Parents (1989)

Parents is one of those flicks that I remember renting as a kid. I didn't remember much about it other than that it had Uncle Eddie in it and the parents ate people, so it must have been good, right?

I grabbed some dvd multi-packs from walmart and much to my surprise Parents was one of the flicks included. So I took the dvd with me to work, popped it in, grabbed a pizza and began my excursion in to cannibal-ridden suburbia.

If you've never heard of this movie, its basically "A young boy begins to suspect that his too-normal parents are up to something strange as they continue to push him to eat his meats at dinner." It takes place during the 50's and has that "Leave it to Beaver" way of living.

Straight off the bat, this movie is pretty damn weird. I definitely didn't remember all of these scenes as a kid and I assume its because I didn't really understand them. The only way to describe this movie in my opinion is a Lynchian/50s/Cannibal NIGHTMARE. Its so weird and creepy and screwed up idk how this didn't mess me up as a kid.

This boy is kinda out there and says weird stuff, but starts watching his parents. He notices they move a lot, and becomes friends with a girl at his new school, which happens to be his dad's boss's daughter. The dad and mom are weird and say strange things, and do even stranger things. There is blood, lots of meat, weird moments where the mom and dad are rolling around in blood naked on their bed while the camera shot is in black and white, and more totally bizarre moments.

As in all my reviews, I hate to give too much away, but thats really the whole movie in a nutshell. It is a pretty slow burn style of movie, especially the first half, but its weird, really really weird and I think fans of David Lynch will dig it.

Oh yeah and after such a creeeeeeeeeepy climax, the end credits are such a freaking weird change of pace, you just have to see it.

Good flick and I totally recommend it. Its available on DVD as part of an aforementioned budget multi-pack or for streaming on Netflix.

Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys

So as some of you may know from the Facebook page, I am going to watch all 9 Puppet Master flicks, including Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys.  I vaguely remember the originals from years back, but other than that, they're pretty new to me. So first off, I wanted to start with Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys, because #1, I remember enjoying Demonic Toys, and #2, I heard it didn't go with the lineage of the series at all.  So anyways, I just finished Puppetmaster vs. Demonic Toys and my God, its complete crap.  I wish I could say SOMETHING good about it, considering this is an epic Full Moon clash, but I honestly can't.  Everything about this movie is horrible.  The effects look like crap, the acting is crap, the plot is crap.  The dolls themselves look like cheap plastic knockoffs of the original puppets, and the Demonic Toys look like toys someone pulled right off their kid's shelf. All the acting is so over the top and shitty that its not even a funny over the top, its just bad.  Of all the bad things I have said, the worst part of the entire movie HAS to be Corey Feldman, and I hate saying that.  I'm a huge fan of Corey Feldman in just about everything, except for this movie.  I don't know if he was told to act the way he did, but for some reason he spoke with a gravely tone in his voice and over dramatize every single thing he said.  It went from bad to worse in a matter of seconds.  I don't know why he acted so cartoonish and over the top, but it didn't work.  I guess I have probably said enough, I don't recommend this movie to anyone, even if you're drunk with a lot of friends. There is just no redeeming qualities to this movie.  I hope the rest of the Puppet Master series is atleast slightly better than this one.