A disjointed, almost surreal look at the mental breakdown of its lead character - a prostitute and stripper - intercut with scenes of extreme gore, and extreme spew, Slaughtered Vomit Dolls is a relentless assault to the senses. Disturbing, intriguing, and most of all just plain grotesque, it is an experience which will challenge the intestinal fortitude of even the most jaded of Digital Retribution readers, and according to writer/director/editor Lucifer Valentine 666, it is just the beginning of the "Vomit Gore" phenomena…

Lucifer Valentine 666: Well, being raised by Satanic researchers of Terrestrial Invertebrates in South Africa, I enjoyed an upbringing that exposed me to a vast spectrum of the creatures, ideas, and schools of thought that populate the face of the Earth. I also was able to travel to many remote locations during my childhood and saw many different cultures, customs, rituals and various forms of artistic expression. Obviously, I came into contact with many very interesting, and at times, eccentric individuals, whose ways, behaviors and beliefs had a great influence on me. I was exposed to a lot of "fucked up disgusting shit" and a lot of "highly intellectual, educational, beautiful forms of thought and expression."

Specifically, to answer your question, two MAJOR EVENTS caused me to create SLAUGHTERED VOMIT DOLLS and the genre of VOMIT GORE:

Some very kind folks in Helsinki Finland allowed me to stay with them for a while, and during that course of time they showed me a great many European versions of one Max Hardcore's oeuvre, which incorporates voluminous scenes of talented individuals seen gagging and vomiting. I was also treated to several impromptu forays into marathon viewing sessions of Asian and Brazilian Scat and Vomit features which I saw as very compelling and unique works of Art.

Coincidentally, it was precisely at this time in my life that I became obsessed with Carl Jung's theory of Synchronicity: this theory postulates that if there are enough so-called coincidences, that at first seem to be "acausal", or meaningless, but are all piled up on each other, and are all tangled up in some kind of progression of a narrative, -- although at first seemingly unrelated and fragmented -- they can create a snowball effect of exponential coincidental meaning, and when these coincidences surround an event or a related series of events, they can surpass the "threshold of coincidence", and can reveal a much deeper, profound, beautiful, transcendent meaning.

Then, shortly after my time spent in Finland, I found myself traveling through the United States, and, being a music fan, I ended up at 171 Lake Washington Blvd. in Seattle, Washington. I stood in awe outside the home of one of my idols, the late Kurt Cobain, and my cel phone rang, It was my beautiful girlfriend Ameara LaVey, soon to be known as a Vomit Gore starlet and the character Angela Aberdeen. I was on my way to visit Ameara, and she was calling to ask when to expect me.

So, because of my experience of this strange collision and conglomeration of events and influences, I created SLAUGHTERED VOMIT DOLLS as the depiction of the Death of a girl named Angela Aberdeen, and what led up to her suicide during the EXACT SAME TIME period, and within a dimension of the parapsychological synchronistic events that took place during the Last Six Days of Kurt Cobain's Life.

DR: After watching Slaughtered Vomit Dolls I felt like I had been slapped around the head, or taken some very bad drugs. What sort of viewer reactions were you aiming for?

LV: That's great! I love your description of your experience of watching it! That's actually very close to the type of reaction I like to elicit from people. SLAUGHTERED VOMIT DOLLS is supposed to fuck you up as a viewer; as I want to place viewers in the mental space of Angela Aberdeen and be drawn into her Hellish experience and vicariously interpret/decipher, from your own conclusions, how y'all perceived the dynamics of her mental activity for 71 minutes.

DR: Your leading lady Ameara Levay puts in a great performance and has been getting big wraps from writers on the net. Do you see her going on to bigger and better things?

LV: Definitely! Ameara LaVey is a shockingly talented and powerful performer. I say "shockingly" because when you meet her in real life, she is the most delicate, shy, soft-spoken, fragile, considerate, tiny-in-stature little girl –- BUT -- when you are directing Ameara in a role in a movie, she is absolutely fearless, boundless, and fiercely intense; and it's so beautiful, and at times hard to comprehend, the transformation that this young lady undergoes when she performs a role, she literally VANISHES into the character. I was completely blown away by Ameara's astonishing abilities while working with her, and I am certain that she will shine very brightly in ANY role that she does whether it be Underground or mainstream. I honestly believe that she could do almost any role imaginable with her raw talent!

