I found a "Gorenography" screener online, but it's been taken down since I watched it. This is another marathon Tony Newton documentary project, featuring more than just talking heads recorded at a horror convention somewhere. Self-shot interviews and introductions with various directors are interspersed with clips from their extreme horror and some adult works (an idea that actually works) and serves as an introduction to viewers jaded by the latest PG-13 jump scare-athon Hollywood franchise that passes as a horror film nowadays.
Unfortunately, half the directors and creators don't help their cases by turning in hard-to-understand video clips, which makes you wonder why you should follow through with viewing their films? Jonathan Doe comes off best (his YouTube channel "Cinemas Underbelly" has must-see content for the extreme underground fan), and there are plenty of clips from films to give a gorehound a fix. Almost three hours of this kind of material can wear a person down, and should be viewed in smaller chunks. Like I said, this was a screener I happened to stumble upon, so I'm not sure if there is any correction done to the final project, but even at three stars it's Tony Newton's strongest documentary film to date and gave me a slew of names to keep an eye out for (and a couple to avoid). I purchased his zine collection book "Splatter Video Issue #1," and I am looking forward to giving that a look- it's one big, chunky piece of reading. Check out his author page on Amazon, between his films and books, the man is a content machine.
Stats:
-Directed by Tony Newton, Jonathan Doe, Gore Filth, Patrick Fortin, Joe Cash, Lucky Cerruti, Nathan Hine, Moses, Mercedes, R. Zachary Schildwachter, Mickey Espinoza, Rene Wiesner, Davide Pesca, Rob Ceus, Matti Soikkeli, Wilhelm Muller
-Media: YouTube
-Running Time: 162 minutes
-Rating: (* * */* * * * *)
-Unrated, contains very strong extreme physical violence, strong gun violence, sexual violence, very strong extreme gore, strong profanity, strong female nudity, strong male nudity, very strong explicit sexual content, sexual references, very strong adult situations, drug use, alcohol and tobacco use
