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Parasited titillates with disarming visuals, Hollywood-level special effects, exaggerated facial expressions, energetic sex and credible acting from several high- profile stars.
“It’s wild, aggressive, edgy, over the limit,” Romero says. “It escalates to the extreme really fast. We include elements like slime drooling, massive orgasms, demonic possession and everything that you can and cannot imagine of sex zombies having sex.”
Romero tells AVN the inspiration started with a simple premise.
“I have always found the concept of mental control fascinating,” he tells AVN. “Our brain is the most powerful computer known, it’s where the thoughts are generated,
and our thoughts have a significant influence on our behavior, emotions or decisions. “And yet, it is so vulnerable at the same time: we can develop mental illness; others can twist and manipulate our mind using tricks and techniques. Actually, extensive research and experiments have been run to explore the possibility of ‘brain hacking’ whether through substance use or psychological tricks, taking the secret CIA
program MK-Ultra for example.”
He continues, “So I wanted to find a way to incorporate this concept in my
production, but men losing control and going rough on women is just too edgy to film. So I decided to go for the opposite and make the girls the possessed and the dominant ones in the scene.”
He reached out to the respected veteran Roberto DiSuna, who is not only the director for Parasited, but also a partner.
“I am glad that we’ve set up a really constructive collaboration which is full of fun, enjoyment and at the same time hard work and growth,” Romero says. “I have known Roberto since forever. I moved to Budapest six years ago and he is one of the most reputed directors in town. I’ve always wanted to work with him and we’ve been in discussions about different projects.
“The collaboration didn’t happen earlier due to many factors. But I guess we just need the right timing and right project. When I had the idea of Parasited I thought through and I approached him immediately through Mike Blanchard and Amirah Adara and we hit it off.
“We’re both cinema enthusiasts and having a project that isn’t restricted by limitations of commercial porn production leaves us a lot of freedom to work on the storyline and the set.
“Plus, for film nerds like us, nothing is more electrifying than shooting with the top cinema gear available on the market, and we definitely share that excitement together. We have a common vision of making proper movies together somewhere in the future.”
Romero says the setups are not what he would consider “scary,” however he says “for sure there is a lot of tension created throughout the scene.”
“The word ‘thrilling’ would be more accurate,” he suggests.
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