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Amateur Porn Star Killer 2
Theatrical Release April 25, 2008 DVD Release May 13, 2008
Length 80 Minutes (Movie Version) 77 minutes (Snuff Version) Distributors Wild Eye Releasing (WorldWide), Cinema Epoch / Mongolian Barbeque + Entertainment One / Koch Entertainment + MVD Entertainment Group (former distributors). Starring Kai Lanette, Shane Ryan Writers, Camera Shane Ryan, Kai Lanette Director, Producer, Editor Shane Ryan Executive Producers Jeremy Williams, Nikki Nishimoto, Andy Seri, Gregory Hatanaka |
Synopsis
Shane Ryan's sequel to the disturbing Amateur Porn Star Killer is a brutal calling card to all those who were enraged by its predecessor (and there were many). Ryan is a force to be reckoned with, and he's not letting up any time soon. The victim here isn't a young girl. This one doesn't just go quietly, either. She fights back. She knows she's in trouble, but she mistakenly thinks she can get away. In other movies, she would escape and somber music would play as the credits creep up the screen. The audience would leave the theatre satisfied that the bad guy got what he deserved. They would go home feeling safe. Ryan doesn't let anyone have such notions. He shows things as they really are. This is what a killer would film. This is how it would look, and if you didn't know any better, you'd swear it was real (and you still can't be totally sure it's not).
Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 is not a rehash of the first film. It's a continuation, the next step in Ryan's world of raw horror. It has transcended the label of exploitation cinema and now has its feet firmly planted in the wet ground of artistic snuff. Bothered yet? In a little over an hour you will be, and you'll hate Ryan for it. Ryan, with the first APSK, eradicated the boundaries of acceptable cinema. With this film he's taken over the territory, and it's doubtful any other director has the guts or skills to snatch the kingdom away from him. Prepare yourself. This is going to leave marks.
-Synopsis written by Doug Brunell (author of Burning Blue, Calling the Dead and movie critic @ Film Threat, The Last Picture Blog)
Shane Ryan's sequel to the disturbing Amateur Porn Star Killer is a brutal calling card to all those who were enraged by its predecessor (and there were many). Ryan is a force to be reckoned with, and he's not letting up any time soon. The victim here isn't a young girl. This one doesn't just go quietly, either. She fights back. She knows she's in trouble, but she mistakenly thinks she can get away. In other movies, she would escape and somber music would play as the credits creep up the screen. The audience would leave the theatre satisfied that the bad guy got what he deserved. They would go home feeling safe. Ryan doesn't let anyone have such notions. He shows things as they really are. This is what a killer would film. This is how it would look, and if you didn't know any better, you'd swear it was real (and you still can't be totally sure it's not).
Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 is not a rehash of the first film. It's a continuation, the next step in Ryan's world of raw horror. It has transcended the label of exploitation cinema and now has its feet firmly planted in the wet ground of artistic snuff. Bothered yet? In a little over an hour you will be, and you'll hate Ryan for it. Ryan, with the first APSK, eradicated the boundaries of acceptable cinema. With this film he's taken over the territory, and it's doubtful any other director has the guts or skills to snatch the kingdom away from him. Prepare yourself. This is going to leave marks.
-Synopsis written by Doug Brunell (author of Burning Blue, Calling the Dead and movie critic @ Film Threat, The Last Picture Blog)
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Press/Screenings
Festivals
-2007 Theatrical Release, Laemmle Theatres (Los Angeles, CA)
-2014 Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (Switzerland) Shane Ryan retrospective series
Interview/Features
-Shane Ryan speaks with Musique [Machine], Film School Rejects, (re)searchmytrash
-Kai Lanette via Film Threat, (re)searchmytrash
-Articles; The Movie Sleuth, and mentioned in the reviews for 2020's Choke Horror Society, Rue Morgue, Flickering Myth, The Rotting Zombie, iHorror, The Movie Sleuth, El Horror
-Featured in the books Äkta skräck, The New Flesh: 21st Century Horror Vol. 1, Shattered Innocence, Lost and Found, Earogenous Zones: Sound, Sexuality and Cinema, Digital Horror: Haunted Technologies, Network Panic and the Found Footage, The Suffering and Celebration of Life in America, Les dossiers Sadique-master Dissection du cinéma underground extrême, Killing for Culture: From Edison to ISIS: A New History of Death on Film, New Blood: Critical Approaches to Contemporary Horror, 31 Days of Terror and VHS Nasty: The Video Nasties.
-Film Studies; The Cultural Mythology of the Snuff Movie, a 2012 Academic Conference and Film Event presented by Bournemouth University (UK) in a panel entitled ‘Snuff and the Body: Self, Performance and Affect’ from a paper by Dr. Steve Jones. Jones also discusses the series in his book, Torture Porn: Popular Horror After Saw, and dives into the mind of its serial killer, Brandon, with great depth and insight in the book Snuff: Real Death and Screen Media.
-Sheffield Hallam University's very first Fear 2000: 21st Century Horror conference (2016) in a paper entitled ‘Not Like How Hollywood Shows Us’: Reintegrating Hardcore Horror into 21st Century U.S. Horror Discourse’ by Dr. James Aston (University of Hull). 'A Malignant, Seething Hatework': An Introduction to U.S. 21st Century Hardcore Horror by James Aston via Senses of Cinema. Dr. Aston recently interviewed Ryan for his book Hardcore Horror in the 21st Century: Production, Marketing and Consumption.
-Henry Jenkins, Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education at the University of Southern California, discusses the budget of Amateur Porn Star Killer and the difference between 'low budget' and 'micro-budget', in regards to indie horror.
