Here's an ultra-sleazy obscurity, the result of an unusual union between the British Isles and Denmark which has produced a no-budget story of depravity with epic proportions. Although the distinct lack of talent on the part of all involved makes things feel grubby rather than disturbing, this is certainly still strong stuff and light years away from the kind of home grown horror yarns that Hammer were weaving at the time. The sex-fuelled plot is basically an excuse for lots of shots of naked girls either coupling or lying around on beds in a drug-crazed stupor. Flashes of sadism comes to light in scenes showing the girls being repeatedly raped and/or groped by a series of perverted sex customers come to fulfil their darkest fantasies. If a girl demands too much from the drug supply then she'll no doubt be whipped in graphic detail whilst the camera watches leeringly.The rest of the film involves loosely-connected series of weirdness. There's Auntie Lash (!), a scarred ageing madame who enjoys dressing up in old-time clothes and singing, much to the delight of her elderly friend who watches whilst sipping tea; a kindly toy shop owner who stuffs teddy bears full of heroin and runs a successful drug smuggling operation until the police close in; a sappy writer who spends the film neglecting his beautiful wife, looking for a job, and who eventually ends up working for said toy shop proprietor; and then, finally, the dwarf of the title. Played by Danish celebrity Torben Bille, 'Olaf' is a really nasty little character you'll hate no end, especially when he collects cash in his grubby mittens after selling some of his sex slaves to willing customers. Olaf's other filthy habits include Peeping Tom-ism and generally abusing the naked girls in captivity. Bille plays him as an over-the-top caricature complete with German accent and the result is startling effective; sometimes unintentionally funny but more often than not completely disturbing.The rest of the cast's acting skills range from the below average to the downright abominable. Yep, it's a film in which stilted unconvincing dialogue reigns supreme, especially on the parts of leads Anne Sparrow and Tony Eades, playing the pivotal married couple. Eades is just wooden and unconvincing whilst Sparrow overacts for all her worth - check out her laughably hysterical reaction to finding a cute mouse in her cupboard! Despite being an European co-production the movie is evidently cheap, with static camera-work and poor editing. Yet somehow the lack of budget adds to the realism of the movie; the genuinely grubby sets and locations look authentic and somehow the events portrayed seem believable. Obviously (and unfortunately) these kind of drug-fuelled slave rings do happen around the world, both past and present, so the plot is slightly disturbing as a result of this - in a way it glamorises the humiliation of women, reducing them to the mere level of sex objects.The finale is abrupt and very amusing. After the boarding house-cum-brothel is raided by a gang of hard-assed coppers, Lash finds herself shot twice through the heart in revenge for her cruel actions, whilst Olaf climbs out of a window and falls to his death via a rather unconvincing dummy. Although the film is gore-free there are plenty of nasty moments like Olaf injecting the girls with heroin and the makers compensate for the lack of grue with plenty of sex and nudity to move things along. One thing I did like about this film was the use of children's toys as a creepy method of luring unsuspecting girls into becoming prostitutes and selling drugs; a nice original touch to what is otherwise a sorely lacking production. Watch out for the excruciating teddy bear torture sequence in which a fluffy toy is sliced up whilst making pitiful squeaking noises - it's unbearable! One of the weirdest movies that you'll ever see.

Sinful Dwarf, The (1973) * 1/2 (out of 4) Danish/American co-production has a man and wife moving into a run down apartment, which is owned by a strange mother and her dwarf son (Torben Bille). What the couple doesn't know but will soon find out is that mommy and dwarf are holding women hostage, drugging them with heroin and then selling them as prostitutes. Mr. Dwarf has his eye on the new wife knowing she can bring in top dollar. You know you're watching politically incorrect exploitation when a film starts off with a dwarf using a dog to lure in a teen girl to use as a sex slave. As far as dwarfploitation movies go, this one here is certainly as trashy as they come so fans of filth will certainly want to check this out while others don't even want to think about what this thing contains. This is an extremely poor movie but then again it wasn't trying to be CITIZEN KANE. The movie is downright fun if you enjoy trashy movies but the biggest killer is that the pacing is way too slow and the movie goes on way too long at 92-minutes. Cut out fifteen or so minutes and we've got an instant classic of trash but as it is the movie isn't quite a complete winner. There's enough bizarre images to make this a must viewing and that includes all kids of nudity, politically incorrect sex, a Mae West wannabe drunk mother and of course the dwarf. Torben does a pretty good job at playing the sinful dwarf and he certainly has a grin that you won't forget. Anne Sparrow plays the wife in the film and while her acting is horrible is that what we really want to see from her? Of course not. We want something to look at and she delivers highly in that regards because she's drop dead beautiful. Again, this movie isn't going to appeal to everyone but if you even bother renting a movie called THE SINFUL DWARF then you should know what you're getting into. Show this at a movie group gathering and see at least half the people run out of the room.

Depraved, sadistic dwarf Olaf (a genuinely creepy and unnerving portrayal by Torben Bille) and his boozy, overbearing mother Lila Lash (a perfectly wicked performance by Clara Keller) abduct lovely young ladies, hook them on heroin, imprison the gals in the dungeon-like attic of their shabby boardinghouse, and force the hapless lasses to work as prostitutes. When newlyweds Peter (drippy Tony Eades) and Mary (fetching, buxom blonde babe Anne Sparrow) rent a room in the ratty abode, Olaf naturally can't wait to get his naughty little hands on Mary. Director Vidal Raski, working from an extremely sick and mean-spirited script by William Mayo, really delivers the lowdown harsh and raunchy goods in a commendably stark, graphic, and unflinching manner: we've got plentiful full-frontal female nudity, voyeurism, incredibly explicit steamy and strenuous sex scenes, a raw, seamy and uncompromisingly twisted scuzzball atmosphere, flagellation, beaten-down women strung out on smack, severe sexual deviance and repression, and Olaf using a cane on poor Mary in a positively vile and unspeakable way. There's a pervasively grimy, seedy, and downright nasty sense of all-out decadence and perversity evident throughout that in turn gives this picture an extra foul and unsettling skin-crawling repellent edge. With his broad, leering grin, annoying throaty chortle, and uncanny resemblance to a diminutive degenerate Jack Black, Bille's Olaf makes for a truly scary and repulsive tiny freak of a main villain. Lasse Bjorne's rough, no-frills cinematography gives the movie an appropriately gritty look. Ole Orsted's neatly varied score alternates between droning dissonance and groovy-jammin' psychedelic prog-rock. A few from out in left field cabaret musical numbers further enhance this flick's overall oddball allure. Essential viewing for devout aficionados of unapologetically kinky and disgusting celluloid filth.

I am the type of person who looks at his latest download site, researches a title to see if its worth downloading.Peasie the authorities obviously need to catch on to you sooner rather than later.I downloaded this because of the above mentioned name. Their review made me think OK, good review. Ill have to download this one.What a filthy pile of plot less scum! This movie is made for the type of person that no longer knows what turns them on anymore! This is simply one of those films you would naturally be ashamed of mentioning.One because of the filth it is and two because, would you really let some one know you have seen this kind of crap.I'll end my review on this, anyone who is a fan of 8mm and its actual hosted material, this will be right up your street.I would also like to add i am not a fan of either Saw or Hostel and think any movie built intentionally like the two mentioned should have directors and writers shot.You read me SHOT! "hey im bored this weekend and with enough disgusting things that happen in the world, im gonna get a kick out of watching massacre, rape and ultra violence on the big screen" These are the people we need to question, society crumbles when this crap becomes or became shall i say acceptable.