Rex Roth presents … David DeCoteau Day *

* Halloween countdown post #17/restored

 

‘David DeCoteau is the kind of film director who isn’t ever likely to get written up in a textbook on the history of cinema, or to have his films released in limited edition DVDs from the Criterion Collection. He is, like Joseph Sargent, a “workhorse” director–one of the industry stalwarts who works a lot, usually in low-budget features, but who can at least be counted on to get the job done. If you look at Mr. DeCoteau’s IMDB sheet, you’ll see his film credits are a mile long. Most of the movies he’s made don’t sound like they’re going to win any awards, with titles like Creepozoids and Beach Babes From Beyond. He specializes in low budget horror and exploitation films.

‘But, in his own way, David DeCoteau is a sort of auteur. Some of his movies have a certain…well, shall we say, a quality about them that’s unusual than other low-budget horror films. Check out the trailer from his 2010 film 1313: Giant Killer Bees. Notice anything, er…different? That the movie, ostensibly a monster flick about (predictably) giant killer bees, seems inordinately preoccupied with attractive young men in their underwear? Yeah. You’re not imagining that. Then there’s the trailer from one of his more famous films, the 2000 magnum opus Voodoo Academy, which spawned a sequel in 2012.

‘So, you see what’s going on here. None of these films are pornographic. They’re not even particularly explicit. They’re all pretty much like the trailers: cheesy effects, hackneyed storylines, ropey dialogue, and lots and lots of attractive young guys in their underwear.

‘Although at first glance it’s not clear exactly who these films are aimed at–gay men? teenage girls? desperate housewives?–what is clear is that DeCoteau, who is actually a pretty talented filmmaker, knows exactly what he’s doing. I found it very interesting to learn that DeCoteau’s mentor in the film business was classic B movie producer/director Roger Corman, and if you watch a few of DeCoteau’s movies – Leeches! for instance, which is one of my favorites–you’ll definitely see a strong Corman-esque influence. These movies, cheesy as they are, are actually pretty well put together. Dialogue may be terrible and special effects courtesy of Mac Book Pro, but for what they are, these homoerotic horror films usually deliver 100% of what they promise.

‘I’ve heard David DeCoteau denounced as a “bad” director, and compared to Ed Wood, Phil Tucker or other legendary crash-and-burn directors over the years. I think those comparisons are totally off base. Ed Wood’s movies were so bad because he was incompetent, but he was famous because he didn’t know he was incompetent, and probably wouldn’t have cared. Take a bad movie made by a really good director – Heaven’s Gate, for instance–and you see the opposite effect: a movie that is technically brilliant, but utterly awful precisely because of the competence of its filmmakers. Heaven’s Gate is a bad film, but it’s an extremely well-made bad film, although its creators were under the impression they were making Citizen Kane.

‘As for the young guys in underwear caressing themselves, I think that’s the key to the whole thing. Here are movies whose plots or characters usually have nothing to do with homosexuality. Leeches! is a classic ’50s-style monster movie. Yet David DeCoteau is thought of as an important LGBT director–even though he doesn’t make “gay” movies in the sense of, movies dealing with gay themes. The brilliance of that! The subtlety of that! Who but a very skilled director can take a hokey script for a movie about rubber leeches killing people and turn it into a bold stroke for LGBT cinema? David DeCoteau can.’ — Sean Munger

 

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Further

David DeCoteau @ IMDb
Rapid Heart Pictures
David DeCoteau interviewed @ Flavorwire
David DeCoteau @ Twitter
The World of Cult Filmmaker David DeCoteau

 

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Film Buff

David DeCoteau on ROLLER BOOGIE

David DeCoteau on TOURIST TRAP

David DeCoteau on TEN LITTLE INDIANS

David DeCoteau on CHAIN GANG WOMEN

David DeCoteau on BLOODY PIT OF HORROR

David DeCoteau on MONSTER ON THE CAMPUS

 

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Who is the Intended Audience For David DeCoteau’s Movies?

