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Gingerdead Man 3 is a very strange movie even when compared to the previous movies. It feels too mean spirited at times to be likeable and it doesn't work when it tries to parody scenes from other movies. Also the effects (practical and visual effects) are much worse than they are in the first two movies which didn't have great effects either.

Gingerdead Man 3 is a bizarre chaotic experience but I don't think I would say it's one I liked overall

Grade: C.

Having watched both Gingerdead Man films in the series, and found less interest in the second film.

This third instalment once again features a different voice actor for the Gingerdead Man, as well as a new cast of characters. Now this film is better than the second film. It has a more fun and a silly entertainment factor. The look of the gingerbread looks more realistic at times and he seems to show more range.

Still this movie is quite cringe and off putting at times. Some gruesome kills by him with overloads of cgi. The ending was bizarre and made little sense, yet they seemed to make it as over the top as possible.

Noting that this film was ultimately the final film of the series (although there is a crossover film with the Evil Bong released after), we wonder if this third film was meant to end of the franchise.

The idea of rude humor and purposefully sexist comedy is fine--but you have to actually be funny. And you have to make something that holds together as a movie--I mean to sit through a feature length mess is not a good time.

The standards for this series as far as something that looks like a movie are low but this one is a new low. A Lousy sound job with obvious and much post production dubbing of voices is probably the shoddiest element. The sound dubbing is no bad it almost sounds like a commentary track playing over the actual film sound--and mostly sounds are just missing.

Director Butler doesn't show an understanding of how to shoot a movie it almost looks like it's shot and edited live--frequently the shots jump from one to another from a real location to poor sets.

The editing struggles to cut from one camera angle to another without it looking like each show was done at a different location. The original footage is badly shot so I'll give the editor a bit of a break--one of these "you can't make chicken soup from chicken sh**, still there is no pace to the movie.

The movie boast out of focus shots right in the first couple of minutes during a shoddy Silence of the Lambs parody--the kind of bad sketch comedy that would be editing out of any other movie.

There are also ,crappy Digital and practical effects and acting that is elementary school talent show rejection level. Most of this can be blamed on Butler and, I'm sure, a super short shooting schedule. Then again this was made in Los Angeles where there are more actors than anywhere else on the planet so why you'd pick these people? Even for no money there are so many to choose from.

Only possible note is that unlike the totally lazy films that Charlie Band directs himself, Butler actually has some ambition--to actually shoot in a real roller rink for a day or two and actually have some digital effects.

If you liked the previous films I guess you can add one star to my review but still not something worth your time.

Full Moon films seem stuck in many ways to what wasn't so great in the 1990's. Only back then they had, per film, budgets that now represent an entire years worth of movies. Sad.

After escaping from jail, The Gingerdead Man finds himself in a time machine destined for killing and roller disco.

Opening with a highly amusing Silence of the Lambs paradox including a muffin throwing his cream over Clarissa Darling stating he can smell her Muff-in, you know what in for - or do you? The previous Gingerdead instalments were B-average at best and this is no exception.

Once Ginger goes back to the 70's it's a series of some Porky's gags mixed with scene on scenes of roller skating linked by some t & a and few and far between kill scenes including gun play, acid attack and a nail gun assault. By the end it all crumbles apart with annoying kids and time travelling history figures cameos.

While no one expects Oscar material from Full Moon you always hope for some-kind of return to former glory. You could spend 80 minutes watching Puppet Master or Blood Dolls but if your a fan of Gingerdead and 1976 this one will roller Boogie you to death.

It's weird how film concepts get lost in translation. When the The Gingerdead Man (2005) was released, it had a certain level of groundwork that it needed to cover. Unfortunately, it only covered enough to make the practically hour long movie far from anything worth more than one watch - even with its minimal strengths. Then came Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust (2008) which was even less of an entertaining installment. The continuity was loose, the characters were even less likable and the whole motivation behind the killer cookie was dropped. Now we have this movie, which quite honestly is baffling for several reasons. Nothing makes sense here.

The movie starts off with an actress knock-off look alike of Clarice from Silence of the Lambs (1991) looking to interview the gingerdead man. But wait, didn't the gingerdead man get burnt to a crisp in the last film? And before that wasn't he burnt to a crisp then too? How does he keep coming back? One word - continuity. Also, the place where the gingerdead man is staying is at a psychiatric ward of homicidal baked goods. So the writers mean to say that Millard Findlemeyer wasn't the only serial killer who had a mother who knew witchcraft in homemade pastries? This is really poor writing. Why does William Butler, a person who has exceptional credentials allow an at least potentially fun franchise go down the wrong path of a good production.

