morrison-dylan-fan When a friend recently passed me this film to watch,I first looked at the trailer for it,and my first impression was that it was going to be a bit similar to a movie called Johnny Got His Gun.Instead,after around the first 15 minutes of the movie,I started to realise that my guess was very,very wrong.. The plot:In a house that is right in the middle of no where,a mother and daughter duo have created a bunch of deadly games,for any poor soul that finds themselves in the house.When someone arrives at the house,the duo (who have also killed there own father/husband,and there driver) force the victim to take part in very disturbing S&M games,which includes electrocuting them with short shocks.After they have had there "fun",both of the girls slowly torture the person,until they are dead.Due to being in the middle of nowhere,and the fact that they make sure that no one ever leaves the house alive,the girls feel that there fun will never end.One day,when they hear a knock at the door,they open it, to find a man who is almost unconscious.After having put him on a bed,both of them pick everything out of his pockets,which includes a notebook.As they read the notebook,they discover that the man is a detective,who seems to be obsessively looking for his true love:a girl called Laura.The only problem is,that Laura was brutally killed by the duo three years ago.With both of them not wanting the detective to report back about what he might suspect,it is decided that they have found there new victim... View on the film:For the look of the film,writer/director Nikos Nikolaidis,has made the film feel like one of the old-time Universal horror movies,whose production went that "off track",it led the studio to lock the film away,so that it would never be seen!.This is massively helped,by the film being shot in a very crisp black and white style,which also suits the more film-noir side of the movie,that becomes much more noticeable in the second half of the film.For the screenplay,Nikos gives no breathing space at all,to help you ease in to the film.Instead,he does everything he can,so that the audience is thrown headfirst into one of the toughest hours of film that I have ever seen.In the first hour of this insane (note:not at all like a Giallo) horror-noir hybrid,Nikolaidis fills the screen with some extremely disturbingly aggressive S&M scenes,that are performed by a cast,who are impressively very focus in their performances for the whole film.Thankfully,after an hour,(which includes some moments of extreme torture and degradation, that are still stuck in my head,even after having watched the film three days ago.)the movie thankfully gives you a chance to at last breath,by going into a very noticeable film noir direction,which includes a lot of fantastic moments,such as letting the audience hear the Detectives inner monologues and unpredictably having the characters break the "fourth wall" and talk to the audience about past events.Final view on the film:One of the most original and disturbing films that I have ever seen.

July2Nov It was once said that the whole of a movie should not be in so much whether you like or disliked a movie, but rather, did it leave a lasting impression upon you? Taking that idea into account, I would have to say that "Singapore Sling" is without a doubt an indelible addition to the film noir genre, albeit the bizarro kind. As one of the reviewers has mentioned before, this movie shouldn't be taken seriously. You should come into this one with an open mind and you'll be rewarded with a beautifully photographed film noir filled with black humor. "Singapore Sling" is like the demented cousin of "Laura", "Sunset Boulevard" and "Grey Gardens". It's your basic detective story but with torture, bizarre erotica, and outstanding overacting. Just make sure the parents are asleep and that you've got the right kind of friend in tow when watching it.

DVD_Connoisseur It's difficult to categorise the black-and-white surreal experience that is "Singapore Sling". The film probably falls into the midnight movie category with films like "Eraserhead" and "Jungfrau am Abgrund" - nightmarish celluloid journeys that leave you wondering, "Did I really see that?" as you wake in the cold light of the morning."Singapore Sling" is beautifully shot; every scene is lit perfectly and looks amazing. From the opening scene where two rain-drenched and mud-caked scantily clad women dispose of the "chauffeur", the tone is set for over-the-top weirdness.Erotic, sickening, funny and shocking, "Sling" is a taboo-busting tale of incest, murder, fruit abuse and insanity. Acts of sexual debauchery are thrown at the viewer almost casually. The actress who plays the daughter is classically beautiful and delivers some of the most bizarre scenes I've ever witnessed. This is an actress who's trusting the director to deliver a solid film. I would say that this trust is well-placed - Nikos Nikolaidis has produced a unique movie that is impossible to forget and that lingers in the mind like a fever induced bad dream.For those of a nervous disposition and fragile constitution, this is a movie that should be avoided like the plague. Fans of transgressive cinema, however, will probably love this movie and appreciate its dark slice of perverse comedy.9 out of 10. A twisted, hellish journey into celluloid madness that is as captivating as it is repelling.

samclarke531 The main "story" in Singapore Sling is quite openly taken from Otto Preminger's film noir movie, Laura, only interpreted as some kind of bizarre erotic torture fantasy with some pissing and vomiting thrown in for good measure. The "mother" character, played by Michele Valley, reminds me of Isabella Rosselini's performance as Dorothy Valance in Blue Velvet, whilst Meredyth Herold looks a lot like Elisabeth Shue.The lighting and cinematography are fantastic and the performances, though not exactly convincing are somewhat mesmerising in their own right. Ultimately the pace is rather slow and the satisfying twists and turns of Preminger's film are eschewed. Rather, Nickolaidas chooses to languish in the perversely decadent world of torture and sex for the duration and the story it references is pushed into the back ground and barely evident. It is safe to say, however, that the "plot" is hardly the point. It is my intuition that this reference serves only to further establish the noir world in which the director wishes the film to be situated.Though it won't grip you like a true film noir would, it is enjoyable enough if only for the tits and ass, great cinematography, and the transgressive moments of erotic weirdness and disturbing sexual violence.You should see it, if only to say that you have! A guaranteed pleasure for anyone who ever dreamt of seeing Dorothy Vallance make out with Jennifer Parker. :)