Dir: Richard Hunter | United Kingdom · 2024 · DCP 2K · 108′ · o.v. English / Mandarin
Richard hunter has made a bit of a name for himself in the disgusting horror genre so his feature debut more or less speaks for itself and lives up to expectations with its vile and often ludicrous compendium of short stories vignetting the unkind, unpleasant or squeamishly ghastly unfolding as a collection of filmed sequences all based on reality.
Along similar lines to TVs Candid Canera – if you remember it – albeit with a macabre twist, this has to be seen to be believed. The characters are nasty, weird and some are just downright sad – like the guy who orders a pair of six inches long shorts. Or the porn addicted vicar stuck in a sexless marriage and plagued by maggot-infested cupboards conjuring up the worst fears of sleeping in your own bedroom.
Hunter intertwines them together to provide a running gag that ramps up a low level tension. It keeps us gripped to the screen throughout the feature’s one and three quarter hour’s running time. Ultimately watchable and entertaining this is easy and enjoyable viewing although the final reveals are more bathetic than satisfying. @MeredithTaylor
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