On Groundhog day in Porterville Maryland, nine independent filmmakers went deep in to the woods to film a documentary about a string of disappearances and murders that became local folklore and… well, let’s just say they didn’t come across any stupid punk ass witches or giggling children. No, they happened across Chainsaw Sally and her brother Ruby. Stumbling across the group of inept filmmakers, the brother and sister slaughter team decide to bring down their investigation that could lead to their downfall if not stopped. So Chainsaw and Ruby decide to bring down the poor film students one after another cutting off their resources, and cutting off their limbs while having a gay old time.
Just another groundhog day for the Diamon family, isn’t it? This hour long special episode is typical “Chainsaw Sally” fare with obligatory nudity (which I love), unusual dark comedy (always a plus), and Chainsaw Sally doing what she does best when approached with these people who are much too easily fooled when it comes to trapped and slaughtering them. She takes great zeal in killing each and every one of them and two surviving students take it upon themselves to figure out who is offing their friends and why after a hilarious warning by a local psychic (special guest star Debbie Rochon looking as yummy as always). The tone for this special episode is much less demented as it’s not so much revolving around the doldrums of modern day living so much as it is Chainsaw Sally and Ruby just doing what they love to do.
Things get more intense when Ruby accidentally shows himself on camera and Sally must finish them off before getting to civilization to connect him to her. The story is simple but very grimy and gritty in the fashion of Tobe Hooper where it’s fifty minutes of Sally running around the woods slaughtering these people. And Burril is not without his influences as he nods to Tarantino in many respects shooting one liners from “Pulp Fiction” and even presenting his own interpretation of the trunk POV shot we’ve seen in all of his movies. Frankly this is all the facade and acts around Sally’s life thrown away as she’s in full in psycho mode ready to do whatever it takes to keep her name in tact. When she’s not tormenting her loyal sex slave of course.
I didn’t laugh as much here as I did with the show, but I’m fine with that because this is a really good short slasher film even if you’ve never seen the show or know the story behind Burril’s character. I think the intent is to turn people on to this franchise by this movie that acts as a stand alone and it works well because there’s no necessary research needed. Just sit back, relax and watch a really hot woman destroy these poor saps who should have stayed in school and shot a movie about birds instead of poke their noses in the life of Sally and Ruby Diamon. You gotta love them. Somewhat different in tone and story than previous “Chainsaw Sally” outings, this Groundhog Day holiday special is a fun hour to kill with twisted murders, nods to horror classics and directors, and Chainsaw Sally in all of her glory doing all she knows. Murderin’ folk who just can’t keep their noses tucked in.