Thursday, January 12, 2012

Chillerama - OFFICIAL TRAILER



Watched this on Tuesday.

Not nearly as good as it might seem--it's a Troma-esque version of GRINDHOUSE but seems overlong with four "mini-features" only three of which are that good, and the second "Curse of the Werebear" not really fitting and slowing things down a lot. One of the big reasons to watch these is for the gore and the T&A, but there isn't much of either until the last 20 minutes or so.

The third feature, "The Diary of Anne Frankenstein" is a case where the best joke is the title, but it's sort of neat for its faux-Universal vibe. It's sort of like Springtime for Hitler written by bored 12 year olds while in history class.

Could have been better...the Werebear segment didn't fit with the rest of it [a gay comedy combining the "teenage werewolf" from the 50s with the bear subculture] and would have been better on its own. I did like the connecting story of the drive-in and its patrons [who take center stage in the final segment, Zombie Movie] but that should have been given a little more time.

I'm an unapologetic lover of exploitation movies, so this at least was worth an instant viewing. Today's movie is going to be the most exploitative that I've seen for a while [assuming Netflix has it coming today....]

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