Year
Rated: Unrated
Genre: Horror Comedy Exploitation Thriller
Directed By: Kevin Strange
Running Time: 1:20
Review by: Lillian Patterson
Review Date: 6/2/08
Special Features:
- Commentary by Director Kevin Strange
- Cast Commentary
- "Behind the Kill" Vignettes
COLONEL KILL MOTHERFUCKERS

 

Any movie that has the word "motherfuckers" in the title had gotta be low budget. Throughout this movie you will see posters on the walls of the houses for big name movies that wouldn't appear in any kind of movie with big studio backing for fear of lawsuits. In fact, big studios wouldn't want to come within ten feet of this movie, period. It's gross and rude and crude and nasty. It features long scenes where all the action stops so the characters can masturbate backed by a rollicking porn soundtrack, the action stops again so two characters can perform a degenerate sex act in a car, an old woman (who is actually a man in drag) defecates on a metal plate and then finger paints and eats her own feces. It's just a big mess of a movie. People who think "Van Wilder" is disgusting ain't seen nothing yet. For the target audience, however, we the degenerate who actually seek these movies out, this movie is a blast from beginning to end. I've been following Hack Movies since their first release, "Dream Reaper," and with every movie they make, the special effects and the acting and the storylines get better.

Not that I don't enjoy bad acting and nonexistent storylines, but it's fun to watch the company evolve from film to film, and now that they've released this, their third feature film, it's cool to see them playing with the conventions of the horror genre (the crazy old man who jumps out and warns of impending doom, the long back story that is told halfway through the film that reveals what the characters have to do to stop the evil, the character who knows more than he or she is letting on who suddenly discloses this information at or near the end of the movie).  

This movie mocks those conventions so clearly that it's evident that the filmmakers know their audience, that they're in on the joke, and that they're having as much fun as we are. What's even clearer in this film than ever is how well Hack Movies knows their audience. The characters in this movie are a bunch of gamers who revel in RPGs (role playing games, like "Dungeons and Dragons," for the uninitiated) and they argue about minute details of the game to the point where you might think the movie is being ridiculous, but trust me, gamers actually talk like this, I know because I am one. One of the characters even says near the beginning of the film, "Normal people have no idea what you're talking about! We talk in some secret dork language!"

This was a wonderful bit of self-referential fun. And I got another surprise later. Two of the characters relate everything that happens in their lives to things that happened in the TV show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and I realized anew how much of a dork I am because not only did I understand the references they made, but being a Buffy dork myself, I've actually found myself doing the same thing. Whoops. Guess I'm a nerd. But I love it! When one character says "I did everything I could but he's got super strength like that crappy cyborg Adam from Buffy season four, except this guy doesn't suck!" I knew exactly what he was talking about. When another  character says "would you guys shut the fuck up about Buffy? You guys are like 25 years old and the show was canceled five years ago for a REASON" I nearly peed my pants. Trust me, Buffy geeks like me have a special treat in store for them with this one. Of course normal people will find this terribly stupid and boring.

They will find nothing to enjoy about a movie with bad special effects, and they won't understand what a character is talking about when he says "This is gonna suck worse than an R.L. Stine book!" as he's getting killed by a zombie. They will further be annoyed when three characters in the film get into a five minute debate about whether eating your own face is considered cannibalism, and they will find nothing funny about hearing a character yell "you can't go around killing people with that stupid fucking lollipop." In short, watching this movie will be a very tedious experience for normal people, and they are cautioned to stay far, far away and go watch "27 Dresses" or something instead. But for horror fans and connoisseurs of the weird and quirky, those who know who R.L. Stine is and who've seen a few horror movies in their time, those who aren't afraid to embrace their inner dork and have a good laugh at themselves, they will be grossed out and sickened and shocked and they will laugh their asses off and enjoy every minute. And for the skeptics, did you not read my review? It's gross and sick and weird and stupid and filled with inside jokes and bad sex scenes. Go away. Watch something respectable like "The Remains of the Day" and let us weirdos have our fun.

Yep, this is a movie for the weirdos. The Hack Movies crew seem to realize that someone who enjoys horror films enough to pick up something called "Colonel Kill Motherfuckers" will be a dork in other areas as well and will enjoy references to "Heroes" and "Battlestar Galactica" and won't care about cheesy music and dialogue and over-the-top acting and cheap gore and nasty thrills. And they're right. This is a neo-grindhouse flick custom tailored
for freaks like me and I suggest all you other freaks out there check it out ASAP and support filmmakers who don't give a damn about respectability or investment dollars and who just want to make something fun for people who like watching fun, cheesy movies. You won't be disappointed.

  • For more information on Hack Movies and how to purchase "Colonel Kill Motherfuckers," visit the official website.

 

 

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