Reviews
"a sick and very twisted labor of love. It messes with your head, and will leave you questioning the boundaries of entertainment and art...The film pushes buttons, and it does so very skillfully. It is perverse and haunting, while at the same time being artistically exploitative." -Film Threat
"damn near a pure exploitation film...I'd highly recommend this" -Dead Pit
"Shane Ryan and his Amateur Porn Star Killer series are sure to make waves and spark plenty of debates...Hollywood torture porn villains have nothing on this guy. In the age of Girls Gone Wild and Myspace hookups, Brandon is the ultimate nightmare." -Polly Staffle
"A damn good sequel...with great performances...Kai Lanette takes this role by the balls" -Cinema Crazed
"brutal and unflinching...Brandon is a pretty realistic role for Shane Ryan. I can see pent up aggression in his eyes. When he becomes this character, it does seem to overtake him." -Soiled Sinema
"when it comes to being vile and disgusting, this one comes highly recommended." -The Movies Made Me Do It
"Kai Lanette is beautiful and mesmerizing on screen...Ryan looks frightfully similar to a young Ted Bundy, you could even say his reincarnation...The third act is nothing short of brilliant" -Strictly Splatter
"It's almost too realistic!...I loved the first film and this movie only gives me more faith in Shane Ryan's opinion of art." -Evil Dread
"[Kai Lanette] is pretty damn fine...this movie definitely rocks" -Mr. Satanism
"those of us who appreciated the original have even more to enjoy this time around...you will not be disappointed" -Horror 101
"Shane Ryan has effectively taken torture porn to a whole new level...if you are someone who loves to see filmmakers really pushing the limits of filmmaking, Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 is for you." -HorrorMovies.ca
"The final murder is one of the most disturbing scenes I have ever seen." -Chud.com
-2007 Theatrical Release, Laemmle Theatres (Los Angeles, CA)
-2014 Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (Switzerland) Shane Ryan retrospective series
Interview/Features
-Shane Ryan speaks with Musique [Machine], Film School Rejects, (re)searchmytrash
-Kai Lanette via Film Threat, (re)searchmytrash
-Articles; The Movie Sleuth, and mentioned in the reviews for 2020's Choke Horror Society, Rue Morgue, Flickering Myth, The Rotting Zombie, iHorror, The Movie Sleuth, El Horror
-Featured in the books Äkta skräck, The New Flesh: 21st Century Horror Vol. 1, Shattered Innocence, Lost and Found, Earogenous Zones: Sound, Sexuality and Cinema, Digital Horror: Haunted Technologies, Network Panic and the Found Footage, The Suffering and Celebration of Life in America, Les dossiers Sadique-master Dissection du cinéma underground extrême, Killing for Culture: From Edison to ISIS: A New History of Death on Film, New Blood: Critical Approaches to Contemporary Horror, 31 Days of Terror and VHS Nasty: The Video Nasties.
-Film Studies; The Cultural Mythology of the Snuff Movie, a 2012 Academic Conference and Film Event presented by Bournemouth University (UK) in a panel entitled ‘Snuff and the Body: Self, Performance and Affect’ from a paper by Dr. Steve Jones. Jones also discusses the series in his book, Torture Porn: Popular Horror After Saw, and dives into the mind of its serial killer, Brandon, with great depth and insight in the book Snuff: Real Death and Screen Media.
-Sheffield Hallam University's very first Fear 2000: 21st Century Horror conference (2016) in a paper entitled ‘Not Like How Hollywood Shows Us’: Reintegrating Hardcore Horror into 21st Century U.S. Horror Discourse’ by Dr. James Aston (University of Hull). 'A Malignant, Seething Hatework': An Introduction to U.S. 21st Century Hardcore Horror by James Aston via Senses of Cinema. Dr. Aston recently interviewed Ryan for his book Hardcore Horror in the 21st Century: Production, Marketing and Consumption.
-Henry Jenkins, Provost Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education at the University of Southern California, discusses the budget of Amateur Porn Star Killer and the difference between 'low budget' and 'micro-budget', in regards to indie horror.
Reviews
"a sick and very twisted labor of love. It messes with your head, and will leave you questioning the boundaries of entertainment and art...The film pushes buttons, and it does so very skillfully. It is perverse and haunting, while at the same time being artistically exploitative." -Film Threat
"damn near a pure exploitation film...I'd highly recommend this" -Dead Pit
"Shane Ryan and his Amateur Porn Star Killer series are sure to make waves and spark plenty of debates...Hollywood torture porn villains have nothing on this guy. In the age of Girls Gone Wild and Myspace hookups, Brandon is the ultimate nightmare." -Polly Staffle
"A damn good sequel...with great performances...Kai Lanette takes this role by the balls" -Cinema Crazed
"brutal and unflinching...Brandon is a pretty realistic role for Shane Ryan. I can see pent up aggression in his eyes. When he becomes this character, it does seem to overtake him." -Soiled Sinema
"when it comes to being vile and disgusting, this one comes highly recommended." -The Movies Made Me Do It
"Kai Lanette is beautiful and mesmerizing on screen...Ryan looks frightfully similar to a young Ted Bundy, you could even say his reincarnation...The third act is nothing short of brilliant" -Strictly Splatter
"It's almost too realistic!...I loved the first film and this movie only gives me more faith in Shane Ryan's opinion of art." -Evil Dread
"[Kai Lanette] is pretty damn fine...this movie definitely rocks" -Mr. Satanism
"those of us who appreciated the original have even more to enjoy this time around...you will not be disappointed" -Horror 101
"Shane Ryan has effectively taken torture porn to a whole new level...if you are someone who loves to see filmmakers really pushing the limits of filmmaking, Amateur Porn Star Killer 2 is for you." -HorrorMovies.ca
"The final murder is one of the most disturbing scenes I have ever seen." -Chud.com
