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I'm going to try to
explain what this short film is about as best as possible. From what I
gathered, it is a collection of memories and tributes to the holiday of
Halloween and the little tricks and treats that go along with it. That's
really all I can make out of this incoherent sometimes confusing messy
movie that I just could not despise even though common sense told me I
should have smashed this film to the ground and buried it in a shallow
grave. Harsh? Yes, but the movie makes zero sense. It jumps back and
forth between time periods, characters, scenarios, gore gags, builds up
to scares and offers nothing and lingers on bits of dialogue that pose
no relevance to the narrative.
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A man gives
out candy to the same kids every year and we cut back to a
year before where the man and his hot girlfriend are scaring
the crap out of children and taking delight in their fright,
she parades around in tight clothing, he has a horrible
dream about food that comes to life to talk to him, we cut
to a sex scene, and then a group of stranded motorists
attacked and eaten by skeletons in hoods. If I sound like a
rambling man who stopped his medication suddenly than
imagine how it felt watching this movie. However, the film
is filled with such enthusiasm and punk rock atmosphere and
down to Earth special effects that I could not hate this. |
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I assume the director
gathered his friends to create a movie they could have fun with, a movie
they could display their favorite props from their local costume shop
for audiences with, and in the end "Bon Bons Rouges" is not an awful
movie at all. It's merely a celebration of horror and Halloween that
makes absolutely no sense but is still pretty damn entertaining to watch
mainly for the energy and enthusiasm behind the camera. Especially
considering it's a little under an hour, so it doesn't demand much from
its audience beyond gaping at the long shots of local Halloween
celebrations occasionally interrupted by shreds of a narrative here and
there. The movie has such a wonky eighties vibe to it that many will
find it amusing and somewhat endearing as I did, and in the end it's
just a love letter to horror that's pure total nonsense, but nonsense
you can sit down with for a spell and move on to something that is more
worthy of your time.
It's tough to be hard on
this short film mainly because the director and his crew obviously has a
love for this holiday and for the horror genre and seem to just want to
celebrate all of the good things about the yearly event bringing about
endless sequences that ostensibly make no sense and are utterly absurd,
but if you can put yourself in their shoes and mind set, you might
be entertained by it.
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