What I like most about this film is its use of bright primary colors with none of the "let's film it in the gloom to make it really scary" ethos of so many other movies. Thinking about this I realized this is also why I have a soft spot for much of the Troma trash output — you can actually see what is going on! Of course much of Troma boss Lloyd Kaufman's output is complete and utter rubbish, but in the right frame of mind, one can have a really good time with the first Toxic Avenger movies, Monster in the Closet, and even Rabid Grannies. (For the uninitiated, I'll write more on Troma on another occasion.)
I also rewatched Freaked recently, a directing effort by Alex Winter of Bill and Ted fame, which definitely belongs in the trash category. He takes the lead as a bumptious personality who is turned into a hideous freak by freakmaster Randy Quaid to join his collection of oddities. Winter manages to get a cameo from his pal Keanu Reeves as a dogboy, which is probably not a highpoint in that actor's filmography. Truth be told, the film was terrible, but it did serve as a palliative to going back to my usual fare of classics and subtitled foreign features.
Article comments
1 - RJ Elliott
Look, we live in a massive universe.
This universe contains hundreds of billions of galaxies.
Each galaxy contains hundreds of millions of stars.
Most of these stars (even in binary systems) have planets orbiting them.
A sizable percentage of those stars have rocky planets orbiting them (and not just gaseous monsters like Jupiter).
Some of these rocky planets are large enough to have gravity hold an atmosphere.
Some of those planets are in the proper range to have water in liquid form.
A decent percentage of these planets are suitable for life.
On many of those planets where the conditions are right, simple single-celled life forms (like bacteria or algae) will arise.
On some of those planets, this life will evolve into multi-cellular life.
Some small percentage of those planets will see life forms migrate onto land (lichens and grasses).
A few of those will even see multi-cellular animal life thrive on dry land.
A tiny percentage of those will remain stable long enough so that intelligent, sentient life forms have evolved.
A small percentage of those will have the natural resources available that allow this intelligent life to utilize fire, build machines, and even venture into space.
A miniscule percentage of those will survive long enough to colonize their solar system.
Some of them will explore their entire galaxy.
And a small handful will advance to a point where they are able to visit the farthest reaches of the universe.
And they might just visit us.
So.
Who are YOU to say this alien species isn't comprised of popcorn-shooting, pie-throwing, killer klowns (from outer space)???
;-)
2 - RJ Elliott
Okay...what I wrote in comment #1 was damn funny...so of course no one responds... :-/
3 - duane
Obviously it was because you were making fun of a very serious piece of art. Is nothing sacred with you?
4 - -E
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5 - RJ Elliott
Yippie! :)