If you want to watch naked or near naked hunks, there’s plenty of free porn on the Internet. What’s the point of having a bunch of scantily clad himbos running around in this schlock? It looks cheap and idiotic. Do gay men like this shit?

—Anonymous

How did the one with Fabio from Survivor go?

—Anonymous

It would be watchable if the writing wasn’t always so bad. It’s truly atrocious. I don’t know how he keeps getting funding to make these movies. Meanwhile, talented directors can’t make a film. Go figure.

—I’ve FF”d Through My Share of His Films

After watching the clip, I forget to mention his special effects are always crap as well.

—R2

What’s odd is that he never seems to show nudity – not even ass. He just shows guys in tight briefs.

—Anonymous

That seems to be a fetish of his, [R4]. Guys are always in underwear in his movies.

—Anonymous

I don’t mind seeing hot guys in underwear – as long as they end up taking it off at some point.

Anyone see the movie with Fabio from Survivor?

—Anonymous

Here is DeCoteau’s rationalization for never doing nudity or ‘overtly’ gay storylines. I still don’t get why anyone would want to watch this nonsense; they’re not even passable as schlock. “Here’s the list of reasons why after 26 years in the film business I have followed this carefully chosen formula. One, these are the types of films I want to make. Two, I can’t compete in the saturated T&A; market. There is too much product. Three, none of the actors I hire will do anything beyond what I have done. No nudity, no gay kissing, no overtly gay characters. If they were to do these things, it would be for a big-time director on a huge budget with a film opening on 1,000 screens and co-starring a big name like Julia Roberts. Four, no overt nudity or sex or violence allows for seamless export to all foreign countries. It also allows for R or PG-13 ratings and distribution to Blockbuster, Wal-Mart, etc. Five, no nudity also opens up my talent pool to 95 percent more actors, and allows those actors to use my movie to get more work in legit movies. Almost all actors come from other parts of the country and some are very conservative.”

—Anonymous

How did I know he was responsible for The Brotherhood before clicking on IMDB?

—Anonymous

And yet after 26 years he hasn’t been able to make anything resembling a good movie.

—Anonymous

Thread Closed.

 

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28 of David DeCoteau’s 145 films

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Creepozoids (1987)
‘Creepozoids is a lot of fun. DeCoteau is a relatively talented journeyman shlock huckster, and this film is reasonably stylish and fun. The minimal lighting isn’t quite artful enough to achieve the dingy cool of Alien or early X-Files, and the fun monster effects are broken up by too many sequences of the main characters diddling around in crawlspaces, but Creepozoids makes far more attempts at simply being entertaining than some of DeCoteau’s lazier efforts, and I suppose that must be respected to some degree.’ — vhshitfest

the entire film

 

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Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama (1988)
‘Sure, it’s a trashy piece of exploitation. But at least it’s a trashy piece of exploitation that keeps its tongue firmly wedged in its cheek. So what if pretty much all of the Imp’s wisecracking falls horribly flat? At least lame gags are preferable to the sadistic brutality that was present in so many of comparable films of the same era. And who really cares that the film doesn’t live up to the expectations that would surround any movie that brings together Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens and Michelle Bauer, because you have to wonder what film could? At the end of the day, for all of its flaws, there are a many worse ways of spending 76-minutes than joining these sorority babes on their visit to the ‘Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama’.’ — Home Cinema Choice

the entire film

 

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Puppet Master III: Toulon’s Revenge (1991)
‘The continuity is pretty screwed up, as I don’t understand why Toulon would’ve taken his own life, since these puppets could easily take out two Nazi’s. Before, I was under the impression that the puppets had never killed anyone, but they obviously weren’t banking on making a prequel quite yet. It’s also hard to reconcile the Toulon of Puppet Master 3 with the Toulon of Puppet Master 2 — especially in regards to how he treats Leach Woman. Yet this is the first time I felt that the plot wasn’t a convoluted mess. I understood everything because the presentation of all the information was much more coherent. While I made fun of the cheap sets, I did think the night shots of those streets were pretty moody. David DeCoteau is a very workmanlike director compared to his predecessors, who tended to be more experimental with their styles, yet this also means less self indulgence. The story is simple and the execution of said story was just as simple, with the primary emphasis being on showing its target audience a good time. But more importantly…demonic puppets killing Nazi’s!!! Who cares about all this critic crap when Puppet Master 3 delivers on that alone. It’s silly, cheesy and maybe even a bit dumb.’ — Bit Fister

the entire film

 

