Junkie (Rikki Gagne), Badass (Sylvia Soska), Badass's shy twin sister
Geek (Jen Soska) and Geek's church-going, Jesus-loving almost-boyfriend
Gody Two-Shoes (CJ Wallis) for some reasons go on a roadtrip together -
and find a dead hooker (Tasha moth) in their trunk. Now this is bad, since
Junkie and Badass can't really remember if they are responsible for this
after a night of very heavy partying, so calling the police is out of the
question, and getting rid of the body is mandatory - and from here on it
only gets worse, because the uneven quartet soon finds itself on the run
from everybody, like drugdealers, the hooker's pimp (John Tench), the
police, and the hooker's hooded killer. This whole affair doesn't leave
our four heroes unharmed, either, as Junkie loses one of her arms, Geek
one of her eyes, and they all become murderers when they kill first the
hooker, who after all hasn't been properly dead yet, then the guy they
think was her killer (or almost killer) - which he wasn't. In the end,
the real killer aka the man you least expect (played by Loyd Bateman), a
guy who has been suffering from sexual frustration since his penis was
slit during circumcision, retrieves the dead hooker and kidnaps Badass, to
follow the hooker to the netherworld - but need I mention this one's got a
happy ending, and the hooker ultimately gets a sea burial ...
CJ Wallis, Rkki Gagne, Sylvia and Jen Soska |
Dead
Hooker in a Trunk is one of these all too rare cases where a promising
title actually leads to a good movie - and the movie is everything the
title suggests, a self-consciously trashy low budget exploitation flick
with horror and road movie undercurrents - though while the movie is
everything you'd expect it to be, it's still full of unexpected
plottwists.
The main selling point of Dead
Hooker in a Trunk though is that it is fun from start to finish: It
doesn't take itself very seriously but is well-paced , and it never shies
away from gore and dismemberment, but mostly puts a macabre to hilarious
twist to it.
Essentially, the film is above all great entertainment. Recommended.
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