Pervert! (2005)

You won't be disappointed!

hyped garbage

An Exercise In Nonsense

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

If you're like me then you like busty ladies, wacky rednecks, and crazy voodoo involving male specific anatomy. If you're like me, then you're a PERVERT! And you'll love this movie.This picture is a brilliant homage to the Russ Meyer nudie-cutie flicks of old. The wonderful thing about this movie is that the filmmakers clearly love the genre that they're pulling from, and the result is not parody but admiration. I'm tempted to even use the word respect, but that seems a little overblown.I'll sum it up by saying this: If you're the kind of person that has even heard about this movie, much less had it recommended to you by your mom and considered watching it, then you're more than likely the rare breed who will relate to the tragic, titillating, triumphant tale of a healthy young pervert.

Pervert! is a modern-day homage to the films of Sexploitation king Russ Meyer. I went into this not expecting much as I'm really not a big fan of the recent flood of "homage's" and "tribute's" being churned out by directors pathetically trying to cash-in on the current "retro" / "grindhouse" trend. Pervert! however, is a totally different beast.Old Hezekiah (Darrell Sandeen) resides with his young, busty live-in whore Cheryl (Mary Carey) in Desert Range, an isolated stretch of desert in the south(?) where he indulges in his love for the art of meat sculpting. When his son James (Sean Andrews) comes to stay Cheryl gets a hankerin' for some younger meat and the two of them begin an affair behind the old man's back. Suddenly, Cheryl mysteriously disappears and James thinks his ol' man may be behind it. When Hezekiah comes home the next day with a new whore, James sets out to investigate his pops "studio" where he discovers Cheryl's temporarily re-animated corpse. But all is not as it seems, as later on when ol' pops is chained down, the bodies still keep a droppin'...Writer/director team Jonathan Yudis and Mike Davis obviously have a Russ Meyer obsession. There are scenes and set-pieces here stolen directly from such Meyer films as Supervixens, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Vixen and a few others but nevertheless Pervert! still manages not to come off as yet another feeble attempt at a cash-in. Like Meyers films, Pervert! is very comic bookish in style with dream bubbles, wacky in-your-face camera angles, cartoon sound effects and loadsa really silly humour. Aside from Darrell Sandeen's fantastic performance as the perverted old holy roller, the acting isn't all that good especially from porn star and one-time Governor of California candidate Mary Carey, although she still fulfils the role of the stereotypical Meyer chick: big, natural tits! (in fact I'm pretty sure there's no silicone in this flick at all).So, being as this is a tribute to the spirit of Russ Meyer there's obviously a whole lotta gratuitous nudity, but there's also (mainly in the second half) a generous splattering of gore. From arterial blood sprays to ol' Hezekiah tearing his own heart out for one of his meat sculptures, Pervert! can be rather bloody at times. Also, to its credit, Pervert! never reveals its low-budget origins - it has excellent camera-work, razor sharp editing and its cartoonish colours are extra bright and bold.Overall, for a low-budget modern-day attempt at a Sexploitation flick, Pervert! is pretty decent. Sure, some of the jokes fall flat, the acting ain't too hot, and its all been done better before but if you're lookin' for some mindless nudity and laughs, check it out.