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Prehysteria! 3 (1995)
‘The final installment in the Prehisteria franchise was not as good as the first two, but the miniature golf scenes are just too crazy to pass up. If you like Dinosaurs, you’re bound to find something interesting in this movie that has really nothing to do with dinosaurs. The real plot has more to do with a failing business owner, somehow it made sense on it’s release.’ — Conner Rainwater

Trailer

 

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Petticoat Planet (1996)
‘When a low-rent space traveler lands on “Petticoat Planet,” he discovers a world populated with frisky women…all right! Commander Steve Rogers adds a welcome dash of testosterone to this realm of sex-starved cowgirls who guzzle hooch, shoot six-guns, and wear as small a loincloth as local conventions permit.’ — Full Moon Direct

Trailer

 

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The Journey: Absolution (1997)
‘Mario “Didn’t Peak In High School, But Did Peak In A Sitcom About High School” Lopez leads an endless parade of chiseled man meat through a top secret Arctic military academy/alien invasion HQ/finishing school for failed male models, and we all learn a valuable lesson about casting Richard Grieco in anything ever. Introduces the idea of a “gentle, banking plot turn”, which combines a plot twist and foreshadowing in just the right way so all the merits of both are completely ruined.’ — Something Awful

Trailer

 

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Leather Jacket Love Story (1997)
‘Kyle is 18, an aspiring poet hoping to find inspiration by moving to the arty Silver Lake neighborhood of LA, and maybe love too. On day one, he finds a funky coffee shop, where he hopes to do some writing, but instead meets an older hunk. Leather Jacket Love Story is a black-and-white happy-go-lucky film that deals in old-school cinematic tropes like the old spunky sprightly scored nudie films. It doesn’t present a dour take on gay cinema, nor does it neuter the gay culture by refusing to take out the gay sexuality. It’s not exactly deep. It’s about the first three days of a first love between two shallow gays in LA. Sure, it occasionally acts really hilariously derpy, such as when Kyle starts berating Mike for putting their child up for adoption and Mike gets all hilarious defensive saying that he didn’t get proper sex ed in his high school. But, its a cutesy hilarious piece of gay bait.’ — letterboxd.com

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Shrieker (1998)
‘The creature? Yeah, it and the movie it stars in. Hell would seem infinitely more frightening if the damned were forced to watch this for all eternity. Six college students shack up in a condemned hospital to save money and end up victims of an ancient monster who must claim five victims before it returns to “the shadowy world from which it came!” Other than having major logic and coherence problems (plus the fact it appears to be unfinished), this disaster is terribly acted, written, edited (by J.R. Bookwalter) and directed, and the make-up FX are almost nonexistent. It’s also significantly shorter than it claims (at only 80 minutes), but I’m not complaining. It’s the worst movie I’ve seen from executive producer Charles Band’s Full Moon productions and boy is that BAD!’ — capkronos

Trailer

 

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Curse of the Puppet Master (1998)
‘Less awful, but still pretty bad, Curse of the Puppet Master is a mess of a film, but compared to future entries, it’s not as bad. Still the film is yet another poorly done sequel of which the potential completely wasted on-screen. I don’t even know why they filmed a sequel to the alleged final chapter of the series, of which only the first film was good. This is a lazy film with a boring plot, poor acting and poor directing. This film should never have been made in the first place because afterwards, all the sequels in the Puppet Master series took a hefty nose dive and become even worst by each entry.’ — Alex Roy

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Making of “Curse of the Puppet Master”

 

