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Chubbies
USA 2014
produced by Mike C. Hartman, Brian Papandrea, Brian Kilby for Silver Bullet Pictures
directed by Mike C. Hartman
starring Michael Soave, Adam Lorenz, Kathleen Kelly, Nathan Rumler, Genevieve Jona, Patrick L. Dear, Mike C. Hartman, Ashley Marie Short, Brian Papandrea, Sam Hartman, Jack Hartman, Page Hartman, Penny Hartman, David Gibson, Sherrie Hartman, Adam Showers, Katie Hepfinger, Brian Kilby, Lloyd Kaufman
written by Mike C. Hartman, Brian Papandrea, music by Slasher Dave, special effects by Keith Faychak, Paula Renee Matney
review by Mike Haberfelner
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The Chubbies are an evil alien race who enter people anally to take
over their bodies and ultimately blow their stomachs open. Three of them
made it onto the planet Snerd, where sex is a crime, and where they were
captured, tried and condemned to death. However their lawyer Cass (Brian
Papandrea), who believes it was unfair to condemn them after the laws of a
planet they simply couldn't be aware of, helps them escape, and only then
realizes they are simply evil creatures, no matter what planet they're on
... but by then they've already landed on earth, and on Halloween night,
too, and are already looking for people to enter anally. When Cass, now an
official Chubby hunter from planet Snerd, arrives shortly thereafter, they
are already busy creating havoc, and it's up to Cass to prevent the worst
... Tom (Michael Soave) wants to throw a private Halloween party at his
boss's (Mike C. Hartman) bowling alley - behind the boss's back of course
- and the only downside is that the place will be shut down at 11 till the
next morning, so nobody can enter or leave - but hey, if it's a good
party, why would anyone want to leave? Thing is, two of Tom's friends
(Patrick L. Dear, Ashley Marie Short) have already been entered by the
Chubbies when they show up, and later create mayhem among Tom's friends.
And when Cass arrives later, Tom's not too hot about that either as he
blows away the brains of one of his friends (who was a Chubby host of
course) and makes oput with the girl (Kathleen Kelly) Tom has the hots for
- so everything's set for a truly chaotic Halloween. Lloyd Kaufman can
be seen as then current president Ronald Reagan (the film's set in 1986)
in this one. Now let's be very precise here, Chubbies is
not exactly subtle entertainment (my synopsis above might have given some
hints already) - and it doesn't set out to be ... and that doesn't make it
a bad movie by a longshot! Sure, the movie's humour at times is crude, not
all jokes are original, and do be prepared to be grossed out at times -
but especially if you're into 1970s and 80s science fiction, monster and
horror movies, you wil find so much in this one to love you'll forgive the
constant anal references, as it was obviously by a bunch of people who
understood and loved those movies and TV shows of old (and the Critters-movies,
TV's Doctor
Who and Blake's
7, Labyrinth and of
course Alien readily spring to
mind, but there are countless others), and went to some trouble to
recreate that era, and make fun of it in a way that doesn't just make fun
of those films' and shows' shortcomings but also to celebrate what (like
the irrestistible practical effects) made them so great. Now have
to be honest here, probably not a movie for everybody, but genre fans,
especially with an 80s bias, should get a total kick out of this one :D ...
and if this has gotten you at all interested, you can get the movie here
of course: https://troma.vhx.tv/monster-mayhem/videos/chubbies
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