Penance (2009) @ The Devil's Dungeon

"I'm sexy and I know it."

At a glance:

Penance (retitled from The Devil's Dungeon) is a Saw-type "found footage" sexploitation flick, where mumsy loser Amelia (Marieh Delfino, Auto Focus) moonlights as a stripper to earn some extra cash, while recordin her efforts as an audition video for a reality TV show. As luck would have it, she accepts a last-minute job when her stripper friend falls sick (Eve Mauro, The Chaos Experiment) and lands herself in a Gestapo-type institution where nutjob ex-gynae (Graham McTavish, Rambo) has been God's sinners with his own special brand of purifyin punishment.

Bad news on the doorstep:

Eve Mauro & Marieh Delfino

How come everyone has a video camera? Various shots proved fatal to movie logic, ruinin all credibility and mood. That aside, take a pick - uninspired actin, lousy lines and predictable outcomes. Even the strippers could've been used better.

Perennial wonderment:

What's the ratio of "found footage" films that did work to those that didn't? One out of 10, maybe.

Reminds me of:

The WIP (women in prison) movies of Jess Franco - but at least those always featured a new level of explicitness.

Most memorable line:

"I'm goin to remove your fun bits." Yes, we do have a nice spot of FGM here but it wasn't memorable.

Amacam joker, berapa bintang lu mau kasi?

A most unsatisfyin modern addition to the WIP genre. The DVD has loads of extras, though. ★ 1/2
Trailer for the curious:

Bonus material:
Here's a strippin sequence that works as a home tutorial for you bored housewives. Other random scenes from the movie follow.

"Are you mockin my Scottish accent?"

"Aha! Here's proof that you starred in this crap movie!"

"I said, NO WEDGIES!"

"I am a sinner... I must cut off my cock and my balls."

I like to preserve things.

Post-stripper blues?

Eve Mauro takes her kit off in every movie I've seen her in.

It's true.

Stripper audition

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