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Splatter Beach
USA 2007
produced by Michael Raso (= Michael Beckerman) for Alternative Cinema (Camp Motion Pictures), Polonia Brothers
directed by Mark Polonia, John Polonia
starring Erin Brown (= Misty Mundae), Erika Smith, Dave Fife, Brice Kennedy, Ken Van Sant, Leslie Culton, Cristina Turcan, Alison Whitney, Marty Manglaze, John P. Fedele, Kevin Neblung, Steve Savege, Specterini, John Polonia
written by John Polonia, music by Jon McBride, Pink Delicates, Trigger Finger, Jon Greathouse, cinematography by Brett Piper
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Rodney (Brice Kennedy), his girlfriend Tonya (Erika Smith) and nerdy
Rupert (Dave Fife) make a trip to the beach, the first two to make out,
the nerd to do some research on a sea monster (Marty Manglaze) ... with
the result that Rodney and Tonya soon become seamonster food and Rupert
teams up with local weird girl Tess (Erin Brown) to warn everyone else on
the beach - mainly partying teenagers of course - of the monster ... but
their warnings are in vain and soon the entire partying crowd falls victim
to the monster and its friends, who are of course also sea monsters. Eventually
though, Rupert and Tess team up with bodybuilder Duke (Ken Van Sant), who
never seems to fully grasp the situation, but who in the end saves the day
gunning down the monsters. A splatter comedy combining the
cheap charms of 1980's B-horror with 1950's monster movies and 1960's
beach party movies - but all that said, the film has two main problems:
Firstly the script sucks inasmuch as it never tries to really tell its
story in an even remotely compelling way, and secondly, the film actually
isn't all that funny. Add to that the lack of any reasonable budget the
filmmakers didn't even try to hide and you are left with rather little.
All that said though, the film isn't quite as bad as I make it
appear to be, at least it doesn't take itself in the least seriously, and
every now and again, it's actually pretty amusing even - one just wishes
the filmmakers would have put a bit more effort into it.
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes, cuddly toys and shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill Your Bones to is all of that.
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a collection of short stories and mini-plays ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
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all thought up by the twisted mind of screenwriter and film reviewer Michael Haberfelner.
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the new anthology by Michael Haberfelner
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