CinemaOSMovie · 1989 · 1h 26m

Empire of Madness

60%(2)IMDbHorrorDocumentary

Don’t be misled by the title and put your lube away: True Gore II (aka Empire of Madness) (1989)–M Dixon Causey’s follow-up to the eponymous first entry–has virtually no true gore in it at all. Instead, the first half is a compilation of faux-snuff vignettes akin to something you’d find in a SOV horror collection like Snuff Perversions 1 & 2, Snuff Files, The Dead Files, Violations I & II, or even more recent titles like Murder Collection Volume 1. The second half is in turn a send-up of satanic panic style videos like Law Enforcement Guide to Satanic Cults, Devil Worship: The Rise Of Satanism, and countless others shat out during the 80s/90s. The vignettes are hilariously inept to the point where it seems clear that Causey was parodying the shockumentary form. Even the credits are a joke, mocking the seriousness with which shocku producers take themselves, crediting a ‘researcher’ for a film that clearly had none, and a ‘visual archivist’ being listed in place of a cameraman.

Directed byM. Dixon Causey

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 26m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 1989
Studios
Cannibal Films

Featuring

Cast & crew

3 credited
Starring

Paula Wilson

Zodia

George Montgomery

Creative team
Directed by
M. Dixon Causey
Produced by
A. Artaud

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