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Kill Teaser
USA 2018
produced by Rosemary Hallaren (executive), MB X. McClain (executive) for Undernet Productions
directed by MB X. McClain
starring Tobee Paik, Charlie Liao, Laurie Riihimaki, Dylan Porteus, Will Wood, Bianca Teresi, Mike Savitski, Chris Pizzapi, Tricia Vaccaro, Tiffany Amber Wilkins, Douglas Estrada, Susan McClain
concept by MB X. McClain, screenplay by Chris Librizzi, Rosemary Hallaren, Antonio Morales, Ian Rordan, Joe Witouski, music by Koichi Kimura, Naho Ishitani, special makeup effects by Rosemary Hallaren
review by Mike Haberfelner
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The Studier (Tobee Paik) is only 17, and he already has no life - he
doesn't go to college and has no job, still lives with his parents and has
no friends, and basically spends most of the time in his room in front of
his computer, with his parents yelling at him. There are two things that
actually give him pleasure: One's frequenting the neighbourhood diner,
which is rather second rate, but he has long fallen in love with the
waitress (Laurie Riihimaki) there, whom he's stalking on and off. The
other is watching torture videos by the mysterious and weirdly masked Kill
Teaser (Charlie Liao), videos that usually end in murder. Then one day,
the Studier runs into Kill Teaser, who's trying to get rid of a corpse,
which of course gives him an initial shock, but to his surprise, Kill
Teaser offers to take him on as an apprentice, educate him in the art of
torturing and killing - and with a mix of fear and curiosity, the Studier
accepts the offer. Meanwhile, the waitress falls for local small fry
womanizer Hot Freakin' (Dylan Porteus), totally unaware that he only plays
the sensitive guy to get into her panties - and of course, eventually he
drugs and rapes her, and right before the Studier's very eyes as well.
This is of course the perfect opportunity for the Studier to apply
everything he has learned with Kill Teaser to avenge the waitress - but
that of course is nothing if not a perfect recipe for a downward spiral
... Now this is certainly not a movie for everyone as it's an
unapologetically violent and nihilistic movie that very much blurs the
line between "good" and "evil". But if one can accept
stories that don't necessarily follow one's own moral compass, then Kill
Teaser can also be an interesting character study,and maybe even a
cautionary tale of how a rather average guy can lured to the dark side of
things, including receiving in-kind punishment in the finale. But what
makes this movie quite so impactful is its no-frills directorial approach
that keeps things shockingly real - and for that all the more disturbing.
And Kill Teaser's own very grotesque mask just deserves a special mention
for originality!
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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