Shock-O-Rama

Needless to say that I had never even heard about this 2005 horror movie titled "Shock-O-Rama" prior to stumbling upon it by random chance here in 2025. Given my love of all things horror, and in particular zombies, then of course I opted to watch this movie, even without knowing what I was getting myself into. So in a sense, I suppose writer and director Brett Piper had every opportunity to entertain and impress me. Everything about "Shock-O-Rama" was just screaming low budget B-movie, but I still opted to check out the movie.

Based on the movie's cover, then I was expecting a zombie movie, but instead I was in for an anthology of sorts, as there several stories told here with a common narrative to tie them together. Normally I am not overly keen on horror anthologies, as they tend to be questionable affairs. Writer Brett Piper didn't exactly put together a script of Shakespearian theater level throughout the segments.

The first segment is titled "Mecharachnia" and it was about a miniature alien crashlanding in a salvage junkyard and duking it out with the yards owner. It was actually the most enjoyable of the segments.

"Zombie This" is the second segment, which is about a dead man reanimated as a zombie through some spilled blood. It was rather forgettable, to be honest.

The third segment, "Lonely are the Brain", was borrowing a bit too heavily from Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum". But I will say that the it was definitely the segment that was the most visually interesting.

As for the narrative that tied the three segments together, well it was actually interesting enough.

I was not familiar with a single actress or actor on the cast list, except for Erin Brown, whom was credited as Misty Mundae in this movie. And that was actually something that spoke in favor of the movie, as I enjoy watching unfamiliar talents on the screen. In all fairness, then the acting performances were actually fair.

I wasn't really expecting the best of special effects from a movie such as this, but I will say that the effect turned out to be better than I had expected them to be. Sure, you're not in for anything grand or extraordinary, but I've seen far worse special effects in other movies.

"Shock-O-Rama" was actually not as bad as I had initially expected it to be. Sure, this is by no means a gemstone in the history of cinema. But it was cheesy and laughable enough to actually be entertaining to watch.

My rating of writer and director Brett Piper's 2005 movie "Shock-O-Rama" lands on a five out of ten stars.

This is an excellent low budget sci-fi/spoof shot in the wilds of New Jersey. Actually, many of the settings look quite opulent for such an inexpensive picture. It's very well shot on film (a rare thing among lower budgeted movies now that most are being shot on digital video) and acting, photography, and dialog are of a very high caliber. Mostly it's fun because of the retro effects (which fill the movie almost from start to finish) and imaginative production designs. Also unusual is the fact that many scenes feature almost no dialog at all, notably the opening scene (with the great Erin Brown, aka Misty Mundae) and several extended and surreal dream sequences. All in all very colorful and well worth a look.

Shock O Rama is basically a 'twilight zone-ish' b movie. There's two stories connected by one transitional story. The connecting story stars Misty Mundae, who plays an actress trapped doing bad b movies (sound like typecasting?!?) who just wants to get away from the grind of making these b movies. She travels to an old house where she's attacked by an evil zombie. The other stories involve an evil giant brain who's trying to take over the world from a home for wayward women (sort of) and an attack on a junk yard by tiny aliens.

This movie is a great drive in movie...even if you don't know or have never been to a drive in! It's just good old fashioned fun, and well worth your money!

Tell you all roads were great and then we came on to an amazing END very funny how life imates art as art imates life. To see such a great film and to know how Misty was calling it quits. All the films they came from factory...days to shockorama ,video outlaw ,seduction. Was an amazing film. But ended a Alternative cinema era . Sad in retrospect So see this film to me wss one of the best . Cheers

Ever since I won a copy of the haunted house shocker "Drainiac" about two months ago, I consider myself a fan of the New Hampshire based cult filmmaker Brett Piper.

And since "Drainiac" was not enough to quench my hunger for spectacular low budget horror, I didn't hesitate to send a couple of bucks to Shock-O-Rama/EI Cinema to order Brett Piper's flicks "Shock-O-Rama" and "Bacterium" on DVD. And since I was especially excited to see "Shock-O-Rama"—which Brett Piper himself had already introduced to me as his best movie so far—I put the disc in the player right after I got it. And what shall I say, after I've been watching "Shock-O-Rama" for hardly more than a few minutes, it already appeared to me that this flick would indeed turn out to be a highly entertaining horror comedy with real cult potential.

Just like classics such as "Creepshow" or "Tales From The Crypt", "Shock-O-Rama" is also divided into three individual episodes, that are tied together by a funny, tongue-in-the-cheek background story. In the first episode called "Mecharachnia", a group of tiny little aliens shipwrecks on a run-down junkyard and terrorizes the macho yard keeper Jedd Callahan and his bitchy ex-wife Linda. Things get even worse when the uninvited guests from outer space build a giant killer robot out of scratch metal overnight and henceforth try to blow the quarrelsome ex-couple to pieces.

In "Zombie This" we'll then get to see scream queen Rebecca Raven (played by Misty Mundae) being attacked by a bloodthirsty zombie, who has just risen from the grave and now wants to feast on the sexy actress' soft and tasty flesh. At first it doesn't look too good for Mrs. Raven, but then she finds a chainsaw in an old tool shed and all of a sudden the situation takes an unexpected turn and now it's the zombie who's gotta run for his rotten life.

And last but not least there's also an episode called "Lonely Are The Brain". This freaky and visually very appealing sequence is about a giant brain from the future, which controls the naughty dreams and sexual desires of a whole bunch of scantly clad hotties, who henceforth find themselves right in the middle of the weirdest fantasy scenarios. But be aware, what might look like the kinky product of a naughty girl's imagination at first, may turn into a bloody nightmare just a couple of moments later...

As a devoted b-movie maniac you will most likely have realized by now, that there's hardly a horror- and science fiction cliché which Brett Piper does not use in "Shock-O-Rama". From start to finish, this flick is nothing but a wonderful homage to the long forgotten monster movies of the past, especially the drive-in classics of the 50s and 60s.

To keep "Shock-O-Rama" in proper old-school style, Brett Piper has almost completely abstained from using CGI and instead unleashed a true feast of cool, handmade effects. Throughout the course of this movie you'll find tons of awesome stop motion monsters, latex masks, horror makeups and miniatures, as well as beautiful sets and locations occupied by hilariously over-the-top characters, who deliver one funny line after the other... and, as the icing on the cake, "Shock-O-Rama" does also offer lots and lots of bloodshed and nudity for our greedy 'lil eyeballs to behold.

To keep a long story short: "Shock-O-Rama" is a wild, colorful and highly entertaining ride with the b-movie roller-coaster, which every scifi-, horror- and cult film fan will surely enjoy a lot. Fans of trash icons such as Roger Corman, Frank Hennenlotter and Lloyd Kaufman will definitely get their money's worth with this DVD, especially since not only the film itself, but also the package with lots of cool specials such as interviews, behind-the-scenes footage and an informative audio commentary do hardly leave anything to be desired.