Scrapbook (film)

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name = Scrapbook


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director = Eric Stanze
producer = Eric Stanze
writer = Tommy Biondo
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starring = Emily Haack Tommy Biondo Todd Tevlin Elizabeth Hammock Sam Maiden Jr.
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editing = Eric Stanze
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released = 2000
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amg_id = 1:225977
imdb_id = 0304676

"Scrapbook" is a horror film about a young woman who is kidnapped, held captive, and repeatedly beaten and raped for several days. The title refers to a scrapbook that her captor uses as a record of the ordeals of his victims. Scrapbook was directed in 1998 by Eric Stanze, and is St. Louis-based production company Wicked Pixel Cinema's third feature film. In the United States, it was released in 2000 by Sub Rosa Studios, and re-released in 2005 by Image Entertainment. It has also been released internationally, including a censored version released in the UK.

Plot

Scrapbook begins with opening credits rolling while a kidnapped woman has a frantic discussion in the dark with an incoherent female voice. As the credits conclude, the door to the van opens and the woman discovers, to her horror, that the incoherent voice belonged to a disemboweled woman. A man reaches in and removes the disemboweled woman.

We then see a flashback about a child named Leonard. He looks in on his sister, who is half-naked and apparently aroused. She notices him, and takes him into her room, where she proceeds to molest him. A young man enters the room, and is disgusted with Leonard. He angrily pulls him downstairs, where he proceeds to rape the boy.

The film then cuts to the present, where Leonard (Tommy Biondo) has grown up into a young man and kidnapper of the females from the introduction. Clara (Emily Haack) is his latest victim. Leonard has her tied to a chair in a large, unkempt trailer home in the middle of nowhere. The walls and furniture are adorned with photos and body parts of his past victims. He reveals his scrapbook to Clara, in which he forced his past victims to document their horrific experiences at his hands. He then tells her that he plans for her to be his "last chapter", before he tries to have the book published, which he believes will lead to fame and fortune. Leonard then drags Clara into a room with the words "I'm winning" scrawled on the wall, presumably in blood. He then violently beats and rapes her, and then urinates on her.

Clara is beaten, raped, and abused in various ways throughout the movie, as she tries to find a way to escape.

Criticism

Scrapbook has been commended [ [http://www.flipsidemovies.com/scrapbook.html Scrapbook Review by Michael Scrutchin. Published June 20, 2001.] Collected from Rotten Tomatoes.] and criticized [ [http://www.sover.net/~ozus/scrapbook.htm Scrapbook Review by Dennis Schwartz. Published August 24, 2003.] Collected from Rotten Tomatoes.] for its explicit depiction of rape, which some reviewers claim borders on pornography. In the United Kingdom, 15 minutes and 24 seconds were cut from the film to comply with the BBFC's "18" rating. [ [http://www.bbfc.org.uk/website/Classified.nsf/0/E4DC170B71B8E99780256D6F001B55BA?OpenDocument The BBFC's classification for Scrapbook] ]

Awards

Scrapbook was named the number one independent movie of 2001 by Rue Morgue Magazine. [Rue Morgue Magazine, "Year End" Issue, January/February 2002.] At the 2001 B-Movie Film Festival, Scrapbook won Best Screenplay and Best B-Movie Villain, both awarded to Tommy Biondo, posthumously. [ [http://www.divergentthinking.net/LethalArkive/History/B-Movie%20Theater%20Film%20Fest%202000%20Wrap-Up.htm B-Movie Theater Film Fest 2001 Wrap-Up] ] In 2007, it won Best Feature at the Fright Night Film Fest in Louisville, Kentucky. [ [http://www.wickedpixel.com/films/scrapbook/awards.php Awards Page for Scrapbook on wickedpixel.com] ]

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0304676
* [http://www.wickedpixel.com Wicked Pixel Cinema's Official Website]