Well, all I can say is, WOW! From the opening montage of gigantic bare breastesses in various forms of gyration, I had a feeling that this was going to be something different from anything released in the last couple of decades, and boy was I right. The plot is secondary, but I'll surmise as best as I can. We start off with James (Sean Andrews) traveling across the country to spend the summer with his dad, Hezekiah (Darrell Sandeen). On the way we discover that James has a glove compartment full of porno mags and gags. Seems ol' Jimbo has troubles bagging the babes. When James arrives at Hezekiah's modest little ranch, he is introduced to his dad's buxom bombshell, Cheryl (Mary Carey). Well, after a humorous dinner scene involving Cheryl and some corn on the cob, James begins pining for Cheryl, who pretty much is in various stages of disrobing throughout. James finally hits it off with Cheryl, and then they start having sex right under Hezekiah's nose, usually while the old bugger is sleeping. In the meantime, Hezekiah shows James his "studio", which is a small shack devoted to Hezekiah's art, which consists of women made from 'beef jerky', although the beef looks nothing like any steak I've seen. So now Hezekiah finally catches Cheryl and James doing the nasty, flips out, and then later that night can be heard slapping Cherly around in the bedroom. The next day, Cheryl is gone, Hezekiah is acting strange, and James begins to suspect something is going on with his dad.Well, enough plot, let's get to the goods, and man is there a wealth on display here. I'll try to do this Joe Bob Briggs style, as this HAS to be a movie he would just thoroughly enjoy. We have boobs; a dog using a rubber vagina as a chew toy; boobs; snake on a stick; boobs and butt; bee stings to the face; decapitation; boobs; girl dressed in coyote furs showing some goods; boobs; a child punted against a wall; farting in face; butts; lesbianism; a gay redneck gangsta (I couldn't even make that up); more boobs; shotgun wound to the chest; boobs; and last not but least, a claymation penis. Well, and more boobs.The women on display here are a classic throwback to the Meyers girls of the late 60's and early 70's, that is to say, gigantic breasts and none have them have missed lunch hour for a couple of years, that's for sure. Not to say they are fat, per se, just "healthy", or "full figured". Overall there are some laugh out loud moments in this one, although some of the jokes fall very flat (the only thing that's flat in this movie, I can tell ya). The acting is anywhere from good (Andrews and Sandeen) to abysmal (Carey, but she wasn't hired for her acting chops). If you are looking for a titillating little doozy to have a smoke and some drinks with, I highly recommend "Pervert!", as this has everything you could want in a movie, and then some. If you are a fan of Russ Meyer films you will love this. If not, stay as far away as possible. And if you've never seen a Russ Meyer flick, after watching this movie you may be piqued to see some. I give credit to Jonathon Yudis for truly giving us the type of movie that has been missing for decades, but has modernized it to reach to most of today's audience.Final score: 7/10.

Tonight I saw a film directed by the heir apparent to Russ Meyer.Tonight I saw PERVERT!.While Russ Meyer may have passed on to the great beyond a little over a year ago his spirit certainly lives on in filmmaker Jonathan Yudis and his movie PERVERT!. With PERVERT! Yudis has made a film that Meyer would be proud of. Yudis has done what so many other filmmakers have failed to do in the past: he's captured the crazy spirit that filled many of Meyer's movies without losing any of their bite. Yudis has made what is as close as you can get to a Russ Meyer movie made for the 21st century and in today's politically correct climate I'm sure it wasn't easy for him to do.In PERVERT! Yudis has created a style of film that, in most cases, has been dead for a long time. It's film that decides to go all the way and not hold anything back. It's a movie that's equal parts comedy, part horror/gore movie, and part sex film. It's a crazy and unbridled romp through Meyers land and it's made even better by the fact that Yudis has obviously studied the geography as his movie comes across almost as if it were made by the man himself. The music, the editing, the dialog…all of it is there. I've often wondered what Russ Meyer might be able to do with the advent of the digital film-making revolution and Yudis has provided the answer. Meyer'd make something almost exactly like PERVERT!.And in some ways Yudis has made something better than a Meyer film. The director of this movie avoids a lot of the clunkiness of Meyer's films and the movie breezes along at a quick and humorous pace. The movie's actually funny and the lines and moments that are supposed to make you laugh are actually able to do so. While the dialog is just as guffaw-inducing as old-school Meyer there are actually jokes in this film that work. Not to mention that the delivery by many of the actors goes a long way. Specifically by the lead actor Sean Andrews and the actor who plays his father, Darrell Sandeen. Sandeen has some great lines in the flick which he delivers in a way that'd make Adam West envious. All in all Yudis has made an extremely enjoyable film. Special kudos for to animator Corky Quakenbush (Of Mad TV's Raging Rudolf and Davey and Goliath as Son of Sam fame,) for putting together some really great claymation sequences that occur towards the "ahem" climax of the movie. Yep, you read that last part right…PERVERT! even has claymation! It's claymation that definitely isn't for the kiddies but neither is the rest of the movie.After all, it is a Russ Meyer style movie and yes, gentlemen, it's not for the sexually conservative among you. The film co-stars Skinemax adult star Marey Carey who's more than willing to display her, um, talents for the screen as are several of the other actresses in the film. There's plenty of skin to go around in this movie but then the movie is called PERVERT! after all. In true Russ Meyer fashion the buxom ladies are plenty in this movie and they're not shy. It's not overly explicit and by no means is it pornographic but for those of you that can't stand the sight of female nudity you might want to stay away from this one. For the rest of us, Yudis delivers the ladies in spades and I'm sure Russ Mayers and Marey Carey fans everywhere will be grateful in spades.Let's just say that I don't think PERVERT! is going to be playing in the Bible Belt any time soon. Which is too bad for them as they'll be messing out on a great piece of cinematic fun. Yeah, a movie called PERVERT! isn't going to be for everyone but for those of you that it is for (and you know who you are) you should be guaranteed a pretty good time or at the very least some really good laughs.