The Onania Club (2020) - From the director of "The Human Centipede" franchise

[Ahriman]

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1880419/

Hanna secretly joins a group called The Onania Club. Its members, strong independent L.A. women, get aroused by the misery of others. Hanna meets more misery than she could ever hope for and in the process loses everything she cares for.

So, the movie is currently in "release hell", because not a single distributor wants anything to do with it. The handful of reviewers who managed to see the movie definitely enjoyed it, so we can expect vantablack levels of humor and social commentary... but alas, no distributor wants to release it.

The writer/director, the Dutch Tom Six has released a statement on his Youtoob channel last month, explaining the current situation:

A damn shame, really. I remember back when "Human Centipede: First Sequence" was about to come out, there was plenty of hype around the movie and it didn't disappoint. The sequels were a bit too meta for my taste, but other than that, it was a breath of fresh air for sure.

For obvious reasons he also explains that he can't just upload the movie and have everyone torrent it, he has an obligation to his investors so it's a definite no-no. Guess we'll just have to wait until someone ballsy enough makes a deal with Six and we finally get to watch it.

 

[Ad Lib Moaning]

I honestly can't tell if the reason for no distruibutor is because of the very raunchy and unique subject matter or nobody wants anything to do with anybody who has the infamous Human Centipede on his record, much less the director himself
But I admit, the absurd premise and the trailer got a laugh out of me. Here's to hoping Tom finds one soon, this one got me curious too.

 

[ScamL Likely]

I honestly can't tell if the reason for no distruibutor is because of the very raunchy and unique subject matter or nobody wants anything to do with anybody who has the infamous Human Centipede on his record, much less the director himself
But I admit, the absurd premise and the trailer got a laugh out of me. Here's to hoping Tom finds one soon, this one got me curious too.

It's because everyone in the entertainment industry's a sopping vagina nowadays.

 

[I Love Beef]

So, the movie is currently in "release hell", because not a single distributor wants anything to do with it

Hanna secretly joins a group called The Onania Club. Its members, strong independent L.A. women, get aroused by the misery of others. Hanna meets more misery than she could ever hope for and in the process loses everything she cares for.

Gee I wonder why Hollywood doesn't want to release it

It's sure not like there was a guy who also led a bunch of other celebrities and high profile figures behind the scenes to fuck and eat children on his private sex dungeon island and lived off of being better than the general populace

 

[Tootsie Bear]

Looks like a movie Bloody Disgusting will praise as movie of the year until the next horror movie released and forgotten.

 

[Dom Cruise]

One of the actresses in this movie is also a noteworthy voice actress.

 

[L50LasPak]

I have to wonder if the guy isn't just holding out on a distributor because he wants someone big to take it on. I can think of a lot of low level horror and even shitty comedy distributors that would immediately take this on.

 

[sasazuka]

Isn't that premise essentially The Wachowski Brothers' David Croenberg's Crash (1996) except not limited to people getting off watching or participating in car crashes?

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

Isn't that premise essentially The Wachowski Brothers' Crash (1996) except not limited to people getting off watching or participating in car crashes?

That was Cronenberg, the Wachowski's were jerking themself raw over lesbian sex with Bound.

Onania Club seems more like contemporary misery porn taken to an extreme.

 

[XYZpdq]

I can see this being a bold crude vision or I can see it being a one-note joke that offers little more than the trailer.

I have to wonder if the guy isn't just holding out on a distributor because he wants someone big to take it on. I can think of a lot of low level horror and even shitty comedy distributors that would immediately take this on.

yeah I can't see any reason why Sleezebag Shithole Distributors or whoever wouldn't flip it on to various streaming platforms, if not Tom doing it himself
that seems plausible he's holding out for a Fathom Event or something

 

[sasazuka]

That was Cronenberg, the Wachowski's were jerking themself raw over lesbian sex with Bound.

Onania Club seems more like contemporary misery porn taken to an extreme.

Damnit, you're right, they were both released at around the same time so they blur together in my mind.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

Damnit, you're right, they were both released at around the same time so they blur together in my mind.

I don't blame you, they were both released at the end of the 90's sex thriller fad.

Back to the movie this thread is about, I'm actually curious to see how dark it goes. You know what scores six gojirron crying emojis on the misery porn meter?

 

[BrunoMattei]

Ahem!

https://kiwifarms.net/threads/the-onania-club-from-the-director-of-the-human-centipede.61986/

SMDH

 

[L50LasPak]

Ahem!

https://kiwifarms.net/threads/the-onania-club-from-the-director-of-the-human-centipede.61986/

SMDH

Goes to show how long this thing has been stuck in production.

 

[Dysnomia]

Shudder can't take it? They had that stupid movie about a couple who gets off eating each others hair. Netflix has worse than this. Some of those Spanish thrillers are pretty messed up.

Watching the trailer confuses me. Am I supposed to be laughing? Because I was laughing at all that ridiculous looking masturbation. I kind of want to see it. just to see if it's so bad it's entertaining.

 

[Ahriman]

Ahem!

https://kiwifarms.net/threads/the-onania-club-from-the-director-of-the-human-centipede.61986/

SMDH

Gah, totally forgot about it

But it didn't pop up when I was creating the thread as a "similar thread"... fix your shit jersh