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How did they torture Christina in the beginning?


They never showed it, but what were the thugs doing to her?

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It's freaky. It looks like she is being strangled but she is screaming her head off. Very effective scene.

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After she passes out, you see the torturer walk away from her with a pair of pliers in his right hand, so definitely NO strangling (how would she be able to scream if being strangled?)
I recall reading in a book somewhere that she was 'tortured vaginally with a pair of pliers'. Make of that what you will.

"Everybody in the WORLD, is bent"

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Certainly need to check out the book. 1950s vagina torture, gotta love a good mike hammer tale

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Her screams alone made me think they were doing something to her down there. It's an unpleasant scene, but very effective indeed.


Hey there, Johnny Boy, I hope you fry!

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It was unpleasant but her legs were jerking as she screamed then as they showed Hammer in the bed, her legs were still though she was still screaming...not cool.

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Yeah the legs would be more than jerking. Kicking at least. They'd have tied them.

I think we're supposed to imagine. How would any of US know what was happening off screen?

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Not showing it is so much more effective. Whatever the most horrifying thing is that you can imagine, that's what's happening. Brrr!

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