FrightFest

The Rutger came, the Rutger saw, the Rutger shot... and shot and shot!

What did everyone think to Jason Eisener's colourful film?

Personally, I like a little more fear in my films, but this was certainly done with pizzazz. And I did love the kebabies...

Shameful and despicable. If this is the way genre cinema's going, I might well give it up.

bloody hell streetrw thats a big statement whats so "shameful and despicable" about it, i havent seen it so have no point of reference

It was okay. Not what I thought it would be didn't expect the Troma style splatter. Loved The Plague and would like to see a feature with them though I wasn't expecting the flick to spin off the planet quite so much.

I liked his colourful underpants

Fun and it was enjoyable but by then i'd had enough...

Needed more "fright" at Frightfest this time

I loved it!!!! Awesome fun and some hilarious moments.....

streetrw wrote:Shameful and despicable. If this is the way genre cinema's going, I might well give it up.

Whoa! *Mod hat on* Why shameful and despicable? Strong words, but why? You need to back up that kind of statement, really.

DoctorKaren wrote:

streetrw wrote:Shameful and despicable. If this is the way genre cinema's going, I might well give it up.

Whoa! *Mod hat on* Why shameful and despicable? Strong words, but why? You need to back up that kind of statement, really.

I refer the right honourable lady to the review I put up on my blog at the start of the month (a few days after coming back from Glasgow). http://streetrw.blogspot.com/2011/03/ho ... otgun.html

I don't want to rehash the whole thing here, but basically I found it absolutely mean-spirited, ugly to look at, morally empty, and too satisfied with its own excesses. It felt like a Troma film, and had the same ethos of "anything for a cheap laugh", no matter how gross or grotesque, and in all honesty I found the whole movie nothing but a celebration of gratuitous violence. I still maintain that if I'd been in an aisle seat I'd have walked out at the school bus sequence.

And I felt considerably less comfortable with its excesses than I did with those in A Serbian Film. At least A Serbian Film thinks it has a point to make (it does, although not as much as it thinks, and it's made terribly well).

If you love trashy '80s horrors with a sense of humour, you'll probably lap this up. I wasn't always sure whether some of the dialogue was intentionally funny, or just plain bad, while some of the performances were manically over the top. This film reminded me of Mad Max, Caligula and Tokyo Gore Police all mixed up - yes, this film is really that bonkers! But did anyone else think that Rutger Hauer is the cleanest hobo they have ever seen? 7.5 / 10

I loved it! Thought it was hilarious throughout, and as others have mentioned was very reminiscent of old Troma movies. I didn't really see that as a bad thing, and it was way more entertaining than any Troma films I can recall. Think it's main strength was that it wasn't just making fun of those movies or making an homage to them, it really is one of those movies in both energy and spirit. For that reason I found it more thrilling than Planet Terror (which I also enjoyed).

Just so much fun and energy in it, and I really don't see why someone would find the violence reprehensible, it was after all portrayed in a very over the top cartoon fashion. It's like saying Tom and Jerry was disgusting. As for the school bus, maybe I'm sick but I can't see how anyone with a sense of humor and a keen grip on reality could see it as anything other than hilarious. Oh well, different strokes and all that.

streetrw wrote:

DoctorKaren wrote:

streetrw wrote:Shameful and despicable. If this is the way genre cinema's going, I might well give it up.

Whoa! *Mod hat on* Why shameful and despicable? Strong words, but why? You need to back up that kind of statement, really.

I refer the right honourable lady to the review I put up on my blog at the start of the month (a few days after coming back from Glasgow). http://streetrw.blogspot.com/2011/03/ho ... otgun.html

.

The gentleman provides a deft defence for his case. Thanks, mate )