Director: Dave James Parker
Year: 2015
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Anthology
Plot:
Gathering the supplies in a new shipment, a curator recounts the stories behind the objects he collects when a visitor arrives.
Review:
Wrap-Around-Stopping at his house, a man attempting to kill the homeowner is unknowingly taken into the basement seeking supplies for his take cover story. Looking over the various objects in his care, he begins to retell their stories to the stranger. Overall, this is a generally enjoyable setup for what's to come, giving off a wholly cheesy atmosphere due to his flamboyant attitude and goofy-looking pets. This is a perfect intro to get this started.
Organic Shit-Trying to go about his life as normal, a guy living in an apartment by himself becomes convinced something is wrong when a series of strange incidents center around his garbage disposal. When it's discovered a slime-covered creature is the culprit, a battle wages to remove it from the building. This was a solid and highly enjoyable effort. The goofy atmosphere, based mostly on the premise but also the manner in which the two tend to approach the realization through the unusual noises and discolored remains left behind, give this a great foundation for the battles with the slime creatures. Those are fun and quite cheesily charming, especially with the miniature slime balls which leads to a clever and ingenious finale. It's a fantastic start to the segments as a whole.
Brain Busters-Stricken with strange nightmare visions, a woman turns to a psychiatrist when the visions then her into a paranoid agoraphobic. Taking an experimental drug for a potential cure, she slowly begins to suspect something might be wrong when she's traced to a series of murders. This was a pretty solid and ambitious effort. The idea of the setup involving the experimental drug to cure her conditions starts this off well and gives this a perfectly sound reasoning to try the more avant-garde techniques to show she's under its hypnotic control. The scene of it going around stalking victims are cheesy indie-flavored fun, especially with the coded emotional responses in the transformation and a shocking finale, making this a fine highlight effort.
The Crusties-Gathering together after work, a group of friends gets together at their house for a fun D&D game like they usually do. When it becomes apparent that a group of deformed monsters has crashed the party, they're forced to fight them off to get back to the game. This here was a really fun and entertaining segment. The fun of getting to see them goof off and have fun gives this a silly, charming atmosphere that is suitably enhanced by the various creatures appearing to start eating the group. That the main stalking action takes place in an alternate forest dimension allows for more fun and chilling action than staying in the apartment even if the joke is quite funny. It may take a bit too long to get there but that's not enough to knock this down.
Overview: ****/5
A far more fun and enjoyably cheesy anthology than it has any right to be, this was a rather silly outing that gets quite a lot right and has more than enough to knock down the minor flaws. Give this a shot if you really appreciate cheesy, low-budget indie efforts, anthologies or are a fan of silly monster movies while Those who don't enjoy any of those elements should heed caution.
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