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Frankenstein Reborn! (1998)
‘A wonderfully gruesome opening (a woman is slammed onto a table and has her legs ripped off) leads into a marvellously effective title sequence (backed with a nice score by Regan) that rightly signposts to the viewer that the makers (Leigh Slawner has worked with much of the same cast on various productions) are taking this adaptation seriously and not pandering to the over-used comical approach to much Indy horror output. The acting by all concerned is perfectly acceptable and never grating, and Giles and Downey are especially good. Giles has fun with Franks, but he never makes fun of him or plays up to the camera ensuring that (wobbly accent aside) Franks remains a serious villain throughout the movie. Some of the conversations though are made difficult to understand at times due to a pretty lousy sound mix that often has dialogue coming through very quietly and often drown out by ambient noise. Something that does seem to be an ongoing problem with many Asylum productions if Internet feedback is anything to go by. But a spot of remote control manipulation solves the problem.’ — Horror Express

Trailer

 

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The Killer Eye (1999)
‘In an attempt to prove his theory that the human eye is the gateway to another dimension, a brilliant ophthalmogist performs his final experiment on an unwitting homeless subject. As in all previous attempts, it seems to be yet another miserable waste of life. But something begins to stir in one of the still eye sockets of the victim. The dead man’s eye rises into the air and expands to enormous size. A new form of life has begun. A seemingly invincible being of pure light energy – driven by a hunger for knowledge and a taste for young women. It’s feeding time.’ — Full Moon Streaming

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Witchouse (1999)
‘On Mayday 1998 in the town of Dunwich, Massachusetts, Elizabeth gathers together a group of specially selected friends for a rather odd party. It turns out that she is the descendent of a malevolent witch named Lilith who was burned at the stake precisely three hundred years ago. Now Elizabeth hopes to resurrect her dreadful ancestor and has a specific (and murderous) need for the guests she has chosen.’ — letterboxd.com

Trailer

 

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Retro Puppet Master (1999)
‘Pointless seventh entry that definitely never should have seen the light of day, I’m curious to know why they keep making bad films. Retro Puppet Master is an awful film with yet another poorly constructed story. This time around there are supernatural elements thrown into the Sci Fi horror formula, unfortunately it doesn’t pay off, far from it. I personally think k it’s a shame that it was made this, as I quite enjoyed the original Puppet Master. That film was a cheesy, so bad it’s good Sci fi flick with killer puppets. There could have been so many great ideas for sequels, and with this one it seemed like they were finally taking a step in the right direction. Unfortunately fifteen minutes in, you realize that this was just going to your typical Puppet Master mess of a film. The ideas may have been good, but the problem was a bad script, bad directing and overall lazy filming. This is a film with wasted potential and what could have been comes crashing down. The film is like every other sequel unfortunately, poorly constructed, directed and acted. Watch something else instead. Retro Puppet Master just doesn’t deliver anything worth watching. I personally think that this is a film not worth anyone’s times and there are better sequels and horror flicks in the genre than this one. Don’t expect anything good here, as this is after all, the seventh entry in a series that should been long concluded.’ — Alex Roy

Trailer

Excerpt

 

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The Brotherhood II: Young Warlocks (2001)
‘A sequel in name and underwear only, The Brotherhood II: Young Warlocks hops over to an upscale private academy where John (Sean Faris) suffers daily torment from a gang of preppy bullies, who are apparently jealous of the attentions given to him by pretty Mary (Stacey Scowley). During a nocturnal swimming pool bash, a strange buffed outsider, Luc (Forrest Cochran), offers John and two of his buddies a chance at untold power by joining an ancient sect of warlocks, who cast black magic in their skivvies and walk around the campus wearing black shades.’ — Mondo Digital

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The Frightening (2001)
‘Take a homoerotic slash course in teen terror! To the staff and students the new kid in school, Corey, seems to be a regular teenager. But beneath the surface, Corey hides a sinister and evil past. Strange events begin to occur at his new school, not least some unexplained gruesome deaths and the mysterious disappearance of fellow students. The rest of the students and the school principal seem strangely unconcerned by the evil events going on around them. Only a small group of misfits are willing to confide in Corey and share the truth and his new school, and they’re being killed off one by one!’ — Ryan Saunders

