Satan's Whip

A little slow moving perhaps but certainly better written than most no budget movies. Jason Maran did a more than competent job of directing, especially on this kind of budget. Music was very good but then we expect that from J.S. Bach. I was impressed that they chose to go with the classics rather than another raunchy homemade death metal wannabe soundtrack. Acting was hit or miss, though Claude was pretty good and Father William was a hoot. Maria and Marisa were a little deadpan but perhaps that was intentional. Christopher was over the top, but again, perhaps that was intentional as well. It was well photographed for the most part though I wasn't especially impressed with the washed out look of the exterior daylight scenes. The sound had a couple of areas where it sounded like it was from an on camera mic but for the most part it was not bad. Editing was decent. As I mentioned, it was a little slow paced, but kudos for length. Most micro budget filmmakers seem to think that more is better and refuse to cut anything out of their masterpiece but this came in at under 100 minutes. Yes, a few more minutes could have disappeared but overall not a bad effort at all.