A few minutes in, the gingerdead man escapes and happens to find two scientists completing a time machine. So what does Mr. Findlemeyer do? He jumps in of course a decides to use it to help him evade the authorities. The end result is seeing him land in the middle of a discotech in 1976. This ends up pissing the evil (and stupid) cookie off, but he ends up finding a way to cope. How? By killing various people of course. Don't get to excited though because it takes an awfully long time for anything to get going. At least in the first movie it only focused on a small group of people. Here, the audience is introduced to a ton new individuals that don't excel or help move what little plot there already is.

The main focus is given to a character named Cherry, a parody of Stephen King's Carrie (1976), the difference being that it takes place at a discotech instead of a prom. Other than that, no other actor makes their characters stand out among the rest. In fact, this movie loves to show a lot of scenes of nothing - specifically scenes of girls giggling and screaming for really silly things. It's just annoying. There was one scene that viewers may enjoy but that's it. The only other thing that helps boost the quality of this picture is the CGI but even then it's too late in some cases. Specifically during the kill scenes, instead of using practical effects, they were replaced with CGI and it looks bad. Topping it off is the fact of adding a ridiculous idea of time travel to an already ridiculously silly (although potentially entertaining) concept of a possessed cookie.

It may make viewers laugh in a scene or two,...maybe. This better than average low budget production still has practically no plot, transparent characters and poorly executed kill scenes.

No pun intended - the movie starts off with a nod to ... well Silence of the lambs ... instead of lambs ... I mean humans (prisoners) we get ... well puppets of sorts. Clarice (or whatever her name is) is not holding a candle to the real one ... but I reckon if you like the joke you may not care.

This is not the only nod to other classic movies we get here. You either think this is hillarious ... or you'll have issues with it ... and find it annoying. This has a better (bigger) budget than the original ... and it has a really cringeworthy love scene ... and there are many things that you may find offensive ... but that is what you get with a movie like that ... I am almost surprised they didn't do another one (if you do not count the crossover with Evil Bong - not seen that one yet) ... be aware of what this is ... and if it is something you want to watch.

The Gingerdead Man is back once again! This time, he's in jail (insert terrible Silence of the Lambs parody here), he manages to break out, only to conveniently find a time machine to take him back to a 70s skating rink (cue terrible Carrie parody here). And those aren't even spoilers; that's the very beginning of the movie. With another terrible cover/parody of Bad Reputation to add cringe to the crap.

Gingerdead Man 1 was mediocre, offering little of value or interest to the viewer. Gingerdead Man 2 was a massive improvement, honing in on the comedy with jokes that worked well. Gingerdead Man 3 undoes everything that happened between the first two. This is a shallow shell of a franchise that wasn't all that much to begin with.

The humour of this film falls completely flat. This is the Leprechaun: Origins or Halloween: Resurrection of the series; it's just terrible. The jokes aren't funny, the Gingerdead Man isn't charismatic in the slightest, and the movie fails to maintain anything of interest. For the longest film of the trilogy (albeit not by much), it's by far the weakest and the biggest disappointment as a follow-up to the second one, which was just so much fun.

Consensus: If you watch one Gingerdead film in your entire life, watch PASSION OF THE CRUST. Give this one a big, fat, triple-sugar-dipped SKIP. Don't give this stale cookie your time.

Gingerbread Man 3 (2011) and the entire series are currently available for free on Tubi. This installment follows a similar storyline to the previous films, but instead of focusing on the Gingerbread Man on a movie set, it takes place in a roller rink that's about to go bankrupt. Somehow, they also manage to work in a high school subplot that strangely resembles Carrie.

Directed by William Butler (Dead Voices, Deadly Dolls, Demonic Toys 2), the film stars Carrie Lazar (Preacher), Mike Manning (Teen Wolf), Robin Sydney (Corona Zombies), and Kimberly Dawn Guerrero (Anchorman).

The storyline is as bad as it sounds, but the entertainment value is better than you'd expect. This is probably the weakest of the first three films, but it's not a total waste if you enjoy cheesy horror. There are a few clever lines that provide a good laugh, though the kill scenes rely too heavily on CGI. Overall, I'd give this movie a 3.5/10.

This movie was terrible, but not in the "awful" sense. Filled with puns, plays on words, and enough disco nomenclature to satisfy even the most die hard. I just happened on this film, and thought, "What the Hell?". It was worth it. Its silly, its campy, and horribly lame, but a totally delightful romp with the Ginger Dead man. This movie promises nothing, and it delivers in spades!! I watched it 4 times back to back, just because I was laughing so hard. This movie is worth a watch if you just want to laugh at out of date humor, or if you are one of the 8 people who remained sober through the '70's and just want to take a, "roll" down memory lane. I saw there are other "Ginger Dead" movies, I am going to have to hunt them down!! KEEP ON TRUCKIN'!!!

