Tales from the Crapper

I can't even remember why I watched this movie in the first place. Maybe because I was searching for Tales Of The Crypt and this came up and I thought it was a funny title. Could have been because Julie Strain was in it?

From the get go, this movie has all of the things Troma films are known for - bad acting, bad scripts, dodgy camera work and lots of nudity'

The films roughly an anthology (similar to Tales Of The Crypt) of three stories that all turn bad at the end (was it ever good?). The first is about a police detective investigating murders in a strip club. The second about the first turn on. The third is about a stripper party some frat boys hold that turns horribly wrong.

The acting and story line is extremely bad. That said, it's so bad it's good. I was laughing hysterically throughout with how stupid this movie is. There's also some lovely norks to pass the time. There's some well known faces throughout.

Don't expect too much from this. If you love B grade films (this might even go as low as C or D), then sit back for a wild ride of stupidity. I'm putting in the realms of "Kentucky Fried Movie", "Poultrygeist" etc. I'm sure it was never meant to set the world on fire. I'd even watch it again for how silly it was.

I've reviewed many films in many genres (But a lot of horror, because there is so many levels). This is flat out trash that made me angry that it ever fouled my eyes and ears. I've seen a ton of low budget films, but this is by far the worst. Acting, music, directing, script, and voice acting is just awful. It is what happens when you give a stoned teenager a camera... Perhaps someone will mention that I don't understand that this is satire, but I'm not mentally ill. Films Like Scary Movie 1 or Don't be a Menace while Drinking Juice in the Hood are solid examples of satire and spoof movies. This is just abusive to human senses. The jokes are less than Sophomoric. They are pre-school. How many times can a fart sound be used in one film? The visuals and audio are worse than the projects I made in school. Lastly, it has the cardinal sin of pretending to spoof or have any connection to Tales From the Crypt. The EC Comics are wonderful parts of our culture. The type of fun horror that can connect generations of people. Creepshow 1&2, as well as the TV show, Tales from the Crypt TV shows, and it's films are American staples. Many other films have followed in the EC Comics tradition with dignity like Cat's Eye, Tales From the Darkside movie, Trick R Treat, or even the ABC's of Death... Even if the makers want to spoof the anthology EC style, they could've reached for more quality like Tales from the Hood... The saving grace for this POS is supposed to be all the naked girls, but most of them are gross, have obvious plastic surgery, and probably are strippers in the poor sections of California. Why make your "hot girls" keep farting over and over? It wasn't funny the 1st time, and down right anger inducing the 500th time. I've never been so unimpressed. Might actually be the worst film I've ever seen. I probably spent more time and energy critiquing it than they did making it.

I'm not sure what to think of this movie. I did enjoy it's low-budget crudeness. I liked the over-dubbed voices. I liked the chintzy special effects. And I liked Lloyd's Crapkeeper costume. But I felt that this movie was at times a strain on the brain to watch. It was a definite step down from Citizen Toxie and Terror Firmer. Yet it was better than The Killer Condom or any of those boring Witchcraft movies Troma is re-releasing. I liked the many cameos and the insipid story lines and the non-stop rude attitude the film portrayed, but at the same time I felt it was hard to watch because of the muddy filming, crappy editing and the sloppy way the stories were brought together. When I talked to Lloyd a year ago, he was quite excited about getting this released. Sorry to say, I was expecting more. But I guess I shouldn't complain. I know I could sit through it again. Two and a half stars.

As a fan of Troma, I thought this would be better. However, like Billy Bob Thorton's character in Bad Santa says, "They can't all be winners". The first film in this two film anthology series is unwatchable and stupid, even by the standards of Troma. The second film is better. It definitely is campy garbage, but amusing campy garbage that has cool cameos and makes fun of Hollywood's pretentiousness. Both of these films are short and the rest of the movie has Troma's Grand Poobah Lloyd Kaufman chewing up the scenery, making bad jokes and acting like an imbecile. Which would have been fine, but he does it for way too long and wears out his welcome quick. Tales From The Crapper does have plenty of boobage, gore, as well as an overdose of camp and super lowbrow humor. Most of what is contained here is not funny, or entertaining like a good bad film should be. It is just bad. There are plenty of other titles from Troma that are much better viewing choices. For example, in their own way films like The Toxic Avenger and Redneck Zombies are brilliant. I can only recommend this pile of crap to Troma's most die-hard of fans, who probably watched this 12 times already.

I always knew Troma studios were all about the trash gore and female nudity but this 'movie' was just so hopelessly sloppy and disjointed it was nothing short of pathetic! It's just awkward to watch and really not very fun at all, it's a far cry from the really rocking and anarchic films that they did like Terror Firma, Tromeo and Juliet and the good Toxie movies, those flicks technically weren't vastly different from this one in terms of budget and acting, but they had a kind of fun crazy drive and energy to them, and they were mainly funny because of the fearlessness and enthusiasm of the actors, but this hack-job monstrosity is what I'd call the work of zombie Troma, a studio that in the case of flicks like this, is a shambling corpse of what it could be when it really got its act together and made something actually worth watching, but this is just endless scenes of obnoxious silly gross fart and squelchy noises and overly sexual jokes and situations with curvaceous hot girls taking their clothes off, from what I could gather the movie's main appeal would be to excitable young guys because it sure wasn't very funny, only moment that did make me laugh was the Trey Parker cameo! The majority of it though was just disgusting and brutal and weirdly very dull.. To me it's really not worth bothering with, it may score points for the odd lucky hilarious touch or the many sexy ladies on display, or just for the sheer weirdness, but overall it's a very weak nonsensical endeavour with no real story and just loud gross out nonsense constantly shoved in your face, with Lloyd Kaufman popping up to plug his book every now and then, and it doesn't help at all that it's completely aware of how awful and stupid it is and even tells you so, several times, but all the self-deprecation in the world can't make a bad movie into a good one! It's a bit frustrating because I like Troma and the spirit of what they represent at their best, but this is just plain terrible. Oh and don't be deceived by the cover art no matter what you do, because this sure ain't no fun Creepshlw type flick, it's an anthology in as loose a term as I've ever seen. Just very poor all around and just not fun enough, I love ya Lloyd but you can do better than this, this deserves nothing less than to be flushed!!! X