REVIEW: Upside Down Cross
“…Exploited, Abused, Addicted and Sick: Nadine Survived the Streets, but Can She Survive an Exorcism?…”
From 2014 and only recently getting its release on dvd – I was very fortunate to receive a screener copy via my friend and Director William Hellfire.
I saw the trailer a while ago. Something about it intrigued me. Not sure what it was. Perhaps I still don’t…
But damn glad I got the opportunity to watch this instalment and review it.
Nadine.
Resting.
Time to play…
Tricks for dollars.
Staying “well” with a fix…
Is purest irony.
“I will take you down, down, down – take the devil from you.”
Getting it on while getting it all off…
On film.
Exploited.
But given a break for services rendered.
If you can call it one.
Mother Delilah is down on her luck…
Yet she is rich in God’s treasures…
Subliminal messages – are far from that on the God fearing channel.
The devil may well have a daughter.
Dreams or reality invade Nadine’s “transition.”
But in reality, she may be the one foreseeing the real truth…
Like some divine intervention.
“The man comes when the light goes off.”
A cure is only a call away…
With a contribution…
Of course.
When you walk the left hand path.
Your saviour is money hungry.
“You’re the psycho not me.”
Hallelujah.
Preacher man.
Has arrived to do “his thing.”
Like a choreographed puppet.
Confession…
With an emphasis on sex and lust.
Brainwashing into sickness or just acting out?
“Praise be to God.”
For a few thousand dollars.
Time to put it all to the test.
Bound, stripped and freezing…
Repent with every thrust…
Of sin…
Spent.
Leads to another confession “that doesn’t change a thing.”
Except the level of pain. Inflicted. Bloody.
The Devil’s work…
Is done.
At a running time of 96 minutes, this one plays out a familiar story…but with a difference that keeps it fresh and intriguing.
Aided greatly by superb performances from the two leads – the very gorgeous Erin Russ and a part so well suited to David Yow you would swear it was written especially for him.
I especially enjoyed Erin/Nadine’s hidden strength and courage against all odds. Accepting her “lot in life” yet remaining strong despite it all. Preacher/David reading the exorcism like a child learning to read – with no emotion or sentiment…despite hard earned dollars changing hands.
Exploitation and irony. We read about it so often in the news don’t we?
Where is your God when the times are tough?
And how about that soundtrack? Like a haunting Sunday school hymn…
The film grew in confidence as it went along. Reaching its stride a third of the way through…
And standing loud and proud.
The Upside Down Cross Team can do the same.
“Scratchy” Pete Ellott
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