Presents
Monsturd
| Sometimes I rent a movie just because of it's name...yes, I've heard of judging a book by it's cover and all that, but sometimes I just have to! Well, when I saw the cover of Monsturd, it was one of those moments. After all, who could resist a movie about a giant shit monster? Not me, that's for sure. And, as I expected, I got exactly what I thought I'd get! The story here takes place in Butte County, where the Dutech chemical company has been dumping chemicals into the sewer system. When escaped serial killer, Jack Schmidt escapes into the sewer system, the FBI and police chase him and eventually corner him there. When Jack is shot, he falls into the contaminated water, where his flesh is eaten from his bones. So, with the case wrapped up the authorities head back to the station to have a donut or something...that's when the weirdness begins! It seems that Jack isn't dead, he's merely transformed from the combination of chemicals and feces, and now he's a giant piece of poo that's still got all Jack's serial killer tendencies! |
Now, with a
giant shit monster coming up through toilets and attacking people, the
police have to take drastic measures to protect the good people of Butte
County. And, with the local chili cook-off coming up, things are
about to go from bad to worse, after all, we all know that a good chili
cook-off leads to hours on the toilet!! Monsturd is probably one of the
silliest things I've ever seen, and it may be the most fun too.
The film-makers and the actors are all clearly not taking themselves too
seriously, yet the movie is played completely straight.
There's no sly winks at the camera, and no one ever breaks character,
it's all very serious, which makes it all the more funny! Yes,
you're going to get plenty of poop jokes, what else would you expect?
And the humor is definitely low brow, but again, what else would you
expect from a movie with turd in the title?? I'm giving Monsturd,
three out of four cigars,
it's not a perfect movie, by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a
ton of fun and it's just what it seems to be, a monster movie about a
giant walking, killing pile of dung! So, until next time, when I'll
be sitting here fighting the headache that I have from fighting the urge
to make a 'shitty movie' joke, remember that
the best movies are bad movies. |
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