同志杀人狂 frisk (1995)

　　See why this controversial film adaptation of Dennis Cooper's 1991 novel of sadism, insanity, gay male desire and murder nearly caused a riot at the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay Film Festival! Is the drama an explorat...展开ion into the S/M, murderous fantasies of a young man or is it a cautionary tale of homosexual self-hate and the dark side of gay sexuality -- a condition that logically leads to self-destruction? Verow makes a memorable feature which follows Dennis (Michel Gunther), a young gay man who experiences problems with his sexual persona -- he harbors an increasingly obsessive and sadistic approach to gay sex. His fantasies soon become reality when he meets Henry (Craig Chester), a drugged-out masochist with no self-esteem. What begins as playfully violent sexual antics culminates in a murder. Dennis eventually takes up with a demented couple who share his homicidal bent. Graphic in its gay sex scenes, the film escalates to an almost unwatchable intensity as the violence becomes all too real -- or is it simply imagined? Technically proficient and intelligently made, Frisk's ominous content prompts the question of what is being said about gay men. In a jarring New Queer Cinema style, the film's exploration into the dark recesses of gay male desire results in a confusing conclusion: Is it a legitimate take on the complexity of sexuality, or a depiction of gays as sadists and killers? No easy answers here