A Boy on a Dock Blowing his Nose
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Overview
Barry Doupé's lusty A Boy on a Dock Blowing His Nose features vaguely articulated, quasi-human doodles and Spirographs animated within a bizarre netherworld of its own humid imagination.
Release Date
2004-01-01
Average
8
Rating:
4.0 startsTagline
"I remember from the other room I could hear you violently buttering bread. I secretly hoped that I could be your next victim."
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