Father's Day

A demonic character known as Chris Fuchman (Mackenzie Murdock) has been out and about for a long, long time, raping and murdering fathers with gleeful abandon. It's up to a one-eyed recluse named Ahab (Adam Brooks), a solicitous young priest, Father John Sullivan (Matthew Kennedy), and a delinquent, Twink (Conor Sweeney), to vanquish this beast, and save the soul of Ahabs' smoking hot sister Chelsea (Amy Groening).

It's not surprising that the notorious Troma company would have been involved in this joyously classless story. Certainly it bears a number of their trademarks: the over the top gore, the defiling of good taste, the blasphemy, the hammy acting, etc. Written and directed by a filmmaking collective known as "Astron-6" (including our three leading actors), it's made to look like the first movie in a late-night TV triple feature. If you're a fan of Troma, or are at least familiar with the way that they do things, you're likely to have fun with "Father's Day", as it careens from one outrageous sequence to another.

The gore and creature effects are great fun, use of various Canadian cities (including Winnipeg, this viewers' hometown) is effective, and there's a hearty helping of amusing and catchy music. There's plenty of bare skin revealed by the attractive female cast, and the performances are, in general, suited to the material. Kennedy, in particular, is a hoot, especially when he dies and goes to Heaven, and then spends all his time there trying to get damned to Hell, because that's where he needs to be to help his friends. Viewers will be delighted with the cameos by the guy playing God and The Devil.

Diverting entertainment for anybody who desires politically incorrect, cinematic insanity.

All you need to know: there's one hysterical moment where Ahab does Chelsea doggy style.

Seven out of 10.

I have not a clue as to why Troma would set half a dozen DVD release dates for this film, which would come and go with nothing. Not a single explanation given. Just another release date. After a year of being jerked around, I was convinced that this film couldn't possibly be worth this kind of wait. But finally, the real release date came, and I finally got to see Father's Day! And I'd just like to say that I was dead wrong. Father's Day was definitely worth the wait.

Considering the worthlessness we've seen outta Troma the last few years, I'd say acquiring Father's Day was the smartest move they've made in forever. Father's Day is simply amazing! In what begins as a slightly less than normal, yet serious crime-drama, slowly becomes an outrageous, and often insane homage to the B-cinema of the good old days. Thankyou Astron-6. And thankyou Troma for making a wise decision

It seems as if there's a killer out there that fancy's raping dads. Chris Fuchman is the Father's Day Killer. And Ahab is the man who sets out to end him. But it won't be easy. Especially since the only help this ex-convict has is his prostitute sister, an eager priest, and a disgruntled teen hustler named Twink. Together, they just might be able to put this rape-happy Fuchman fellow in his place. On the way, these characters give us the most epic B-movie experience in Troma history. And when it's all over, and the dust settles, it is no longer the same film it once was.

This film has it all! Sleazy characters, gore, stupid, yet subtle humor, grainy screen quality, and incest. Like I said. Father's Day has it all. Over the last decade, I've seen a lot of these old school B- movie throwbacks. Stuff like I Spit Chew On Your Grave, Jessicka Rabid, and the truth is, nothing of the kind that I've seen can compete with this magnificent film. As far as pseudo-Grindhouse flicks go, it don't get no better than this! 7/10

Father's Day is a Troma film and such as these production type movies, it isn't mainstream and certainly for a specific niche audience. There is most definitely a certain charm and bizarreness that makes this film worthwhile and engaging to watch. A lot happens and it is completely unpredictable in which direction it takes.

It is cheap and the over the top special effects look as such making nothing exactly shocking but more so disturbing and somewhat cringe.

The plot starts off relatively slow but once the lead character of Ahab (who sounds like he's doing a Batman voice impersonation) is further brought in, the film gets going.

Troma films shouldn't be judge by ordinary standards. They are not exactly "good" in the same way that mainstream Hollywood films might be good. They are "good" by being as insane and over the top graphically with cheesy acting as possible.

Containing boundary pushing gore, everything is intended to be offensive and sick. It works since it feels quite original and very "out there". It is gory, sick, depraved, self-knowingly silly, and entertaining if you're in the right frame of mind. Sure, however it succeeds in doing the exact thing it sets out to.

The ending is somewhat of a cop out and sort of drags on, when we see the final reveal, although quite unpredictable in a sense.

Like Troma films, Father's Day isn't for everyone, though for fans of Troma or oddball, unconventional spoof comedy/over the top cheesy unrealistic gore films, it's certainly watchable.

FATHER'S DAY is a gory, disgusting, perverted mess... in a good way!

After several years, the notorious Chris Fuchman (Mackenzie Murdock) is back to rape and mutilate anyone in his path. Especially dads. No kidding, this guy is one of the most nauseating killers to ever (dis)grace the screen!

Now, it's up to an unlikely trio of would-be crimefighters (Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy, and Conor Sweeney) to track down this odious monster and do what must be done.

This movie goes out of its way to be offensive and revolting, hitting just about every red button along the way. It's also hysterically funny. If you enjoy absurd, crackpot cinema with bite, then you can't go wrong here!...

Hell yeah I had a great time watching this movie. Sure maybe I was setting myself up for some awkward moments by brining my girlfriend to watch it at the Calgary Underground Film Festival but i cant say i wasn't warned. Any synopsis on this film will tell you that its about three guys who are trying to kill a man who raped and murdered their fathers. I was hoping that maybe they would go light on the father raping and get right into the revenge plot but the truth is they didn't go light on anything but modesty and morality. For anyone wondering if they should watch this movie or not just know that it is extremely offencive, gory, wrong, and funny all at the same time and is absolutely never boring. Thats what i loved most about this movie is that it is never dull, not for a second. Sure there is one scene out of all the nasty shat going on that truly made me uncomfortable (it involved our introduction to the Tweek character), but it happened early on in the film and they definitely made up for it with the copious amounts of comedy in the second half. The dialogue and chemistry between the actors is spot on and hilarious and i both laughed out loud and cringed and groaned more than a couple times. The gore is hilarious, the characters are hilarious, the plot is hilarious, hell even everything i've heard from these guys on facebook and other blogs since watching this movie has been hilarious. Since watching this at CUFF i've become quite intrigued by this group. They are incredibly inspiring having made a film that looks 5 times more expensive than what they made it for. I've also picked up their "wtf is astron-6" DVD compilation which isn't quite as amazing as this movie but is just as inspiring. Now i honestly cant wait for "Manborg" which I'm guessing will be released approximately 2 months after whatever release date they first present us with but after watching Fathers Day I'm basically guaranteed it will be well worth the wait. If i won the lottery i would donate it to astron-6.