DR: In fact, all of your actors were fantastic, and believable. Were they all friends/acquaintances of yours?

LV: Yes they were, I usually only like to work with friends, or friends of friends so everyone has an understanding of me, and is OK with the context of the type of director I am, that way the very idea of what I will require of them is not automatically shocking.

DR: Was it a difficult task finding people who could act, and were also willing to get naked and shove their fingers down their throats to induce vomiting?

LV: Not really because my social circle of friends are very open-minded, understanding, non-judgemental people, who support my kind of artistic expression. My kinds of ideas and movies are not offensive to my friends cuz they know that it's part of much larger, interesting ideas and stories that I have in my mind; and the actual shooting is a lot of fun and is a party atmosphere on set, so people just like to hang out and help or take part.

DR: You've been busily promoting Slaughtered Vomit Dolls on Internet message forums for several months now, but as many of our readers would know, Internet communities can feature an odd assortment of characters. How have you found the experience of interacting with fans in cyberspace over the past few months?

LV: Great question! My experience of the world of Horror Movie Discussion Boards has been hilarious. To me, the forums are just a venue for a lot of fun and great times. I have met many, many wonderful people from discussions in various forums all over the world, and made some great friends. The obvious reason I promoted SLAUGHTERED VOMIT DOLLS in forums was because it was potentially the kind of movie that could be rendered so obscure as to never see the light of day. So, I thought that forums replete with aficionados and connoisseurs of all things Horror and Gore-related would be a great venue for me to inform people of my movie and to talk about it. I was very surprised to encounter that approximately 50% of the individuals reacting to my existence and my movie were very up-tight, repressed, frustrated ne'er do wells, naysayers and cantankerous curmudgeons. I seriously was trying to have some fun and talk about Gore; I absolutely did not expect to be suddenly embroiled in the myriad hostile and disputatious environments that I found myself in. The enormous waves of Pavlovian negativity were deliriously funny to me for quite a while, and I enjoyed seeing people just fucking lose it over virtually anything that I did or said within the confines of their beloved boards, however, after a while I was satisfied that I had properly informed people of my movie and was happy to exit many of the more hate-filled forums. All in all, I am very thankful to have met some very kind and interesting people in discussion forums; sadly, however, the boards often become a blustering litmus test for close-mindedness and knee-jerk, lynch-mob mentalities. I always had, and still do have the utmost respect, and nothing but positive energy for anyone who would like to have an intelligent conversation with me on any subject, whether they love me or HATE me, and with regards to Horror Discussion Boards, I definitely got a very heavy dose of love and hate.

LV: Great feedback! People who buy the dvd are usually very curious to know more about Ameara LaVey and what went in to shooting the movie, and I love talking to folks about it and answering whatever questions they may have!

LV: Well, it was just perfect for promo cuz of my name, so we just called it Lucifer Valentine's Day!!

DR: With Slaughtered Vomit Dolls you've pretty much coined the phrase "Vomit Gore". Do you think the vomit concept could also be incorporated into other cinematic sub-genres, like, say - the romantic vomit comedy perhaps?

LV: Absolutely! And I would LOVE to see that! Vomit Action Movies, Vomit Westerns, Vomit Talk Shows, you name it!!

DR: Let's talk about how your actors prepare for a hard day of vomiting on the set. Are there any particular rituals or menu plans to allow for maximum chunk blowing?

LV: Hmmm, well it's actually more like "maximum dilution of the contents of your stomach". I try to make sure that the actors have consumed enormous amounts of Evian Water prior to shooting a Vomit Gore scene to ensure copious amounts of watery vomitus spray during shooting. I advise actors to eat something light that day, an example would be one bowl of soup or a small green salad.

