Phallus in Wonderland
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| Video by Gwar | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal, punk rock | |||
| Length | 60 min | |||
| Label | Metal Blade Records | |||
| Director | Distortion Wells & Judas Bullhorn | |||
| Producer | Dean English | |||
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Phallus in Wonderland was Gwar's first attempt at a commercially released, long-form movie. The video was nominated for a Grammy in 1993 (which they lost to Annie Lennox for Diva, as mock-mentioned in the 1994 song "Jack The World").
The film has a fairly crude and unfocused plot, but the movie essentially tells the tale of Gwar's conflict with the Morality Squad, after the theft of Oderus Urungus' "Cuttlefish of Cthulhu" (or penis). In the mean time, GWAR is called to New York City to shoot a commercial for "GWAR cereal": a cornflake-like food that is sprinkled with cocaine rather than sugar, thus turning the kids eating the cereal into addicts.
As the Morality Squad prepares for their attack on GWAR, their religious representative, Father Bohab, is convicted of child molestation and sodomy towards a twelve-year-old choirboy. Despite the clear evidence of Bohab's crimes, the Squad feel he was framed by GWAR (particularly by the band's manager, Sleazy P. Martini, who took part in exposing him); he is later released and the charges are dropped. Later, while Bohab is picketing against GWAR along with other protestors, GWAR and Sleazy brutally attacks the crowd, culminating in the disembowelment of Bohab and him being sodomized with his own cross.
GWAR then travels to a nightclub, where they all become wasted on cocaine. The next morning, the Cuttlefish of Cthulhu (having escaped the Morality Squad's grasp) reunites with a hungover Oderus, and warns them of the imminent attack by the Morality Squad. After a tough battle, GWAR emerges victorious over the Morality Squad. Later, the giant T-Rex, Gor-Gor, is born and begins attempting to destroy the world. GWAR then engage in another battle with their tyrannic offspring, eventually killing it as well. The movie fades out as the Cuttlefish of Cthulhu is happily reunited with Oderus Urungus.
Phallus in Wonderland was released on VHS in 1992, and DVD in 1999, but has been out of print in either format since 2002 (some sources give 1994 as the year for the VHS). Metal Blade and Slave Pit both carry the remaining VHS copies, and neither have the DVD. There is some confusion as to who actually owns the rights to this film, with Metal Blade saying that Slave Pit is the owner (and that they are in the re-negotiation process), and Slave Pit stating the exact opposite.
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