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Jun 4, 2018 · Given the throwaway nature of the victims, the scene is much more emotionally resonant than it has any right to be. Reducing the bully to a bawling, terrified child is normally comic fodder. Here, it’s tough to not feel sorry for the poor douche.
- Rob Getz
Sure, the graphic scenes are eye-catching and sometimes disturbingly brutal, but they aren't the core of this film. One of them is actually capable of catching even the biggest horror hounds off guard.
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- Comedy, Drama, Horror
- James Cullen Bressack
- 2011-09-16
May 3, 2013 · James Cullen Bressack’s feature film, My Pure Joy, both is and isn’t a brutal film. Within the earliest scenes of the film, we see a child get stabbed to death while he hides under the covers, which is followed up by the grotesque murders of the rest of the first victim’s family.
Aug 15, 2011 · MY PURE JOY opens with a dysfunctional family dinner scenario as mother, father, adolescent son and a young man sit down for an delicious angst ridden dinner. The young man causes quite a ruckus at supper and dismisses himself from the table after an outburst that nearly ends in a physical confrontation with his father.
Sep 8, 2011 · Review: 'My Pure Joy' by Studio City Horror Master James Cullen Bressack - Studio City, CA - The 19-year-old filmmaker is debuting his movie locally in a private screening.
Sep 9, 2012 · Initially, I thought the movie was well done in terms of production value, cinematography, and performances given by the cast, most notably Adam (Alexei Ryan). The ways in which Adama tortures and kills his victims
Overwhelmed with his past, and armed with the creative knowledge of death at the end of a sharp knife, Adam goes to work dispatching friends and neighbors in a very disturbing, and sometimes shockingly original, fashion.
