RUFUS
(WORLD DOMINATION PICTURES INC.)
Cert 18 (TBC)
9/10
Mars Roberge and his World Domination crew return for a blissfully dark collection of short, stark and disturbing stories. RUFUS is the film’s storyteller; it’s roundabout and raconteur. The first of the handful (apt) is a somewhat Hammer House-esque tale of a dead serial killer, a morgue, a mortician and moonshine tequila. Without giving a spoiler, the plot is a twisted nightmare that could have so many tangents and branch-offs that an entire movie on this one tale is not out of the question. Next up is the superb Debra Haden, starring as an actress who lands a dream job without reading the contract’s small print.
The mythical yarn again has a wonderful Hammer House texture before an intriguing hospital ward-based instalment. Two patients in a vegetative state engage in telepathic chats before a nurse with a past, and an STD enters the room again; no spoilers here, but there is some interpretive dance. A lesbian couple, a dog boy and the word “cunty” also get an outing, as does a paranoid and right-wing media fear-fed suburban-dwelling Army veteran. As with Mars Roberge’s films, we get drag queens, straight-up weirdos, dodgy neighbourhoods, twisted tales, struggling straights and mend-bending endings. ‘Rufus’ rarely sits still; it zig-zags kinks while demanding your attention, and with the aid of some A* performances plus a deftly innovative (and infectious) soundtrack ‘, Rufus’ may be his finest work yet. Don’t have nightmares, have stories.
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