This is maybe my favorite horror film of all time. Since it was shown as a double feature at the same bar as Nightbreed, and Jon has never seen it before, I decided it was allowed to be on the list.Frank Cotton is a huge perv. You would think that boning his brother's wife six ways to Sunday would be taking it to the limit enough for him, but no. He goes in search of the Lament Configuration, basically a Pandora's Box of both pleasure and pain, delivered straight to your door by four hideous S&M creatures direct from hell. I don't suppose Frank counted on going right back to hell with them, but I'd say he deserved it.
Frank's brother (Larry) and his tramp of a wife (Julia) move back into what I believe we are to surmise is their former home. After they left (or abandoned it?), Frank apparently used it as his own personal den of sin, and hence, this is where he met his fate. As the couple is moving in, Larry has a very minor accident. But this small amount of bloodshed is all it takes to bring Frank back from hell. But really, it only brings him halfway back. In order to bring himself back fully, so that he can get back to sexin' Julia. He enlists her in his quest for more blood, and since she seems to have nothing better to do, she obliges.
All the while, Larry's pesky daughter (Kirsty), who is maybe the only person in this film that is not a complete dumbass, discovers creepy Uncle Frank and the little magic box. She figures out the Lament Configuration herself, and the Cenobites return. Since Kirsty isn't really into the whole S&M thing, she sells out her uncle in exchange for her own freedom. The Cenobites battle it out with Uncle Franky, with deliciously gory results.
If you haven't seen this, I don't know what to tell you, other than you are missing out on one of the greatest horror films of all time. If not the greatest, depending on what you're into.
Best Line: "JE-SUS..... WEP-T."
Grade: A+
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