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      Frisk

      1995 1h 23m Drama List
      Reviews 41% Audience Score 250+ Ratings A gay Californian (Michael Gunther) with a taste for perverse sex eventually succumbs to homicidal urges. Read More Read Less

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      Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Rated: 2/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aiming to explore the extremities of racial and sexual fetishism in the gay world, Frisk exhibits a huge gap between its provocative intent and weak execution level. Rated: 3/5 Jun 10, 2006 Full Review Michael Szymanski International Press Academy Rated: 2/5 Sep 21, 2005 Full Review Brian Juergens Freeze Dried Movies Self-loathing has never looked so amateurish... Rated: 1/5 Apr 1, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      dennis f very strange - worth watching, but one wonders what the intent of the producer was - Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Incredibly disturbing but features a brilliant and challenging performance by Craig Chester. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member I didn't care for the book, which was suppose to be shocking. The movie was slightly more interesting, in a weird artsy way. I liked the addition of Parker Posey, instead of the character in the book who was another man, who was rather insignificant as I recall... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Only made it 20 minutes in... Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Every so often, I come across one of "those gay movies" that makes me kind of stop and think about just how horrible life is. "Frisk" is definitely one of these movies, and may be one of the most horrible and interesting movies I've ever seen. The film, based on the book of the same name, is somewhat hard to follow at first; it splits between flashbacks and present day, revolving around letters the protagonist is sending his friend and his friend's younger brother. Oh, and his letters are all about how he's killing people. Yeah. And not just any killing, but like GUTTING people. It's sick. The movie is very visually stunning; sort of like driving by a car accident, you have to look to see what happened. None of the visuals will give you therapy, but don't watch it before bed, either. Also, blink and you'll miss 'Party Girl' Parker Posey who comes in late in the film as a funloving psychopath who loves murder, too. She looks hot with a gun. Definitely worth the Netflix. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member I am not aware this was an adaptation from a novel. The flick tried to explore subjects like homosexuality & BDSM, plus certain dramatic element, like psychopathic thriller. But it just turned out to be so freaking awful, coarse & confusing. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A gay Californian (Michael Gunther) with a taste for perverse sex eventually succumbs to homicidal urges.
      Director
      Todd Verow
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Sep 30, 2003
      Runtime
      1h 23m