Condom-full-of-Hatred This is one of those films that was always mentioned in excited and hushed tones by metal and NIN fans alike back in the day. It was around the time when NIN brainchild and front man Trent Reznor rented the Tate murder home to record The Downward Spiral, rumours surfaced over a supposed snuff film being produced by the band. It was one of those things I had forgotten about until recently when I was given a copy of this 'movie', on a fully remastered DVD no less! We open with some slickly shot black and white footage of a demented looking man having a noose placed around his neck, and dropped through a trapdoor in the floor. We then go to some seriously damaged and grainy home footage being shot out of a car window. Some guy who looks like a slack jawed redneck is then filmed for a few moments. We cut to what looks like a warehouse where the man is strapped to a chair, and on a TV begins some NIN music vids.Intercut with the music promos made for all the tracks on the 'Broken' EP is footage of this man being beaten, smeared with what looks like excrement on his face, having teeth broken out with a pliers, tortured with a blow torch and straight razor, then eventually having his arms sawn off with a chainsaw, his dick cut off, raped/molested and finally having his heart cut out and eaten. Most of this nastiness happens in the finale as the track 'Gave up' plays, and is inter-cut with the police finding the corpses and the killer being hung.First off, it's great to see the music vids fully uncut and remastered, the photography looks sharp and the ideas were certainly some of the strongest that NIN had commissioned. The 'snuff' footage obviously still looks as nasty as you would expect, I dunno what kinda video camera this serial killer uses, but he needs to upgrade! Still, this is all done for authentic effect, so it is forgivable. As to whether you can stomach the snuff footage, well, that's a different story. Personally, I didn't find it particularly shocking, but in this modern age of August Underground and the rest of the 'faux snuff' film industry, I guess it is harder to shock than it would have back in the early 90's. Plus, with the pumping music of NIN playing over the rapid cuts, it's hard not to feel some level of adrenaline whilst watching the final scenes, as it actually takes you out of the reality of real life death.Incidentally, the 'snuff' footage actually made me think of everyone's favorite cannibal killer, Armin Meiwes. What happens in the Broken Movie is surprisingly close to what happened when he decided to eat his lovers bell-end, and I imagine the video tape he made is not that far off what is depicted here. Overall, it is a worthy download if you are a fan of the band, as it contains the original music videos, and you get to finally see what all the whispering and bootlegging was about. Was it worth the wait for die hard NIN fans? Probably not. It's really nothing more than a twee curiosity these days, but I'm glad I have had the opportunity to see it anyway.Now if only we could get it in a 5.1 surround sound mix...

klstumpy Broken was a fantastic album, a self-described "ultra-fast chunk of death." However, that descriptive would better describe the music video accompaniment to the EP. Due to extremely graphic content, this short collection of videos of (fake) torture, rape, sadomasochism, and murder will never see an official release, though it's been widely rumored that Trent Reznor himself leaked a DVD-quality copy on the internet.Fans of the band, or those with a morbid curiosity need only apply. The scenes are violent, often hard to watch, but like a horrible car crash on the side of the road, you can't help but look. Track it down; it's quite easy enough to find on the Internet. Just be sure not to give copies of it to your unsuspecting friends for Christmas, as one reviewer here has done. As he suggested, you may lose more friends than you'll be keeping.

Josh Ethier I've had the garbage quality version for quite some time, but found it extremely hard to watch because of the quality. Then not too long ago, about 3 or 4 months, someone found another copy of the tape, and it was uploaded in DVD quality. It was truly stunning to see the film like this, and all my searching proved true. Trent's music coincides perfectly with the gritty photography, the sound is that sound quality that seems impossible to get. Where it's so bad it sounds good, that dry cracky quality, but you know if you try and do it it will sound fake. I don't know how they did it, but they did. The editing is another facet to focus on. Whoever cut it, and whatever drug they were on, i want some. The cutting is amazing, perfectly fitting the music\visual style. A true highlight to the short would be the final shots, the closing sequence. Brutally stunning.All in all, it's worth checking out, especially for a nine inch nails fan.

XkukolX I am an intense Nine Inch Nails fan and was desperate to see and own this 'Broken' video. From what I've read elsewhere on the internet, it seemed to be the worst thing ever recorded on video (by that I mean gory and disturbing). It wasn't too hard to find. I was preparing myself for true horror and to have nightmares. Of coarse that is hard for me to do because I'm apparently the devil compared to this. I was warned to not watch it alone and that I would look away and live life trying to forget the images. Well, after viewing it three times in a row (by myself), I was shocked by how disappointing it was. It was exactly like watching Jeffrey Dahmer (the real-life serial killer, cannibal, necrophiliac, dismemberer) at work. If this was made after Dahmer's capture in 93' then I don't see why it is so shocking. There are worse serial killers than Dahmer(although he is my personal favorite). If I made that movie, I could have thought up much more violence and made it better. I did, however, love the very ending when the killers head flys across the screen. That was awesome! I am disappointed, but still enjoy it because it is NIN made, a rarity, and the fact that it deals with such topics as murder, dismemberment, etc.