Director: Will Collazo Jr., Julie Anne Prescott
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Creature Feature Slasher; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
Trying to continue his career, a failing director tries to control his crew as they film a low-budget horror film of his, but when they realize that a malevolent killer turkey is on set with them, knocking everyone off one by one, they must try to stop its deadly rampage.
Review:
This was a fairly solid if troublesome indie effort. Among its better aspects is the generally silly and cheesy approach that comes about from the presence of the killer turkey running wild and taking people out. The whole concept is quite appropriately handled with how the creature comes alive and goes about taking out the crew who are attempting to shoot a cheesy horror film with an incompetent director and equally troubled cast and crew. There are plenty of silly jokes about the situation that goes along with the rampage, as the creature’s short ambushes and goofy appearance leave quite a lot of goofy elements to be had here, as it leads into the frantic finale. Realizing the full extent of its plan with the help of the spirit guardian informing it of what’s going on and how to carry out the purpose of its existence, this type of silly and gory genre effort has a lot to like, which holds itself up overall.
There are some big flaws with this one that hold it down. The main issue here is the seemingly randomized nature of everything that comes about with how it sets about getting the crew together and waiting around to get started with the shoot. There’s far too much about the team coming together, talking smack about the director for their past discrepancies on other shoots, and the unprofessionalism of their antics that border on incompetence, but are supposed to be funny, that runs prominently in the first half, holding up the film from doing anything. It’s barely under an hour before the crew even discovers what's going on, as they’re far more concerned with other factors instead of the slowly-dwindling numbers of the group, as it focuses on these factors, keeping the pacing incredibly slow and underwhelming.
On top of that, the fact that it’s supposedly designed to be funny is an issue, with there not being much in the way of laughter to be had with what happens. As it already contains the aggravating tactic of trying to present incompetent professionals who are unwilling or unable to do a job and complaining about their treatment of that as a source of laughs, the concurrent idea of the talking turkey conversing with a guardian spirit of sorts for keeping its profile down while committing its rampage or trying to take part in meta-commentary on the situation about what’s happening is all attempted here which keep the laughs to a minimum. Combined with the overall cheap and flimsy appearance, there are some drawbacks here that bring this down.
Overview: **.5/5
A watchable if somewhat flawed genre effort, there’s enough to like here that manages to get brought down by a series of issues that are present within this one. Those with an appreciation for this kind of indie effort, who don’t mind the style featured here, or who are fans of the creative crew, will have the most to like here, while most others will want to heed extreme caution.
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