From the Xtro school of
"Cronenbergian body horror relocated to a grotty, Brit backdrop"
comes this short film, centered around Max (Edward Carlton), whose libido takes
him in the direction of an underground strip club, where the strippers are
hibernating green eggs inside themselves. In an extremely unwise move, Max is
persuaded to take one of the eggs home with him, by a dying stripper who has just
given 'birth' to it. Max then keeps the egg in his fridge where it initially
does wonders for his sex life, but of course you just know it is all gonna end
in tears, as well as lots of blood and green slime. There's plenty of gross,
sexual disgust at work to make this a lively 24 minutes, with detours into the
zombie and geezer crime genres too. I don't know whether this was the
filmmaker's intention but Erotic Green feels far more like an Xtro sequel than
the actual Xtro sequels. Like Xtro itself though if you're looking for a
satisfactory explanation for all the weird shit that is taking place onscreen
you've come to the wrong place, and it is never particularly involving with
characters you don't really care less about, despite all the body horror indignities
the film puts them through. 1980s worship abounds both stylistically and
musically...to the degree that you half expect Bryan Ferry to show up and start
crooning during those opening credits.
Video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IEAzEVF3Y8
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