Director: Stephen Biro
Notable Cast: Jessica
Cameron, Scott Gabbey, David E. McMahon, Gene Palubicki, Mareen Pelamati, Jeff
Shedden, Josh Townsend, Jim Van Bebber, Scott Alan Warner, Andy Winton
Also known as:
American Guinea Pig: The Song of Solomon.
There was one key thing that I missed before sitting down to
watch The Song of Solomon the other
evening for this review. Despite the fact that the box art does not say it
anywhere on it, The Song of Solomon
is also known as American Guinea Pig: The
Song of Solomon. What does this have to do with anything, some might be
asking. Well, if you know what the Guinea Pig series of Japanese exploitation
films is, then you absolutely know what to expect from the film. You expect it
to push the limits of its exploitative nature and do its damnedest to make its
audience gag with its content and realistic special effects. However, I did not
know this until after the film ended. What I expected was another hum-drum exorcism
film. What I got was a rip-roaring gore fest, loosely tied together with a thinly
guised plot, and enough in-your-face exploitation violence to make die hard
horror fans feel light headed. To say that I was taken back might be an
understatement. This film has all of the subtlety of a of an 18-wheeler barreling
down the interstate with the gas petal stuck to the floor while the horn
remains blaring. Truthfully, that’s a compliment. The Song of Solomon, for all of its issues, accomplishes what it intends
to do with little regard on whether or not the audience has the will power (or
gag reflex) to keep up.