DR: Not surprisingly, your film features a lot of vomiting. Vomiting into toilets, vomiting onto the floor, vomiting into a beer glass, and even a sequence where a character vomits into and all over a mutilated head. Did the actors ever need to swallow a mouthful of fake chunder and spit it out to get the job done, or was all the vomiting authentic?

LV: Absolutely ALL the vomiting was authentic my friend.

DR: On an average day, how much puke would be covering the set, and who was the poor unfortunate soul who had to clean it all up?

LV: At the end of a Vomit Gore shoot, usually as the sun would be rising I would be very happily cleaning up a LAKE of Vomit and stageblood. It would often take me quite a while to clean it all up, but I was happy to do it, obviously Vomit does not bother me.

DR: Since we're on the subject, I'll throw in a few random vomit related questions just for the hell of it. What are some of your favourite slang terms for vomit?

LV: I don't have any I just call it Vomit or Puke.

DR: Movie themed drinking games have been all the rage for a while now, but I'd like to see a Slaughtered Vomit Dolls inspired party puking game? Any thoughts?

LV: Yes! I think Vomit Gore parties are a great idea! Where people just get together, put the SLAUGHTERED VOMIT DOLLS dvd on repeat, and drink like maniacs with there Pals, till they are ready to puke, THEN videotape all their puking and send it in to me so I can edit the segments together to make a movie about each party!!

DR: If you could vomit on any celebrity, who would you choose?

LV: I don't like to Vomit on people, I like to VOMITED ON, so, I'd have to say that I would LOVE IT if Dolly Parton, Lara Flynn Boyle or Marisa Tomei vomited on me.

DR: Most filmmakers haven't featured it quite as heavily as yourself, but people have been throwing up on screen in our cinemas and in our lounge rooms for quite a while for a while. What are some of your favourite cinematic up-chuck moments?

LV: Well, as mentioned above, I love all MaxHardcore's work, and, of course, the pie-eating contest scene from Stand By Me.

DR: Vomit has been the main talking point so far, but your film also features some incredible gore effects. Did you do the effects work yourself?

LV: The amazing Arcanum Design did all the gore effects! They are amazing, and I was so happy with their work!!

DR: What films and filmmakers inspired you to make your own movies?

LV: T.F. Mous (director of Man Behind the Sun), Harmony Korine, the fine folks who made the first Guinea Pig movie, Crispin Glover, Joe Spinell, Paul Ruebens, Vincent Gallo, David Lynch to name a few.

DR: You've certainly managed to grab our attention with Slaughtered Vomit Dolls, so what are you planning for a follow up?

LV: Well, SLAUGHTERED VOMIT DOLLS is the first movie in "The Vomit Gore Trilogy". I am currently about 75% through shooting the second movie in the trilogy, then I'll do the third! There is an extremely brutal teaser for my second movie in the trailer gallery on the SLAUGHTERED VOMIT DOLLS dvd.

LV: Yes you'll DEFINITELY see the elements of extremely dark, deliriously over the top black humor combined with ultra-violent brutality be exacerbated and escalate throughout the Vomit Gore Trilogy. The other aspect that happens as we move through the Trilogy is viewers will get to see overlapping and intertwining characters and stories be presented and expanded upon as they learn more about Angela Aberdeen and go off on very BIZARRE and HORRIFIC tangents involving the many characters surrounding her existence.

DR: Finally – as a vomit veteran, do you have any tips for the readers out there who are looking to perfect their puking technique?

LV: Well, go with your gut instincts, with what's inside, and don't be afraid to let it all hang out, project your soul and personality outward, and let the good times roll!

That just might be the best advice you will ever receive from this website! Slaughtered Vomit dolls is available to purchase right now from the official SVD site (click on the banner below), and we look forward to further puke and blood splattered installments of the Vomit Gore trilogy...

0 Reader Comments | Submit a News Item | Send This Story to a Friend | Be the first to comment on this item! Name Comment Got something else to say? Spill your guts on the Digital Retribution Message Forum!