I think one of the biggest problems with TWIXT is the title. It makes the movie sound like it’s the live action adaptation of a children’s cartoon about plucky ghosts going to school at night and getting taught English by Edgar Alan Poe. A title like TWIXT makes it sound like it should have its own section at the toy aisle in Wal-Mart. In fact, that’s the actual reason I never paid attention to the film when it came out. I thought it was a kid’s movie. It was only more than a decade later that I realized my mistake, and that it was a horror movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola that starred Val Kilmer and Bruce Dern. THEN it got my attention.
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This is such a feminine film. Tea parties, exotic costumes, love that spans ages, solving problems by talking rather than fighting, empowerment, examples of Positive Masculinity, examples of Toxic Masculinity, hugging, being understanding, sensitivity, listening to women, taking care of your mental health, dealing with a traumatic past, ripping out men’s hearts with telekenisis, castrating rapists and throwing their severed penises at the wall. You know, girly things! It’s like a Splatterpunk Romance Novel, and I for one am all there for it.
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When I saw the words “Unintentional Comedy” pop up as I did research on this movie, I got a little excited. Then, when I read “Environmental Disaster Film” and “Romantic Horror Movie” within the same sentence I mentally heard the sound that plays at carnival games when you win a prize: AHOOOOOGAH!!! AHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGAHHH!!! You see, I thought this was like Sharknado. That it was a conscious attempt to make a bad movie by a completely self-aware filmmaker. I did not know that this was a passion project with a message. NOW I AM INVESTED!  Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR.

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