Monsturd

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Monsturd

Being a big fan of low budget, horribly made horror films (Troma Style), when I saw this at my local Blockbuster, I just had to pick it up. This is a movie about turds. Most would stop reading this review (and throw this movie back on the shelf) once they found that out. For those of you who are still reading, I recommend you see this movie. Along the same lines as any of the best Troma movies, Monsturd will have you in stitches. The sheer ridiculousness of the plot and obvious low quality is reason enough to give this one a try. Unexpectedly, the DVD of this movie has directors commentary which is definitely worth a listen. The director openly admits to not taking the movie seriously, so laughing at the "serious" parts is expected. this movie has all the campy comedy that you'd expect from a movie called "monsturd". Although the visual effects are laughably bad and most of the acting is sub-par, I'm giving Monsturd an 8 out of 10 for the good "seat of your pants" laughs.

Thanks to this flick, my wife will never let me pick a movie again. I knew going into this just from the premise that it wasn't going to win any Oscars, but I'm still aghast. This is the first time I can remember someone actually setting out to make the worst movie possible in every respect, from the writing (?) to the casting to the music to the "special" effects. A movie can't be this bad merely by accident or failure--this had to be deliberate. I'd have to put this on par with "Pink Flamingo", making "Blair Witch Project" seem like a work of art. If you can stand the first five minutes and hope at some point it'll get better, don't waste your time. A COMPLETE ZERO.

I just saw one of the finest documentaries I have ever seen and it's called Monsturd. If you want to see how the other half lives, rent Monsturd! You wont be disappointed! From it's breath-taking cinematography to it's hard-hitting insight, Monsturd will leave you hungry for more! Bravo! Bravo!

This is obviously a very, very low budget movie when you look closely. It also managed to keep me laughing (sometimes painfully) throughout most of the movie. One of, if not the best vomit scenes in the history of video. Occasionally well acted, though mostly not, in the Herschel Gordon Lewis / Ed Wood tradition. Every bit as good as the jacket cover.

I just watched Monsturd. It was dumb movie, but it was supposed to be that way. Although I've seen better, I thought it was pretty good. Lots of funny parts. My favorite part is when the sketch artist is talking to the little girl and asking all kinds of crazy questions. It was hilarious. I also loved how the monster smeared crap all over the bathrooms and wrote messages on the walls. I saw another poster say something about a Monsturd 2, I don't know if that's true or not but if it is I'll definitely pick it up. If you're into low budget horror/comedies, Monsturd is worth a watch.

Some of the dialog scenes were obviously not shot with the characters being there at the same time, and some were clearly not even shot in the same room. It's especially telling when the white noise shifts in pitch between two characters talking, and a little bit of audio editing with some pirated software could have cleared that up or at least maintained the continuity. The room switching thing was just obnoxiously tacky, and if it was done intentionally as a joke, I think it probably went over most people's heads and just ended up looking like bad production. On a lighter note, the scene where the shrew of a wife sends the husband down to clean the toilet was the funniest in the movie and actually made my stomach hurt from laughing.

This is a thoroughly enjoyable movie inasmuch as it never takes itself seriously. It's full of sight gags, burlesque and double entendre throughout. This is truly a send-up of all B-horror movies. I read about the film makers and it appears they wanted to make a film something like "Jack Frost," but with a "character" that was 180 degrees apart from the sanitary Jack. ***SPOILERS*** Don't miss the bit with the ventriloquist dummy and take note of the name of the serial killer. Well done and entertaining. A "don't-miss" for any aficionado of satire.

I bought this movie solely on IMDb reviews. My local BLOCKBUSTER did have it for rent. However, with their high rental rates for newer movies, it was actually cheaper for me to buy it. ***SPOILER*** Three scenes made me laugh so hard I almost Monsturded my pants! Only two things about this film bugged me tho ... 1) Monsturd should have been a direct result of Jack Schmitt (our unwitting, escaped serial killer) coming in contact with the deadly toxins that were dumped into the sewer system. NOT a recombinant DNA creature that miraculously sprang out of nowhere. 2) When the deputies puked and puked (and puked), the Fed and the Sheriff should also have puked (at least once) after finding the (smelly) remains of Monsturd's victims. All in all, the movie is a real piece of crap (pun intended). And should be rented (or bought) by any and all who are into potty humor, bad film and great laughs.