mvario
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Gutterballs is the newest flick from Ryan Nicholson (Live Feed). This time around he takes on the slasher genre with a healthy dose of rape/revenge. Gutterballs sets its sites on 80's slashers, and a strong 80's music soundtrack lets you know this right from the start. This reminded of films like Hide And Go Shriek and Intruder which are both about groups of people trapped in a building unaware that their numbers are dwindling.
The film concerns two bowling teams who don't get along to well. Tempers flare and the evening ends in a pretty nasty rape scene. These days most movies play in safe when rape is part of the story with characters remaining clothed or else the assault occurs off screen. Gutterballs looks back to earlier exploitation flicks and is pretty graphic. Not quite "I Spit On Your Grave" territory, but you'd be hard pressed to find a similar depiction this explicit in any film in the last 10 years.
The next night the bowlers return to continue their match, but someone else has other plans. And that leads to some very entertaining kills, slasher movie style, and some very excellent gore, leading to not quite the ending I expected but which I found quite satisfying.
I saw the uncut version and I loved this film. This is the kind of take-no-prisoners graphic horror we seldom see these days, with sex, violence, and sexual violence all right there for the camera. But the film doesn't take itself too seriously, again reflecting its 80's slasher roots. There is some great dialog, and I especially liked the off-kilter delivery of the Joey character. There is a hilarious talking bowling ball polishing machine with attitude. There was a great little Halloween homage that had me laughing.
I'm not sure what will be cut for the R-rated version but this edition is definitely not for your mainstream horror movie tourist. There are some seriously brutal scenes, a hefty level of nudity, and a small bit of activity that would be labeled hardcore sex. I've heard others criticise the use of "expletives". It's not something I noticed, but if you're sensitive to that sort of thing probably will. In other words, the average person will probably find this movie offensive. And that's a good thing, so many movies these days go out of their way to be as inoffensive as possible, movies like this have become a rarity. On the other hand if you're a fan of 70's grindhouse sleaze and 80's slashers then this will be a bit of movie heaven.
The film concerns two bowling teams who don't get along to well. Tempers flare and the evening ends in a pretty nasty rape scene. These days most movies play in safe when rape is part of the story with characters remaining clothed or else the assault occurs off screen. Gutterballs looks back to earlier exploitation flicks and is pretty graphic. Not quite "I Spit On Your Grave" territory, but you'd be hard pressed to find a similar depiction this explicit in any film in the last 10 years.
The next night the bowlers return to continue their match, but someone else has other plans. And that leads to some very entertaining kills, slasher movie style, and some very excellent gore, leading to not quite the ending I expected but which I found quite satisfying.
I saw the uncut version and I loved this film. This is the kind of take-no-prisoners graphic horror we seldom see these days, with sex, violence, and sexual violence all right there for the camera. But the film doesn't take itself too seriously, again reflecting its 80's slasher roots. There is some great dialog, and I especially liked the off-kilter delivery of the Joey character. There is a hilarious talking bowling ball polishing machine with attitude. There was a great little Halloween homage that had me laughing.
I'm not sure what will be cut for the R-rated version but this edition is definitely not for your mainstream horror movie tourist. There are some seriously brutal scenes, a hefty level of nudity, and a small bit of activity that would be labeled hardcore sex. I've heard others criticise the use of "expletives". It's not something I noticed, but if you're sensitive to that sort of thing probably will. In other words, the average person will probably find this movie offensive. And that's a good thing, so many movies these days go out of their way to be as inoffensive as possible, movies like this have become a rarity. On the other hand if you're a fan of 70's grindhouse sleaze and 80's slashers then this will be a bit of movie heaven.
This is one of the best movies ever. Yes, it's not for everyone, and yes there will be people that hate it, but it's pure nirvana for fans of low-budget, old-school, exploitation flicks. If you like the kind of stuff Something Weird Video puts out, if you like Troma flicks, If you liked The Halfway House then you should be grooving on this one.
The title says it all, there's a werewolf and she's in women's prison. Fans of American Werewold in London will find something to appreciate here, but I won't spoil it. Fans of nudie exploit movies will be happy as well as there is a plentiful display of female attributes.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Bernadette Perez who was in a few of the older flicks from The Asylum in which she supplied some of the nudity. Sadly she remained clothed in this (WTF is up with that anyway?).
I have only one real negative criticism of the film, and that is that it didn't have a shower scene. Every fan of women in prison (WIP) flicks knows that a shower scene is one of the most important scenes in the genre and so I felt a bit let down. I will mostly overlook the transgression because of a lot of assorted nudity throughout but it's the only thing holding it back from a 10 for me.
The gore is mostly pretty good and plentiful, though low-budget and cheesy. There was a little wince-worthy cgi at the end which would have been much better as practical f/x, but for the most part I liked the gore.
So for folks who like this kind of stuff (and you know who you are), then you will want to see this post haste as it is one of the finest example of the genre in years.
The title says it all, there's a werewolf and she's in women's prison. Fans of American Werewold in London will find something to appreciate here, but I won't spoil it. Fans of nudie exploit movies will be happy as well as there is a plentiful display of female attributes.
I was pleasantly surprised to see Bernadette Perez who was in a few of the older flicks from The Asylum in which she supplied some of the nudity. Sadly she remained clothed in this (WTF is up with that anyway?).
I have only one real negative criticism of the film, and that is that it didn't have a shower scene. Every fan of women in prison (WIP) flicks knows that a shower scene is one of the most important scenes in the genre and so I felt a bit let down. I will mostly overlook the transgression because of a lot of assorted nudity throughout but it's the only thing holding it back from a 10 for me.
The gore is mostly pretty good and plentiful, though low-budget and cheesy. There was a little wince-worthy cgi at the end which would have been much better as practical f/x, but for the most part I liked the gore.
So for folks who like this kind of stuff (and you know who you are), then you will want to see this post haste as it is one of the finest example of the genre in years.
