Enter The Peepshow

This arty pastiche mixes sideshow imagery like hoochie-koochie dancers and escape artists with hardcore porn, sometimes directly when the hoochie-koochie dancer gyrates in front of porn projected on a screen, and sometimes implied when the person struggling to get out of a straitjacket is Sasha Grey. You can imagine what happens when they demonstrate sword swallowing.

Scenes are introduced with titles and are eye-catching, edited with fisheye lenses, Dutch angles, wipes and tight close ups presented with kaleidoscope effects, grain, black and white, raster lines and electronically edited techno circus music. Occasionally a straightforward shot of plain sex gets in as if by accident before the effects kick in again. Just to add another layer, performers sometimes address the viewer.

The effect could be considered more entertaining than erotic and the DVD can be well used as a party background or an amusement. But there's good, original, creative stuff here, and "Enter the Peepshow" is a thought-provoking change of pace from the usual plot-driven and all-sex fare.

Extras include behind-the-scenes, deleted scenes, trailers and a stills gallery.