Hideous!

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Hideous!

HIDEOUS! is another silly B-flick from Charles Band's Full Moon Entertainment, shot in Romania with a no-name cast (including the black guy from TOTAL RECALL, you'll remember him "I got five kids to feed!"). The story is about weirdos collecting biological "freak" specimens which are pickled but eventually come to life and wreak havoc, so yet another miniature rampage-style effort. After a long-winded set-up, all of the characters are trapped in a room with the little horrors trying to get them. It's bad taste for sure, but that's neutered somewhat by the awful special effects, which are barely glimpsed for a reason. Expect oodles of nudity to make up for the lack of horror.

You have a choice...laugh or upchuck all the way through this one. Slimy, gory and just plain creepy. A sewer worker retrieves hideous deformed fetuses and other biological oddities like a four eyed baby-creature and sells them to a broker(Tracie May)that in turn keeps two depraved collectors(Michael Citriniti and Mel Johnson Jr)in constant envy of each other. Hell breaks loose in the castle of one collector when four pint-sized creatures become animated and go on a killing spree. Jacqueline Lovell brings s-e-x to the mix. Either topless or semi-topless, she seems to be the only redeeming thing offered in this comedic horror dud. Imagine a topless babe wearing short shorts and a gorilla mask. This is all you will want to remember.

A Great Horror/Comedy Film is a Fine Addition to My Full Moon Pictures collection. Of Course, It's rather a Bit of a Twisted Movie, that Some People would classify as B Rated. Is it B Rated? Yes. but I Like B Movies. Any Fan of Full Moon Pictures will NOT be Disappointed.

"Hideous" is the most professional Full Moon film on the surface. Its beautifully shot, very well-cast and makes use of an epic and atmospheric locale. But unfortunately it features one of the driest, most predictable and uneventful scripts. Charles Band directs in his usual cheapo style with loads of longwinded, faux-intellectual dialogue, sloooooow scenes where nothing happens and loads of stale or over-the-top acting. The incredible production value of this film should've been given to a Puppet Master film. Puppet Master 3 shows what a good budget can do for a Full Moon movie, but that film also succeeded because had Band his hands off artistically. This is a decent watch if you want to see great low-budget cinematography or a 1940s style "old dark house" story redone in the 1990s. But its not entertaining enough or weird enough for the average audience.

Much like Head of the Family, you'll laugh occasionally, get to see solid effects and leer at a naked Jakki Lovell. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie which I bought for a buck(well worth it) off EBay. Although it doesn't elicit as many laughs as Head of the Family it is still enjoyable. The humans involved aren't really the type of characters you'd root for, so I found myself cheering on the oddities. The detective, O'Donnell gives the best performance here, but is outshined by Jacqueline Lovell and her revealing outfits. She has a knack for delivering one-liners that most Barbie-doll types seem to not possess. I'd like to see her in more films like this, but she seems to have settled into the softcore industry. This isn't to be taken seriously, it's meant to entertain, which so many mainstream films(Mulholland Drive and Unbreakable) fail to do nowadays.

This film was just shown on the UK Horror Channel on Sky free to air, from word go one thinks.. o..k.. there's a lot of humour here.. Yes, a topless hijacker certainly adds to the Dads appeal to the film, cor.. and for the rest of the film too.. little monsters? Well, brain left at door. Some very good ideas, characters were very good and at times hilarious. Monsters.. not good, but they didn't really need to be. They are 'there'. The fact they shouldn't be doesn't really come into it. Spoof comedy horror I would say. I don't like any sex in my sci fi, but this is comedy horror and, yes.. added to the interest. So not for gore fans..just comedy spoof horror 'plain and simple'?