Used car salesman Teddy (Thayer Cranor) is deeply in love with underaged Daphne (Shauna Nunn) ... but the problem is, he's still married to Angela (Morgan Cooper), who when she finds out about his affair throws him out of their home, forcing him to stay in his nudist friend's (JC) trailer, and he threatens a messy divorce - so Teddy decides to put out a hit on her. But the hitman (Victor Godfrey) he hires is run over by a car and killed when crossing the street to Teddy's home. After much to and fro, Angela decides to give Teddy a second chance. He offers her bubblegum as sort of a token for their reconciliation - on which she chokes and dies. Now knowing the police, and especially over-ambitious (and overly violent) Detective Howard (Michael Nieto) will suspect him to have murdered her, he skips town with Daphne, and fortunately they manage to hitch a ride with Upchuck (Furly Travis) - because with all the cars in the used car lot, Teddy doesn't have one of his own. Bad thing is, Upchuck is a serial killer who eventually strangles Daphne to death - and this is where Teddy's troubles only begin ...

Now if you're looking for technical finesse in this one, you've come to the wrong place, as this one was shot on old VHS and looks it. On top of this, not much effort was put into realism, quite the contrary - best evidenced in Teddy's very unconvincing wig and fake sideburns. But both works for the movie here, as it gives it a very otherworldly retro feel - plus it goes very well with the humour of the movie that's anything but sophisticated. Actually it's rather crude and has some bathroom quality to it. But there's strategy to this, as everything works well together in this totally over-the-top soap opera/thriller hybrid where everything is exaggerated to the hilt, but to an extent where it becomes hilarious again. And one might say this is a bit of a forced so-bad-it's-good movie - but forced or not, it really works out in a highly entertaining way.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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