Killer Condom (1996)

Just perfect...

A lot of fun.

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

German movie in German language, but with plot located in New York and main characters being Sicilian gay inspector named Macaroni and Russian crazy scientist named Smirnoff. By itself this is enough for hilarious movie. It has elements of Film Noir and with scenes and music it parodies The Godfather, Psycho and many more legendary movies.Plot is based on the living condoms that bite off peoples genitals in hotel Quicky and inspector who is trying to solve the case. As much as it sounds retarded and ridiculous, this movie really isn't bad. Two hours flew like nothing and I think I will watch it again, cause I probably missed some more concealed references.Objectively, movie doesn't have some special qualities, but for originality and entertainment I would give it 10/10.

Detective Luigi Mackeroni is a hardboiled, chain-smoking, Sicilian, well-hung gay(?) New York cop. One day he gets a weird case to solve. A schoolgirl has bitten off her principals...penis. She claims that she didn't (that it just fell off and ran away by itself). More weird cases just like that one begins to appear. He traces them to a hotel / brothel where he himself used to hang. On his way to the room where the crime occured he meets up with a young male prostitute (Billy).They enter the room to have sex. Suddenly the condom on the drawer jumps down on the floor. Mackeroni bends down to take a look. The condom attacks him and bites off one of his testicles.Now it's personal!!!! Mackeroni has now dedicated his life to find the killer condom. The more he searches, the more complex the story gets...This is a very funny story filled with gay-humour, drag-queens, disco-music, bitten-off male genitals and other organs (at least one nose). It's a great combination of gore and humour. The language is german, which isn't too bad. I give it a 7/10.

...This is very interesting, funny movie! All German--Filmed in New York and killer condoms running around biting the...Heads off gay men in a brothel type hotel....German Drag Queen, Large cocked cops and young gay meat--mixed with a mad scientist "sent" by god to destroy all gays....this is a most for Troma fans... 8 out of 10

This trashy masterpiece is based on a cartoon by the great German cartoonist Ralf König (he is still quite unknown outside his home country and especially in the US for some reason). Your typical hardboiled, cynical, chain-smoking trench-coat wearing Italian detective stalks the street of New York. Only this one is openly gay, and is famous for his enormous..."schwanstucker". At the Hotel Quickie in his district, an alarming number of men have lost theirs. Over-eager hookers are first suspected, but our hero soon discovers the truth when he goes to the hotel and almost loses his – to a condom with teeth! Who may be behind this fiendish creature, and how is detective Macaroni going to convince others of the existence of this killer contraceptive before it strikes again? Unlike most Troma films this film actually have a rather good and coherent (but extremely absurd) plot. It is a satirical comedy that is actually played straight for the most part. For being a European film it actually had quite a big budget. It is also interesting to notice that lots of famous German actors and celebrities clamoured to get roles in this film that would have made Hollywood stars run away in terror screaming "Career killer!!!". The bearishly handsome and openly gay actor Udo Samel who stars as detective Macaroni has previously played in famous German masterpieces such as Far Away So Close and Kasper Hauser. There is a tender (but funny) love story included too. There is no frontal nudity but there are some sex scenes that might offend. But if you are easily offended, why are you here?The DVD version includes some nice animated menus, some Troma extras and a great comment track by the director and special effects supervisor. There are lots of funny anecdotes about the directors claiming to be making a documentary so they will get permission to film in famous locations, police officers closing off New York streets for hours, stunts that went horribly wrong, and all the gruesome scenes that were cut. "For some reason they cut a close-up shot here of the condom on the floor after it had just...fed. I can't see why. I think it was a beautiful shot". At one point there is a nice fade from a flashback sequence, into a reflection in a window, and then a pan as the actor turns and walks away into the distance. The director explains how he did it, and then with a big laugh adds "But this was probably lost on the average Troma viewer!" Alien designer Giger is included in the credits as a creative consultant, but he joined the filming so late he could basically only say "yes, that looks good" about the designs already made. The film is in German with English subtitles. Unfortunately you can't turn the subtitles off, they are not on a separate track but for what its worth, it is a very good translation. American viewers might find it amusing to see German actors speaking German pretending to be New Yorkers, but as the directors point out, that is what Hollywood does to the rest of the world all the time.The second half of the movie is unfortunately less polished (relatively speaking of course) than the first because the makers ran out of time and money. Lots of scenes were cut from the second half, which makes some subplots a little confusing, but the directors admit that the film would probably have been even better if some more stuff had been cut from the last half. However, it is still a good film and I can recommend it if you are a fan of trashy entertainment.