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Directed by Martin Walz. Starring: Udo Samel, Marc Richter, Leonard Lansink, Peter Lohmeyer.
Something strange is afoot at Hotel Quickie. A professor takes his student to the hotel and blackmails her into sleeping with him; he leaves without his penis. It appears that it has been bitten off by someone or something. All signs seem to point to the girl who, scared and wanting revenge, must have chomped on down on the man’s peen.
 

This too is what detective Luigi Mackeroni (Samel) thinks until he investigates the hotel. Testing the room where the crime happened seems in order, so Mackeroni gets it on with a young rent boy named Billy, but they are rudely interrupted by a meat-eating condom. Thankfully for Mackeroni, the little blighter only manages to take a hunk out of his nut and leaves his 32cm penis intact. Mackeroni is still pissed (rightfully so) and seeks to get to the bottom of the mystery condoms.
 

Our detective is not the only one in New York City feeling a little bit less of a man. Shortly following his incident, there is a spate of attacks which leave the police department clueless as to what is happening. No one believes poor Mackeroni that killer condoms are responsible. Our hero must soldier on while struggling to deal with his feelings for the young Billy and dealing with transvestite Babette, an annoying one-night stand.
 

The film has a few quirks, the most obvious being it is set in New York City but everyone speaks German. It has elements of spoof and the story line is, of course, a bit ridiculous which makes the film quite a lot of fun. There is a bit of gore – blood, teeth, chomping and the occasional dismembered penis - but not as much as you might expect. What I found interesting was how the film managed to retain interest in between the blood and gore scenes. I found myself being strangely drawn into the story as the mystery deepened. The humour isn’t necessarily always laugh-out-loud, but the film is definitely enjoyable.