Phallacies

Director(s) - Cory DeAn Cowley (6 Songs, Patient 4), Domiziano Cristopharo (4 Halloween, Vore Gore), Adam Ford (Torment, XXX Dark Web), Peter Lankston (6 Songs), Jack Mulvanerty (Everything Decays, Split), Poison Rouge (Unburied Tales, A Taste of Phobia), David Stojan (Slave Dolls, Slave Dolls 2: Red Rooms), Jake Valentine (Callcall: Omega Violence), Slade Wilson (6 Songs, XXX Darknet: Red Lips), Brock Bones (Symbolicus Vol. 3), and Jon Devlin (Erecting a Monster, The Missing Left Sock)

Starring - Brock Bones, Cory DeAn Cowley, and Domiziano Cristipharo 

Release Date - 2024

Genre - Horror/Comedy

Tagline - "Everything you might imagine is shown in this motion picture!"

Format - Streaming (Online Screener)

Rating (out of 5):

     I absolutely love horror anthologies.  Many of you may have read my reviews for anthologies in the past and know how fond of them I am.  I grew up on films like Creepshow, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, From a Whisper to a Scream, and Twilight Zone: The Movie.  I love these films and watch them whenever I get the chance.  Anthologies, when done right, can be extremely powerful.  I especially love them when they have something to tie them all together.  A few weeks back I was contacted by director Jon Devlin to review the anthology Phallacies featuring segments from filmmakers all around the world.  Jon has never let me down before and I couldn't wait to dig into it.  Like always, I want to thank Jon for sending this one my way for review.  

     The film features stories ranging from a man mutilating his penis with needles to a man who faces his ever changing body and eventually ejaculates out of his mouth.

     This is a lengthy anthology that features 11 (I think) stories about penis in various degrees.  Like most anthologies featuring segments from various filmmakers, some are better than others.  This isn't the first horror film I've seen that was centered around wieners.  Films like One Eyed Monster, Pervert, The Voodoo Dick, and Killer Condom, all focus on male members but this is the first anthology I've seen that featured this many peckers.  With that being said, I really enjoyed this one and can see myself revisiting this one again with some friends and a few edibles.  The acting in this one is a bit uneven but still very enjoyable.  Some of the segments feature colorful characters with a lot of charisma and energy while some of them are straight to the point with the story which gives the cast very little time to "act."  The stories for this one varies from extreme acts of body mutilation to body horror and even some comedy tossed in.  I would be here all day if I took the time to discuss each segment.  While I did enjoy some of the stories, there were other stories that just wasn't for me.  The body mutilation segments were not my speed.  They were more for shock value and offered up very little in way of plot.  Also, I would have loved a segment to bookend the film and bring all the segments together.  I love anthologies and but those without a wraparound segment tend to fall short in my book.  Finally, the film has a lot of blood, some fun practical effects, and one short in particular shows real genital mutilation to some degree.  Like with the acting and stories, some feature better effects than the others but none of them are bad.  The effects look great and if you want some blood then you will not be disappointed.  Overall, Phallacies is a bold anthology that tries to de-sexualize the male anatomy but doesn't really pull it off.  It is a great horror anthology that is a lot of fun especially if you dig horror comedies.  I highly recommend checking this one out!