Gingerdead Man with Gary Busey was solid fun. Gingerdead Man 2: The Passion of the Crust was a riot. Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver follows a similar formula that GDM 2 had and is yet another entertaining entry in the on-going series. A fun movie with a tremendously well done opening scene! Lots of dirty humor again and lots of deaths. I also get killed in this movie (I wear #80 in the background on some scenes and get electrocuted). Only gripes with this film are the CGI was a little bad at times, and I don't remember it acknowledging the first 2. However, those don't factor into the overall movie too much as this is another fun film. Long live the Gingerdead Man and I hope there is a part 4!

This film shocked me. I am usually criticizing Bill Butler for his awful directing, but this may just be his best film... despite being a low budget Full Moon picture, and the third in a series, it was legitimately funny and a well-made film. (Unlike "Evil Bong 3", which is a waste of time.)

Without Gary Busey, you need a good voice to be the homicidal gingerbread man. John Carl Buechler? Good choice. We also have Robin Sydney here (in a very small role) and some great parodies of "Silence of the Lambs" and "Carrie".

I will not say this is a "great" film, but it is a fun film. I enjoyed it more than I expected, and I was not even drunk. It looks like a part four may be coming sooner or later, but that might not be the worst thing if done right...

Having never even heard of this movie series, this movies was suggested to me on Netflix. When I first saw it, I passed it by thinking it would be ridiculous. I decided to try it, and guess what...it is ridiculous...in a great way! I don't plan to write much, but I will say that if you like campy movies, you will love this one. I honestly think those folks who review it badly do not appreciate or understand camp. Here's the first sentence from Wikipedia describing camp: "Camp is an aesthetic sensibility that regards something as appealing or humorous because of its ridiculousness to the viewer."

It seems like a bad movie, but everyone involved in it knows it is larger than life. I read the actors resumes, and they are legit actors; they've done some impressive work. Having seen this movie makes me want to see them all. So I shall.

Gingerdead Man III delivers the B movie goods. Combine the following movies:

Carrie Car Wash Saturday Night Fever Child's Play Puppemaster Silence of the Lambs

Add one part camp, one part horror, and one part delicious B-Movie fun. Now you have the proper recipe for a killer cookie movie.

Director William Butler has assembled an instant cult classic. The casting is spot-on, as well as the 1970s sensibilities. Great roller skating, great good old fashioned drive-in fun.

The cast is great. Loved Muffy Bolding. Hilariously perfect in this bizarro 1970s alternate universe. Look for cameos from other well known Fullmoon favorites including one Robin Sydney.

Put on your leisure suit, grab a bottle of your favorite alcoholic refreshment, turn down the lights, snap on the lava lamp, flick on the black light, and put in the DVD.

Escaping capture and traveling through time, the dangerous killer cookie finds himself stranded at a 1970's roller disco about to close and gets up to his old tricks which puts their final dance contest in jeopardy and forces them to battle him off in order to escape the night.

This one was quite easily the funniest and goofiest entry in the series. This starts almost immediately here with the cheesy antics as the film goes for that atmosphere here with the manner of how the creature gets free and the manner of it going through makes for a great goofy start that continues throughout the film. By going for the time-travel route and setting the entire film in the roller- disco it creates an atmosphere of sheer utter cheese with the film getting the opportunity to showcase all the rather over-the-top dancing routines set to blaring disco songs with their garish colors and fun-filled times here with the way this one focuses on these scenes generating all the fantastic cheese it can provide. Beyond this setting, it continues that fun with the backstage drama following up on the queen of the dance and all the backstabbing going on that leaves this one with plenty of melodrama that gives this one the type of atmosphere here with the works these here into the depraved way it spoofs the main film around that time with the similar name, powers and storyline that plays right into the actions of the finale which is so cheesy and so much fun inverting the expectations into being for good rather than destruction as it was in the original. All of this goofy action gives the film the type of set-up here for some great action scenes here with some rather fun and over-the-top killings to go alongside these set-ups, with the first assault on the car-washers who spray themselves with acid instead of water, the nail-gun massacre in the supply closet and the exceptionally gruesome sequence in the bathroom where the last victim gets slashed up in a long, gruesome death. Alongside the great make- up effects displayed whenever the creature-puppet is on- screen, there's a lot of great points here to like over the few minor flaws here. The biggest facet to overcome here is the cheese which might come at the expense of this one on the whole not being enjoyable as there's so much present here that it does hold a big part against this one. Still, while that might be an individual part the one other facet to overcome is the weak CGI which looks quite cheap and distracting which is used for such things as the bloodshed and scenes of the killer in action rather than letting the puppet get centerstage. Otherwise, there's not a lot to dislike here.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Nudity, a sex scene and drug use.