Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA comedic blend of murder, mystery and marijuana. Trying to escape the infamy of a serial killer father, Trent Modine and his goof-ball stepbrother Joey, both seeking a new start, find refug... Leggi tuttoA comedic blend of murder, mystery and marijuana. Trying to escape the infamy of a serial killer father, Trent Modine and his goof-ball stepbrother Joey, both seeking a new start, find refuge in the small town of Mooseheart. Joey, a complete stoner in a town known for its good we... Leggi tuttoA comedic blend of murder, mystery and marijuana. Trying to escape the infamy of a serial killer father, Trent Modine and his goof-ball stepbrother Joey, both seeking a new start, find refuge in the small town of Mooseheart. Joey, a complete stoner in a town known for its good weed and stories of the Candy Corn Killer, is a disaster waiting to happen. As you can imagi... Leggi tutto
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Recensioni in evidenza
If you're part of the first group: It's set up to please from the get go; just a question of taste whether or not you love it.
For the potheads: Depends on what you're smoking, I suppose, but know that pot is hardly a part of the story the marketing leads on. You won't find Cheech or Chong.
If you're in the last group: Nothing to satisfy you here; nothing matching the intelligence of "Behind the mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon" or the slapstick silliness of "Tucker & Dale vs Evil" though it does match its crassness and actually has a musically-denoted Benny Hill moment. Murder is part of the story, and it's handled in classic slasher fashion, this time sporting a baby-head mask, but the scenes are few and killing is just one of those things, like too many, that float in the background but never really seem to be a part of the plot, much like a "Scary Movie" spoof but, again, not.
No 80s nostalgia here, itself refreshing, and yet I was reminded of 80s fare by the generically unsophisticated absurd-is-normal plot developments, tropes, and resolution that were a hallmark of that period, right down to the caricatured baddies and the foul elderly semi- sidekick. If you were around, you'll know what I mean.
The first ten seconds past the titles establishes the vulgar humour to come, and, certainly, the mindless jokes are there and even set the pace for much of the first third but, surprisingly, never delves close to the level of gross or childish one would expect, minus one anal-cavity search. Thankfully, it manages to rise above and out of the toilet crassness after a while, offering a more pleasant level of humour that arises out of the whole rather than isolated jokes, but which never really hits the gut for anyone hoping for mature humour. Nonetheless, you're starting to care.. And that's when it strikes you: it's more enjoyable because it focuses primarily on Shannon Brown's more sympathetic Trent Modine and it's been a while since the juvenile pot- & penis-obsessed Joey (played by Simon Rex) was on screen. A rewrite that excludes this character would be easy but I'm certain fans will disagree, for, after all, there's no "teen" or "pothead" humour without him.
There's also a meta attempt that weakly rears its head at times but is so unbalanced and flat it stands out as lazy writing that adds nothing.
From what I've mentioned you may have deduced its biggest problem: It's highly uneven. In tone, in comedic approach, in structure, in focus, techniques, sound integration, and the plot is a patchwork of divergent elements with minimal significance to the running narrative or interwoven conflicts that never peak to any importance. The bigger-name stars have no real screen significance, cast simply in minor roles that don't, arguably, qualify as cameos. And pot or Halloween are hardly prominent, same for the gang/turf-war aspect or the slasher element or the serial-killer-dad past or the mayoral race or the love hurdle or and are brothers brothers or the bad guys such bad guys once you get to know them?
Surprisingly, it all comes together; things happen and life is composed of a whole bunch of elements, some that matter more than others, sometimes not such is life. In that sense, I honestly see no wrong with the story's direction as it is consistent throughout, often avoiding the expected in the process.
However, albeit the palatable layer that emerges, it fails to satisfy fully since, through the fog of sporadic variation it thinly coats or lumps over it, it's all too clear, title & marketing included, that the makers were more focused on trying to please as many as possible, not trying to tell a good story in a unique way. An art-house exploration of "spoof" this ain't!
That said, any reviews preaching either extreme says more about the reviewer than the film. Where in the spectrum of mediocrity you place it is up to you.
Writers Michael Bussan and Dale Zawada sort of failed to piece together a particularly outstanding or enjoyable script. Sure, the movie was semi-watchable, but it was a forgettable movie, and one that was perhaps suitable for a background noise movie. You know, the kind of movie that runs in the background while you do something else, and only keep a single eye and ear on the happening in the movie.
The movie does have a couple of familiar faces on the cast list, with the likes of Simon Rex, Ray Wise, Jason Mewes, Danny Trejo and Tom Sizemore. The acting performances in the movie were adequate, taking into consideration the rather simplistic script they had to work with.
For a comedy, I have to say that the movie was rather devoid of laughs and funny moments. This is not a movie that I would recommend you to rush out and get to watch. Nor is it a movie that I will ever return to watch a second time.
My rating of director LazRael Lison's 2016 movie "Halloweed" lands on a four out of ten stars.
Lo sapevi?
- QuizStars Simon Rex, who also has a role in the 'Scary Movie' series of horror spoofs.
- ConnessioniReferenced in Best of the Worst: Carnivore, HauntedWeen, and Black Roses (2018)
- Colonne sonoreMonster Hash
Performed by True Violet & TMPO
Written by Jessy Covets, Kayla Miller, Anthony Livanos, Alayna Miller, & Devyn Pristow
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- Хэллоуин под кайфом
- Luoghi delle riprese
- California, Stati Uniti(unknown)
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- Budget
- 450.000 USD (previsto)
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 41 minuti
- Colore
- Proporzioni
- 2.39:1