{"id":3479,"date":"2009-07-23T08:50:26","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T21:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=3479"},"modified":"2009-07-23T08:55:26","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T21:55:26","slug":"mixing-bikinis-and-monsters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2009\/07\/23\/mixing-bikinis-and-monsters\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixing Bikinis and Monsters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In director Terence Muncy’s demented vision of bikini-clad beach babes and summer madness, there are plenty of reasons to stay out of the water — in fact, to run for the hills.<\/p>\n

Here’s one:<\/p>\n

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An independent film about an ethically unstable scientist who uses genetic engineering, murder and a wardrobe of female swimwear in his quest to bring his concept of ultimate beauty (a mermaid) into being, Bikini Monsters<\/em> uses a murder-investigation narrative structure to explore its themes of sexual deviance and obsession.<\/p>\n

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Bikini Monsters<\/em>, due for release in 2010, has been filming through July. As you can see from the pictures below, it involves little by way of wardrobe but required a major effort in terms of make-up.<\/p>\n

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It’s interesting the way sexual attraction can be made grotesque, the result becoming a curious mixture of eroticism and fear. It has definitely been done with zombies, in films such as Zombie Strippers<\/em><\/a> (2008; dir. Jay Lee) — and resonates with the snake-women film phenomenon I wrote about<\/a> a while back. Bikini Monsters<\/em> reminds me less of the 1984 Daryl Hannah mermaid flick Splash!<\/em> and more of the profoundly disturbing Hideshi Hino Guinea Pig<\/em> film, Mermaid in a Manhole<\/em> (Manh\u00f4ru no naka no ningyo) from 1988. At any rate checking out the babes on the beach will never be the same!<\/p>\n

More images below:<\/p>\n