It Lives in the Attic

It may live in the attic but it's terrible all over the house. Lots of intersecting stories of unlikeable and poorly acted characters with no payoff. Just back away slowly.

It is always great fun to see what the good folks at Big Biting Pig Productions have unleashed upon the world in each of their annual horror productions. This year's release is their tenth movie to date. Written, directed and staring Steve Hudgins, it is titled "It Lives In The Attic" and perhaps the scariest thing about this film is that it ever lived in the mind of Steve Hudgins. You know what they say... better out than in. Oh, really?

The pre-release trailers for this film did little to reveal any more about what to expect than does the film's title; this signaled to me that the actual story line was being held close to the vest. Wishing not to take away from that spirit of mystery, a thorough review of this film is going to be little tough to do. I will say however, that it was fantastic to see Michael Coon in a leading role, all grown up and enjoying life as happy-go-lucky Andy. It was also good to see that Jessica Leonard was none the worse for wear; coming from her starring role in last years Big Biting Pig monster hit, to figure voluptuously into this tapestry of madness as Ellie, the girl next door. Steve Hudgins channeled his inner "Aqualung" in a masterful "perv"formance as the standoffish Barney.

I really don't think it is much of a stretch to say this production has crossed the line into a soft-porn classification but you may rest assured the horror is there in ample quantity to spoil the mood. Many familiar Big Biting Pig performers contribute admirably to the film and a good many of these seemed just a little too convincing when letting their freak flags fly.

Disturbing? Yes. Uncomfortable? Yes. Horrific? Oh, yeah! Honestly, I came away from this film with much the same feeling as after having first viewed Stanley Kubrick's classic "A Clockwork Orange." In fact, to my mind, I think of this as Big Biting Pig's "A Cuckoo-Clockwork Orange" (I mean this in a good way.) Steve Hudgins and the Big Biting Pig crew always seems to bring us smart, thinking-person's horror, so you will want to bring your brain; of course it will be of no great help with this one, but you will want to refer back to it as the credits begin to roll.

It Lives In The Attic? If only...

It's a great movie for the right audience.

Here's a good way to know if you will like it or not.

If you like movies like Pulp Fiction, Blue Velvet, Eyes Wide Shut, Memento, and A Clockwork Orange, you will probably like this a lot.

If you hate those movies, this one probably won't work for you.

A friend of mine illegally downloaded this (yes illegally) and boy if there ever was a case for justifying the use of illegal downloads then this is it.

Anyone who has paid money to see this amateurish, pointless student project, should be taking legal action to get their money back.

It's bad, how bad I hear you ask? Bad even for a student film that obviously cost about $20 to produce.

If you enjoy watching home movies with people who can't act, special effects that are just that "special", camera work that is simply a dude running around with his mobile phone on record and lighting that jumps around all over the place, from bad to almost unwatchable, then by all means, give it a try, otherwise, avoid it at all costs.

Garbage!

total mystery all the way to the end. couldn't figure it out and Im usually pretty good at that! Great acting. I really liked this movie.Im very curious as to where they shot this film. Gorgeous locations in the outdoors. Really creepy and well edited because there are flashbacks and instead of making it confusing it was very suspenseful.