Each year, thousands of young and virile men enter religious schools. Some hear a calling, while others go to "find" themselves. But giving up the body's carnal desires has caused many to question their ability to conform to the Church's strict rules.
The Destroying Angel is Peter de Rome's compelling homage to these conflicted young men, as told through the life of Casswell Campbell (Timothy Kent). His struggle forces him to take a three month sabbatical from his priestly studies and return to the secular world in order to resolve his doubts. He drifts into an underworld of sleazy bars, anonymous sex, hallucinogenic drugs, and all out debauchery.
Casswell is picked up by biker, Bill Eld, at NYC's notorious Spike Bar. In his Brooklyn apartment, they have rough, nasty sex, hampered only by Campbell's involuntary religious visions that keep flashing into his head. He is force-fed Bill's huge dick, flipped over onto his belly, spanked and then roughly fucked. Bill leaves afterward, feeling guilty and somewhat disappointed. Cass' holy delusions are heightened once he's alone. He is "visited" by his destroying angel, a nude, alter ego of himself, offering him a gift of communion. Now hallucinating, Cass envisions a mound of masculine studs engaged in group sex. All of them have bulging crotches, great bodies and appear so real that Cass reaches out to touch them. In a moment of holy symbolism, the men all cum and piss over him.
At a dinner party, Cass meets handsome Grant (Philip Darden), to whom he admits being unable to resist the temptations of the flesh. Later, during drug-enhanced sex with Grant, Cass fantasizes that his "darker image" is in bed with them, and Grant alternately plows Cass and his "twin." In a brilliantly shot sequence, Cass watches as Grant fucks the living hell out of his alter ego.
On Fire Island, Casswell finally confronts the dark force that haunts him. He is told, "I am your Angel of Life; but I can also destroy you." Armed with more dope, Cass picks up another stud, (Thom Aaron), an aggressive top who puts Cass through another night of degrading sex. Thom forces several large objects up Cass' ass before violently fucking him into delirium.
De Rome creates atmosphere throughout the film, which is macabre and shadowy (but you can see everything). The special effects hold up well after nearly 30 years and every acting performance is polished and believable. Tim Kent is wonderful, but so are Bill Eld and Phillip Darden. The other men are just as hot (maybe even hotter) as anyone in porn today. Naturally fit bodies, big dicks, and wonderfully bushy pubes, hairy legs and furry chests.
This is classic movie-making, mercifully rescued and restored to DVD, and I highly recommend it. Note: Don't be turned off by the year this was made, please!
