Quite possibly the sleaziest exploitation flick to have ever emerged from Denmark, The Sinful Dwarf makes its way to the mainstream market courtesy of Severin Films. As one might expect, such a release did not come without its share of controversy. In this politically correct era, the word “dwarf” has been replaced with “little person” (or whatever they say now). But, there is absolutely nothing that anyone could do to make The Sinful Dwarf kosher.
To say that the movie has a plot would only be selling yourself short (no pun intended). A demented mother and son (the titular character, played by the late diminutive actor, Torben Bille) abduct young girls from the street and chain them up in the attic of their boarding house, injecting them with heroin and allowing “patrons” to come in and rape them. Mary and Peter, a newlywed British couple arrive to stay for a while, but the bride is a bit apprehensive about the weirdoes downstairs—not to mention the peculiar sounds emitting from the room across the hall and the strange men who occasionally emerge from it. Naturally, instead of leaving and fetching the police, the bride stays at the house and snoops about upstairs.
The white slavers’ heroin hookup is man referred to as “Santa Claus” (played by Danish actor Walter Hedman), which he supplies stashed in the creepy toys the dwarf plays with. He also happens to be the Peter’s boss. One day, sending his employee away to Paris, the fiends at the boarding house abduct poor Mary and chain her up with the other girls. Will Mary survive the aberrant antics or The Sinful Dwarf? Will Peter discover what’s going on—or at least think to call the police in time? Will you, the viewer, actually make it through this entire 92-minute sleazefest without losing your delicate grip on reality?
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