Made independently, it must be recognized that it was possible to make what is perhaps the most extreme and violent film that can be found in Argentine cinema. Snuff 102 manages to be a visual torture for the most sensitive with all its scenes that go without detours. He can be given quite a bit of credit for them, as the grotesque makeup and gore are very well done. The film has the aesthetic of a snuff film that makes it visually amateurish, but it fits with the atmosphere. Even the soundtrack and editing are quite strange, fitting with the uncomfortable and aggressive atmosphere of the film. There are not many dialogues and the critic's words are the most interesting, contributing a lot to the film and leaving a good reflection on how far human beings can go to reach a certain level of satisfaction. The critic's dialogues touch on interesting topics about morality as something that limits our natural instincts, social marginality making the lives of those who occupy a very low social position have little value and about the body as something that can be used to satisfy any kind of desire without limitation. The film manages to be a good reflection of the brutal horrors that are quite common both in Argentina and in other Latin American countries. With all that, Snuff 102 could perhaps have been one of the best horror films that Argentine cinema could offer, but what prevented that is the level of amateurism it has and some elements that needed to be applied to the narrative. The film focuses more on the brutal scenes and less on the story, because the idea of a snuff film is that, giving priority only to the images. The 3 victims are introduced without knowing much about them. The journalist presented herself as that only. The pregnant woman had quite a bit to offer in her backstory, but it is never explained how she ended up in the hands of the killer. They leave that up to the interpretation of the viewer. The third victim is totally unknown and she is nothing more than that. While the editing is amateurish, it gets cheaper near the end until it falls into something from a Z movie. There is a fairly obvious editing error and the ending is edited in a way that is rather interpretive and not clear at all making the film conclude in a tacky way. You could say that the lack of character development and the editing at the end ruined a part of this movie, affecting almost half of it. For the only film Mariano Peralta has directed in his lifetime, Snuff 102 is a brutal, well-executed indie film with quite a bit of potential. It managed to go far because of its strong scenes, but it could have been much more. My final rating for this movie is a 5/10.
