S.P.K. Despair

S.P.K. Despair

9.0IMDb Score
Released:1982-02-11
Genre:Music
Duration:70 min
Director:Dominik Guerin, Steven Jones
Actors:SPK, Dominik Guerin, Stephen Hill, Graeme Revell
Production:Twin Vision
Keywords:electronic

Overview:

Infamous underground film made by pioneering Australian industrial band S.P.K. that is part music video, part mondo/death film and part live performance. Not for the squeamish.

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