Mel Gibson's "The Passion of Christ" has already broken records in box office sales and after falling from the number one spot, Passion it quickly reclaimed that spot after churchgoers rushed back to the theatres after Easter. Now, the blockbuster hit is witnessing a third revival by a new, unexpected group of fans. While matinee showings are lined up with God-fearing Christians seeing the movie for the fourth time, night showings are packed with dominatrices whipping blindfolded men crawling on all fours.

"This isn't too surprising that the sadomasochistic crowd is attracted to this movie," states Dr. Meglyn Boyle, dean at Harvard's School of Psychology. "'Passion' has all the ingredients to fulfill sexual gratification through emotional and physical suffering. It's essentially sadomasochism porn."

Major movie theatres were unprepared to handle the diversity of viewers for this movie. In Boston, Loews Theatre manager, Erik Johnson, was heavily criticized for placing Passion and Scooby-Doo 2 in adjacent auditoriums. "We had little kids walking in to see Scooby-Doo who were asking their parents what all those men did to deserve

The inevitable merchandising has started already. The official 'Passion of the Christ' Punisher, available at discriminating Christian Adult stores everywhere.

the spankings and whippings they were getting," states Johnson. "Ticket sales for Scooby-Doo 2 soon plummeted as sadomasochists lined the theatre to see Passion of Christ. Parents just refused to take their kids to our theatre."

"Passion," which has made over $350 million in box office sales, is expected to gross over $800 million with video sales and rentals. Another $200 million is expected in DVD sales at adult video stores, bringing in a grand total of $1 billion.

"The Passion of Christ is the best thing that has ever happened to the adult entertainment world since Jenna Jameson," says Art Milhouse, aloof Buddhist and proprietor of XXX Adult Books & Video of Boston. "I was scared that the movie would create an upsurge in Christianity and drive my business to the ground. Now, I'm just thankful that those Jews were so mean to that Jesus guy 2000 years ago."

Gibson was not available for comment.