in the right mood it'll scratch an itch. I think this was my most fun at a midnight screening this year (though the line, "never, ever trust a corpse" was a close second). So if you're not going to the closing night and want to close the night with a bang consider making your own party with the Spanish vixens of Sexykiller...

Update: While looking for a subtitled trailer I came across this nice writeup of the film online. Includes one of the better lines I'd forgotten - "You know the trouble with the world of serial killing? -That there is too much male chauvinism!"