| Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies | |
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| Directed by | Todd Phillips |
| Produced by | Todd Phillips |
| Starring | GG Allin Merle Allin Donald "Dino Sex" Sachs Shireen Kadivar Dee Dee Ramone Geraldo Rivera Unk |
| Music by | GG Allin |
| Distributed by | Skinny Nervous Guy Prod. |
| Release date(s) | 1994 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies is a 1994 documentary directed by Todd Phillips about the life of GG Allin, a punk rock musician who died from a heroin overdose in 1993. Allin was infamous for excessive behavior (drug addiction, alcoholism, physical violence), and his stage shows became confrontational events involving indecent exposure (stripping and performing naked was one of Allin's most common rituals), onstage defecation and coprophagia, physical assault (both on and by Allin), and obscene language. GG Allin died of a heroin overdose during post-production. The filmmakers shot additional material on his death for inclusion in the film.
Hated was the debut film by director Todd Phillips, who was a junior at NYU during production. Phillips would later go on to direct highly successful mainstream comedy blockbusters, including Old School, Starsky & Hutch, The Hangover and The Hangover Part 2.
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The documentary included concert and rehearsal footage as well as interviews with Allin, fellow bandmembers, friends, detractors and dedicated fans. Later in the film, Allin discusses the earliest years of his childhood in rural New Hampshire, and that his father tried to encourage his family to assist him in a mass suicide.
The documentary continues through his rise as a punk musician. Footage of his controversial performances include a violent confrontation with audience members at a spoken word appearance at New York University, as well as scenes of Allin defecating during shows, mutilating himself and assaulting concertgoers at an East Village, New York City rock club. Quieter moments are also included, such as Allin offstage playing an acoustic version of Warren Zevon's "Carmelita".
The documentary also contains footage of Allin cavorting at a party (perhaps the most graphic content of the film) and Allin's appearance on Geraldo Rivera's talk show. Footage of his funeral and corpse are also briefly included, following the film's credits.
GG Allin attended a screening of Hated just days before his death.[1] While the film was being shown, a heavily intoxicated Allin threw several beer bottles at the movie screen, one of which injured a woman. As a result, the screening was halted and Allin fled just before police arrived.[2] Although he never saw the complete film, Allin was happy with the light in which Todd Phillips had portrayed him, and gave the director positive feedback and a hug the day after the screening.[2]
Hated has received positive reviews from Revolver magazine, Combustible Celluloid, eFilmCritic.com,[3] DVDTalk,[4] Digitally Obsessed,[5] and Monsters at Play.[6] The film has received few reviews from mainstream publications.
Hated was released on DVD in December 1999. It features the last show Allin performed in New York on the evening before his death, the band rehearsal session prior to it and the ensuing carnage afterwards.
Hated was re-released with new footage in 2007. The first 5,000 copies came with free temporary tattoos based on some of Allin's real tattoos, and a mail-in offer for a poster featuring artwork of Allin painted by serial killer and acquaintance John Wayne Gacy.
A bonus feature on the region 1 DVD shows a still of Allin lying in his coffin. He is dressed in a jacket and jock strap.
| Hated | |
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| Studio album by GG Allin | |
| Released | 1994 |
| Recorded | Various Locations |
| Length | 34:01 |
All songs by GG Allin except for "Carmelita" by Warren Zevon
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Die When You Die" | 1:59 |
| 2. | "Bite It You Scum" | 3:43 |
| 3. | "Carmelita" | 3:24 |
| 4. | "Snakeman's Dance" | 3:21 |
| 5. | "Young Little Meat" | 1:55 |
| 6. | "Fuck Authority" | 3:38 |
| 7. | "Gypsy Motherfucker" | 3:52 |
| 8. | "Suck My Ass It Smells" | 1:00 |
| 9. | "Outlaw Scumfuc" | 2:36 |
| 10. | "Cunt Sucking Cannibal" | 3:16 |
| 11. | "I Wanna Kill You" | 3:20 |
| 12. | "When I Die" | 4:07 |
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