Movie Review: Crack Whore (2012)

Since the late 80's, when I really busted my exploitation cherry, I've been big fan of the rape-revenge sub-genre. Movies like Meir Ziarchi's original I Spit on Your Grave, MS. 45 and of course Craven's original Last House on the Left put an indelible mark into the consciousness of my fragile 12 year-old mind. To me, of all the sub-genres within the cult film world the rape-revenge flick is also the toughest to defend – even if it’s a great piece of filmmaking. Naturally, comedy and rape hasn’t always been a go-to formula. Director Lance Polland and much of the same crew that made the hilarious Bloody Bloody Bible Camp are here to change that with a classy little diddy called Crack Whore.

Crack Whore opens with our lead, Honey (Julianne Tura), sucking and fucking a roadside degenerate (Chris Staviski - Carnies, Bloody Bloody Bible Camp). This is how Honey makes her living – screwing for cash. Honey's powerful addiction to crack makes it even tougher for her to break away from the sex trade. When Honey meets up with a group of seriously sloppy hillbillies in a desert shack out in the middle of nowhere, she soon finds out that smoking the rock may not be worth it. All this group has on their filthy minds is lots of "cornholin'" and taking advantage of poor Honey. These boys won't get out scott free though, because Honey has vengeance in store for each.

A little deep throat action for one of the lechers.

I know you’re wondering, where the fuck is the funny??  Let me give you a few examples. The dialogue is absolutely ridiculous; each situation seems to become more stupid as the film goes along. At one point the hillbillies accidentally kill some hookers and ask for the help of their morbidly obese, toilet-splattering pal, Cletus (David Hayes - Back Woods), to do a clean-up. The oddest member of the group, and without a doubt the star of Crack Whore is Bubba Ray (Christopher Raff - Chillerama, Bloody Bloody Bible Camp). The portly Raff is a fascinating actor, and almost production value by himself because he’s just so amazingly repulsive as Bubba Ray that it’s hard to not crack up when he’s on screen. Imagine Edith Massey from Pink Flamingos crossed with character actor Michael J. Pollard...and you have Raff.

Half-naked Bubba Ray (Raff) getting his tool ready.

The exploitation factor is certainly also here as we get a generous helping of boobs (lots of man-boob from Raff) and even some gore. Most is cheesily done, but I did get kick out of a disembowelment Honey performs that gives the stomachs point-of-view. It’s a clever little bit in an ocean of stupidity.

Did I mention there are hippies too?

Crack Whore is really a special experience. I haven’t laughed so hard since I saw The Accused and Ordinary People a couple decades ago. Naw, in all honesty, Crack Whore is goofy, sleazy fun that’s bound to piss some folks off because of the content. For what’s really a super low-budget oddity, Crack Whore is an amusing accomplishment by Polland and the Fart House crew.

Be sure to check out our Crack Whore coverage on Cinema Head Cheese: The Podcast: http://cinemaheadcheese.blogspot.com/2012/06/cinema-head-cheese-podcast-49-sex-thugs.html