from Vigilant Citizen:
The first movie Madonna ever appeared in portrays her character as a sex slave who gets abused repeatedly. Also, the movie ends with a satanic ritual sacrifice that some believe was real, making “A Certain Sacrifice” an actual snuff film. Here’s a look at this disturbing piece of movie history.
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Despite being an all-around bad movie, A Certain Sacrifice has one thing going for it: It features an actress who would become, only a few years later, one of the biggest stars on the planet: Madonna. For this reason (and this reason alone), A Certain Sacrifice sold a good number of copies when it was released in 1985. Since then, it developed a cult status among Madonna fans and became a highly collectible item (it can be watched on YouTube).
A cover of the elusive tape.
The cover above says “the film she tried to ban”. That’s because Madonna tried to prevent the movie from being distributed by offering $5000 to buy its rights. That did not work.
According to some biographies, Madonna absolutely hated the movie and the way it turned out. But there are other reasons that might explain her not wanting the world to see it: It is a rather raw reflection of the bizarre and twisted mindset of the “art world” and the entertainment industry she would later fully embrace. Furthermore, some even speculate that A Certain Sacrifice is actually a snuff film that contains an actual sacrifice.
One thing is for sure, this movie is the perfect “initiation” to the artist who would become, some years later, the Grand Priestess of the Music Industry. Here’s a look at this thing.
Sex Slave
The movie begins by introducing the two (very unlikable) protagonists.
Madonna’s character is named Bruna and is described as a “very bad girl”. The male protagonist (played by Jeremy Pattnosh, a co-writer of the movie) is from the suburbs and is said to not be “suited for his original environment, his Christian faith”.
He is known on the streets as Dashiell – a name that might be inspired by Dashiell Hamlett, an author who was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1953 for his Marxist views. This link is reinforced by the fact that the main “bad guys” of the movie are business-minded conservative men who are portrayed as racist and corrupt.
So Dashiell leaves the suburb and goes to New York City where he meets Bruna in the weirdest way possible.
Bruna is in Washington Square Park just dancing suggestively under a water fountain … like normal people do. Funny fact: There’s a bunch of people watching her in the background and they’re clearly not extras – just random NY people who are wondering what is happening.
As she’s dancing, Dashiell shows up and points a gun at her. Then he aggressively slams her onto the ground and kisses her. As we’ll soon see, Bruna has some clear Beta Sex Kitten tendencies as she constantly seems “in heat” while also constantly getting abused.
After dancing annoyingly for some long minutes (as confused NY people watch in the background), the two kiss and “fall in love”.
This new power couple faces a major problem: Bruna has to announce to her “family of lovers” that she’s breaking up with them.
Bruna’s “family of lovers” consists of a man, a woman, and a transgender woman.
Clearly, Bruna is not in a typical relationship. She describes it as them being “slaves to each other”.
Bruna is dressed in bright red – the color of sacrifice – as she stands before her “family”.
When Bruna tells the family to stop being jealous, the three grab her and throw her on the ground. The scene that ensues can only be described as a “choreographed rape”.
Bruna’s “lovers” forcibly undress her while a knife is pointed at her face and a giant bug dangles over her head.
It appears that a great portion of the movie is dedicated to subjecting Bruna (and Madonna) to a series of scary or downright trauma-inducing situations.
In the following scene, Dashiell sings like a psychopath about a “screaming demon lover” while Bruna looks worried and scared. I don’t know why this scene exists other than subjecting Madonna to some insanity.
Things will soon get even worse for Bruna.
The Sacrifice
Dashiell meets Raymond Hall, the man who will eventually become the ritual sacrifice. Notice that he is wearing red.
Raymond Hall is from upstate New York and he tells Dashiell that he’s appalled by the crime in the city. Other than ranting about black people, Hall says that he’s the owner of a hardware store and that he fought in Korea and Vietnam. Then he asks Dashiell where he could get laid. Dashiell’s answer: “Get lost”.
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