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Codex Atanicus
Codex Atanicus is a three story anthology by Spanish director Carlos Atanes. Before watching the movie I never heard of the guy, but the introduction video on the DVD by one of his regular actresses Arantxa Peņa made me realize that I'm in for a hell of a ride. Experimental, bizarre, sick, strange - these are some of the words that describe the stories contained in Codex Atanicus. The anthology is opened by a 20 minute short from 1995 called Metaminds & Metabodies. I am really not into this kind of experimental videos, but I will try to summarize. It opens with a girl singing in the club. Everything looks ultra underground and the girl is connected with some wires to the walls. Strange people are watching her...
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Movie Review: Amateur Porn Star Killer

Story
The story of a sexual serial killer unfolds on camera as the killer films his encounter with one of his victims.

Comments
Written by, Directed by and starring Shane Ryan, this movie is the story of a young sexual deviant as he films his encounter with one of his impressionable teenage victims. After filming himself taking a leak our killer heads out to find his victim played by 18 year old Michiko Jimenez who co-wrote the script. During the whole movie pretty much in the lower left hand corner of the screen we see the killer having relations with a blonde girl who he never really shows himself hurting on the film. Anyways back to the story. The two head to a hotel then after a little convincing the girl gains enough trust in him to strip down and next thing you know they are getting it on. Pretty much the whole time she doesn't look like she's too into it but she's going along with it, probably out of boredom. She seems kinda embarrased but I think it's beausse in real life she knows she's being filmed naked, that's how most teenage girls are, very shy. Or so I'm told. ANYWAYS after a little sex it's time for our killer to go so he slaps her around a little, grabs a pillow and suffocates her, then beats her to death.

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Supposedly it's based on a true story about a guy that filmed his murders over 85 rented movies from different towns but was never caught. The creepy thing about this movie is it very well could be about a real guy, and this movie is definitely a good representation of Snuff Films today. Of course there's an interview with Michiko Jimenez so we know she lived through the film which will help with any lawsuits that might come forward.

In all I thought this movie was creepy as hell, these people really are out there, and in the end they almost always get caught but having the chance to watch them while they are in action really gives us a great little journey into the mind of sexual predators. It's not really safe outside these days, and this movie will show you one of the many types of psychotic twisted fucks are out there. So lock your doors, turn on all the lights in the house and pop this movie on the tube, it'll creep you out for days.

Final Comments
This movie is simple but sick, it really did give me the impression that this could be a real snuff film. Although a bit slow at times the end gave me chills thinking that this movie is a representation of a true type of killer. Definitely worth watching.

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Amateur Porn Star Killer

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MOVIE YEAR: 2006
DIRECTOR: Shane Ryan
WRITING CREDITS: Michiko Jimenez, Shane Ryan
GENRE: Mockumentary, Thriller
CAST: Shane Ryan, Michiko Jimenez, Jan Gould
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 71 min

RATING: 8/10

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