Attack of the Killer Refrigerator

If you like bad movies, this is the one to see. It's incredibly low-budget special effects (you'll see what I mean) and use of non-actors was what gave this film it's charm. If you're bored with a group of friends, I highly recommend renting this B movie gem. It's mulletrific!

If you're a film major in college, you should be required to watch this horror short. No more than ten minutes long, the story is about an evil refrigerator that goes nuts and decides to kill everybody in the house. Enough said, this film was made by college students in Massachusetts. Low budget, with a college camera, and a non payed cast and crew, this film is an example of a local independent film.

Ever get that feeling you were being watched by your appliances?

If not, you're just weird. This movie is concrete evidence that they watch and will turn on you at a moment's notice. And its the best acting I've ever seen in an appliance. If you like this kind of movie, you'll love Attack of the Killer Refrigerator.

My review was written in November 1990 after watching the picture on Donna Michele video cassette.

Amateur horror films hit video in a bait & switch program, consisting of this short film plus "The Hook of Woodland Heights" and a laughably inept TV "making of" featurette to fill out the running time.

Misspelled on screen "Attack of the Killer Refridgerator", the 15-minute item is a poorly made mid-'80s student film about a fridge that gets mad after being "abused" at a party, where the heroes chip away the ice in its freezer compartment. Gory makeup effects ensue when it kills people, including exhibitionist filmmaker Mark Veau.

Accompanying slasher movie "The Hook..." is no better. And the BTS on the cassette of "The Hook" is an unwitting parody of such documentaries. There's precious little talent displayed by these tyro filmmakers.

That warning against chipping the ice in your fridge is there for a reason...

An amusingly stupid short in which a refrigerator does indeed attack and kill. Curiously, there's also a feature-length film with the same idea, The Refrigerator (1991). And evidently this short is going to be remade for a feature as well?

On video with The Hook of Woodland Heights (1990) (V), again, much more amusing than scary. These are also available on DVD now from the producers, along with another even lesser-seen short of theirs, Days Before Christmas.