"House of Flesh Mannequins" is a
nostalgic homage - and sure amused - that winks at the
classic films from the 70's. A movie set that look like
a stage (and the film itself is divided in 3 Acts),
searched costumes and hairdos, cinematography of Mirco
Sgarzi that recalls with personality the atmospheres of
the best Fulci and Argento's movie.
This is cinema maded from who loves
the cinema, a movie rich of winks and citations that the
most expert (but not only them) will be amused to pick:
from Lynch to the surrealism of the 30's, passing
trought Fulci and Cronemberg. International porn stars
and regular actors working together for the first time
with extreme body art performers used in the torture
scenes. Everything is real, but at the same time,
everything is done for the purpose of creating a movie,
which is anything but real.
The movie presents a compelling case
against the use of gratuitous violence on TV as well as
the self-righteous, sanctimonious ways that society
chooses to confront children’s issues.