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| Awesome vintage looking poster! |
In all my years of a horror fanatic and throughout the experience of
writing several hundreds of film reviews, I am not usually blown away by 21st century film, but believe you me, 2011's Troma studios "Father's Day"
is truly the most demented, twisted, sickest and derailed genre outing
that I ever watched. And I'm glad that I got my hands in the home release limited edition of the film, featuring 4 discs of pure crazy awesomeness!. The limited edition feature s the 2 DVD standard edition of the film, the high definition Blu-Ray disc and the amazing original motion picture soundtrack all packed in an astonoshing vintage looking case!
If you are familiar with Troma studios, you know you will be exposed to a massive
amount of gore, perversity, craziness and smut! This movie truly
embodied the absolute most fun you can experience if these kinds of films are your cup of tea.
Written and directed by a collective of no less than six creative minds
– who are undoubtedly all mentally ill beyond repair – and produced by
the legendary infamous Troma Studios, "Father's Day" is best described
as a sort of homage/throwback to gritty & low-budgeted Grindhouse
cinema from the 70's and early 80's, but I assure you that even
throughout that entirely lunatic era, there was never a film so extreme
as this one.
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| Yeah! Nude women & chainsaws! |
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| Shake that ass! |
Where and how to begin with describing this unique piece of trash? With
the plot, perhaps? It's practically impossible, but I'll give it a shot
anyways. The pauperized ghetto streets are terrorized by the psychopath
Chris Fuchman; an anal rapist and serial killer targeting distinguished
middle class fathers. One of the victims' sons (a gay teenage
prostitute) teams up with an ambitious young priest, but they quickly
realize they'll need the help of the eye-patch wearing warrior Ahab. He
hunted down Fuchman once before, but now retired to the Canadian
forests in order to devote his life to making maple syrup. I kid you
not. Ahab can be convinced to fight, however, as this grants him the
opportunity to restore his relationship with his estranged go-go
dancing sister Chelsea. Together, this crazy wild bunch tracks down
Fuchman, but their work isn't even finished when they kill him, as his
soul and even his evil sperm carry forward the killing spree. Mind you
that this short description doesn't give you one quarter of insight
about everything that's going on in "Father's Day".
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| The Good Guys! |
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| Nice couple, aren't they? |
The plot is much
more convoluted and insane than this, complete with dead-end sub plots,
a massive load of flamboyant supportive characters, depraved undertones
and a finale that left a complete theater full of horror freaks
startled! I don't suppose I have to emphasize this, but "Father's Day"
should most definitely be avoided by all easily offended, prudish,
squeamish and politically correct viewers. The film is a smörgåsbord of
blood and intestines, cut off body parts, ripped out organs, bludgeoned
faces and – oh yes – even cut open/bitten off penises and crushed
fetuses. The acting performances are all extremely over-the-top (like
they ought to be) and the movie is supported by a penetrating
soundtrack, raw & primitive cinematography and awesomely animated
opening credits. Particularly the depiction of heaven and hell near the
climax are deliciously deranged. And, as some sort of extra reward for
the fans, there's a brilliant cameo appearance by Troma's smut-deity
Lloyd Kaufman in a genuinely apt role.
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| Boss Hog, the thin years. |
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| They call him one eye.. ahemmm I mean Ahab! |
Lloyd Kaufman and Jeremy Gillespie, one of the director's collective
Astron-6, were present in Brussels at the festival to introduce their
film and provided some interesting background production info. The
crazed out collective initially fabricated a fake trailer for "Father's
Day" and sent it to the Troma headquarters. To their own surprise,
Troma contacted them back and offered them the relatively low (at least
to make a full-feature film) sum of $10.000. Gillespie elaborated that
it's incredibly difficult to make a full movie out of a fake trailer
that actually even started as a little joke. Most of the downright
absurd and unfathomable situations and plot twists in the film are a
direct consequence of the fact that Astron-6 stuffed nonsensical ideas
into their trailer, unaware they later had to bring coherence between
it all. But the result is there. "Father's Day" is destined to become a
Troma cult favorite for sure.
Here's the uncensored film trailer:
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