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Bill Huckstabelle: Serial Rapist
USA 2015
produced by Jerry Landi (executive), Sean Weathers (executive)
directed by Jerry Landi
starring Sean Weathers, Erika Smith, Sal Amore, Brian Martin, Sybelle Silver Phoenix, Sara Rosenberg, Reina Miranda, Melisa Vlasaty, Cindy Lunati, Sonny Peguero, Santino Christiano, Vlad Marco, John McDermott, Martin Vanihel, Diana Urgiles, Sky Claudette Soto, James P. Frederick, Chris Esposito, Anthony Liccese, Dominick Fighera, Vicky Christiano, Girolamo Landi
written by Jerry Landi, additional writing by John McDermott, Sean Weathers, special makeup effects by Marc J. Makowski
review by Mike Haberfelner
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For years now, mediocre comedian Bill Huckstabelle (Sean Weathers) has
made himself to be "America's favourite dad" via a TV
sitcom that in its so-so storylines delivered bucketfuls of conservative
parental advice, and it was all only augmented by his squeaky clean public
persona and his model marriage to his lovely wife Lydia (Erika Smith) ...
but then a woman entered the limelight accusing him of drugging and raping
her years ago, only to then use his connections to get her a role on a TV
show to shut her up. Now one such case would hardly make the headlines
anymore in today's world of nano attention spans, but when more and more
women come out to accuse Bill of the same thing, the air gets mighty thin
for him, and the fact that he lets his lawyer (Sal Amore) do the talking
and throws his wife into the battle does little to get him out of the
little shithole he has dug himself into ... and that said, the truth is
much worse than even the wildest reports even hint at, as Bill has his
very own torture basement in a town house in a quiet Brooklyn
neighbourhood, where he holds himself some sexslaves, chained to the
walls. And when a TV talkshow host (Sybelle Silver Phoenix) asks a few too
many uncomfortable questions, she is just made part of Bill's collection -
so everything goes comparatively well ... until Bill's wife finds out ... Apparently
the whole story about the Bill Cosby rape allegations is an incredibly sad
one no matter which way you look at it ... but (and I want to apologize
for the victims in this story beforehands for saying so) for the news
media it's pretty much a gift that keeps on giving, as not only is the
premise (a holier-than-thou guy unmasked as a big, probably dangerous
hypocrite) great, but also Cosby's erratic line of defense does nothing to
smother the rumours and everything to keep this in the news for long. So
eventually, this story pretty much had to be made into a movie - Bill
Huckstabelle: Serial Rapist. And of course, the film takes a busload
of artistic license, especially in the second half when Bill Huckstabelle
is revealed to be a white slaver and murderer ... but then again, this was
never intended to be a documentary, rather an intentionally sensationalist
piece of exploitation cinema and at the same time a dark media satire -
and as those, the film works, taking positive delight in shocking its
audience and at the same time handing out jibes in every direction that
are at the same time hilarious and cruel. Now true, this mix might not
work for everyone, but if you have a dark streak in you, you'll probably
find plenty to chuckle about in this one.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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