Shingles: The Movie

The authors from the popular podcast Authors and Dragons have been writing books in the Shingles series, once a month, for a long time now. They are usually a little more gross, outrageous, irreverent, and "out there" than their normal series. I think it is their version of brain dumps.

And now, there is a movie!!

Shingles, the pervy adult version of Goosebumps.

This is without a doubt, a lower budget movie, but it is a lot of fun! What's not to love about a talking puppet, zombies, a coked up killer gnome and battling aliens in an epic beer pong game?

I love that most of the authors of the books make an appearance in the movie.

This movie is gross, crude and totally everything I love about a good B movie. I can't recommend this enough.

Shingles the Movie simply must be watched. One is made aware of why life is worth living after enjoying the film. The acting is exactly what you'd expect. The special effects use every single penny of the budget, and possibly a couple more. The direction is superb. The big gun, however, is the writing. This is seriously some of the funniest stuff out there. Much, much funnier than any Hollywood comedy written these days. It's not just funny, it's smart-funny.. and by that I mean it's stupid. In a smart way. I'm fairly sure that if one doesn't enjoy this movie, they're probably actual serial killers, fascists, or politicians.

Terrible movie. If you value your life and your time listen to this review. The only reason this movie has a high score is because it's got a very devoted fanbase of ten year olds too hopped up on sugar to know what horror and comedy actually are.

The first scene of the movie is supposed to be bad on purpose, and I was initially intrigued at this because I thought that there was no way that the acting and jokes could get worse. I was so totally wrong. Not only did the jokes fall flat, but they looked like they even made the actors uncomfortable. The acting even got worse! It's just impossible to me that a movie like this can have a rating so high.

WARNING: Definitely not a movie for the faint of heart or for anyone that is easily offended!!

This movie is based on a few select books from the Shingles book series - and they hit the nail right on the head!! The movie is a crazy, gross, hilarious ride from start to finish and very on brand for the A&D guys!!

By the way, you should totally check out the Shingles series, the Authors & Dragons podcast and the Calamity Janes, and check out the authors' other books!! Trust me, you won't be disappointed!! The A&D podcast is how I found several of my favorite authors such as Rick Gualtieri, John Hartness, Drew Hayes, R E Carr, E M Kaplan, and so many others!!

Shingles: the Movie is a fun anthology of stories directed by Steve Rudzinski (the CarousHell series). In "Shingles the movie", we have the four cooter scouts sitting around a campfire telling stories while they're waiting for their scoutmaster to catch dinner.

The first story involves "Jimmy" and a zombie apocalypse. It's the shortest story and my least favorite.

Story number two features "Sloppy" the Ventriloquist dummy. It's pretty funny! The actor "Ben Dietels" reminds me of Ed Helms. Lol! Anyway the story is loaded with laughs and crude humor.

The third story involves Aliens crashing a fraternity party. Watch as the Aliens and the Frat compete against each other in beer games.

My favorite and the final story is about "Dusty the Gnome". He's a garden Gnome that poops cocaine! This is probably the most comical of the stories. You'll never look at garden Gnomes the same after this.

I'm not familiar with the Shingles books, so I came in as a fan of a couple the actresses.