dj_stric-9 I first obtained a copy of this on VHS back in the early 90's. I duplicated it and gave it to my friends one year for Christmas Presents. I made a very nice cover for it and even gift wrapped it. Three of the ten friends I gave it to, stopped speaking to me shortly after... My other friends are still close to me to this day. Let it be known yes, I duplicated it, but never sold it or tried in any way to gain money for it. I gave it away freely as gifts. I look back at this point in my life fondly, I have always been a huge Nine Inch Nails fan. From the first Lollapalooza to their most recent Tour, I always find a way to see them play.Now, a review of the film.As you may well know it is an account of a Young Man's kidnapping from a Suburban mall situated in any town USA. He is taken, forced to watch Nine Inch Nails videos and is eventually tortured, beaten, raped, disfigured and Murdered... and not in that order. What makes it particularly gruesome is that it is shot on 8mm HiFi Video, it looks and feels like it was made in a Garage down the street from where you and your family eat Sunday Brunch. The footage comes in and out of focus often and the primary subject is tied to a chair, you see his reactions and feel his pain almost like you are in the same room. Something that is particularly memorable is the performance by Bob Flanagan during the "Happiness in Slavery" video, shot in Black and White and very, very tastefully done. This movie makes the "Blair Witch Project" look like kids playing in the park when it comes to the "creeps you out factor". It looks and feels like it could be someone you know, either being murdered or... yes, even the murderer. The ending, well... you'll just have to hang in there for that one and don't loose your head, watch it till the very end. So pop some jiffy pop, call over your best girl and snuggle in for the night, cause this will be a 20min ride you will never, ever forget!"Enjoy!"

HumanoidOfFlesh "Broken" is an infamous Nine Inch Nails pseudo-snuff video that it's not as shocking as it's reputed to be.In fact "Despair" by SPK easily tops it with its authentic footage of autopsies and corpse abuse.Basically a psychotic man picks up a teenager.The kid is trussed up in the killer's cellar.Then the murderer,who wears plastic mask like the snuff filmmakers from "Last House on Dead End Street",begins to cut his victim with a straight razor.After that he burns the teen with a blowtorch,cuts off his penis,beats,sodomizes and finally dismembers the kid with a chainsaw.Admittedly "Broken" is pretty graphic in the gore department and it may upset some people,but I have seen much more shocking video clips including infamous Necrophagia "Blood Freak" and "Burning Moon Sickness" videos."Broken" is directed to look like a home video with very amateurish hand held camera-work and sloppy editing.Still the gore effects are rather convincing,especially castration scene.If you are a fan of Trent Reznor or gore-hound give it a look.

BlackBalloon Broken may not be incredibly faky compared to many gore films (like, say, Mary Poppins) but check out the body being sawed in half scene... Obviously not real. Now, we all know the people out there who think this is real are idiots, but my point is even appreciating it on an artistic level, it is not that impressive. No masterpiece here, just a buncha sick freaks putting together a film they are understandably ashamed of. The blood-gushing-from-castration scene is incredibly unrealistic... Don't waste your money or your time looking for this, go see Spy Kids 2 instead.

Chriser I loved this movie. I recently got a copy of this unrealesed gem and have watched it at least 5 times. The movie is very shocking, and I don't think that anybody with a weak stomach should view this movie. It actually comes off looking like a 'snuff-film' because of its grainy film quality. The thing that gives it away is the dramatic camera angles, as another reviewer pointed out.The music videos on here are very well done, and it has all of the videos from the Broken e.p. Happiness in Slavery is disturbing, but not as bad as some people make it out to be. The finalie set to Gave Up is by far the most disturbing part you'll find on this video, because of the footage of the killer killing the victim with knives, a blowtorch, his hands, and finally, a chainsaw. In my opinion it is one of the most shocking events to be put on film. It has no more gore than you would find in a good slasher movie, but it is delivered with a gritty, true to life, feeling and that is what makes it disturbing.So if you hunt for a copy, and you find one, by all means get this movie. You will not be disappointed.