Olly-4 Reviews

Pigsty (1969)

Quietly haunting

[9/10 · 7 March 1999]

Porcile is one of those films that gets under your skin, and you're not sure why. The storyline unfolds in a style that is typically atypical of Pasolini; the tale of a college-aged son of a former Nazi isolating himself from everyone else (while encountering feelings that lend the film its title) is intertwined with that of a cannibalistic hermit from the Middle Ages. What results is a parallelistic criticism of modern society, not unlike Pasolini's earlier Teorema. The ending, which leaves an impact (although the actions take place off camera), is understated but undeniably chilling. Overall: 9/10

Hobgoblins (1988)

Here comes the pain!

[1/10 · 20 September 1998]

For those of you who are fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Sifl and Olly, and other such fare, here is proof that a puppet show can hurt you, and hurt you bad.

Why one would want to see this 90 minute ode to misogyny without the one-liners of Mike, Servo, and Crow is beyond me. But I guess it does take all types to make the world, eh?