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Leeches! (2003)
‘Members of a college swim team take anabolic steroids to enhance their performance. While on a daytrip to a local lake, a couple of the members pick up some leeches, which feed on the steroids in their blood. The leeches end up washed down a shower drain, where they grow to enormous size and return for more feedings. Following the deaths of several members of the team and a college administrator, the few surviving team members and one of their girlfriends hatch a plan to kill off the monster leeches. They will draw them to the campus swimming pool by having one of the swimmers act as bait. Then they’ll electrify the pool, electrocuting the leeches. Tragically, the team coach, who’s been infested by a leech, attacks them, delaying the electrification just long enough to allow the leeches to kill one last swimmer. Finally the coach is subdued and the switch is thrown, frying the leeches.’ — Wikipedia

Leeches: The Edited Version

 

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Speed Demon (2003)
‘This is the original trailer to the 2003 movie Speed Demon. Written and directed by the incomparably incompetent David DeCoteau, Speed Demon is the reason why people no longer hold out any hope for the continued existence of humanity.’ — bmoviereviews

Trailer

 

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Ring of Darkness (2004)
‘This is from a really terrible horror movie from 2004 about an undead boy band. I guess they didn’t have enough movie so they padded it with bizarre filler scenes like this one.’ — William Rose

the entire film

 

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Killer Bash (2005)
‘Young Becky Jeckyl is such a loser. All the guys ignore her, all the girls mock her, and even her parents would rather strand her at the college rather than let her come home and join them for a family vacation. Who can blame these people for shunning young Becky Jeckyl? She’s smart, shy, doesn’t wear make-up, wears glasses, and wears her hair back. My god, she’s a damn freak like the Elephant Man! Every moment she appears on the screen I threw up in my mouth just a little bit. The Nazis had it right when they took the physically deformed like this girl and euthanized them. The movie is a series of incidents that give director David DeCoteau to sneak in some of that patented David DeCoteau style homoeroticism he’s known for. Yep, the studly jocks that are the Delta Boys just love stripping down to their shorts and engaging in all sorts of sweaty activities, whether it be weightlifting or just standing around and feeling the need to de-shirt themselves. DeCoteau isn’t as blatant this time out as he is many of his other films, but you can’t help but notice that the film spends far longer than necessary establishing that Becky is attracted to young, sweaty musclemen with perfect abs.’ — collaged

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Beastly Boyz (2006)
‘In this homoerotic horror movie from David DeCoteau a young man, Travis (hottie Sebastian Gacki) avenges the death of his twin sister and vows to avenge her murder by punish her killers one by one – even if it costs him his soul. Prolific cult filmmaker David DeCoteau unleashes a new diabolical experiment in extreme and provocative horror with Beastly Boyz – a twisted tale of revenge. With a retro 70’s grindhouse style and a dreamlike European sensibility, this “Dark and fetishistic tale” (mondo-digital.com) is reminiscent of the films of controversioal French shock-master Jean Rolling. With limited dialogue and loads of visceral imagery, Beastly Boyz is a unique and truly original bizarre excursion into perversion!’ — Wolfe Video

Trailer

 

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The Brotherhood V: Alumni (2009)
‘The Brotherhood V: Alumni is the fifth of the Brotherhood series of homoerotic horror films that started with The Brotherhood, directed by David DeCoteau, and was released in 2009. A year after a mean-spirited prom prank turned deadly, the most popular students of Sunnydale High are summoned back for a surprise reunion, only to find themselves at the mercy of a relentless killer.’ — Wikipedia

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Puppet Master: Axis of Evil (2010)
‘Oh David DeCoteau! I liked the part when the girl says to the guy – “Maybe you would like me more if I was made of wood.” This movie was crap. The puppets looked like crap. The acting was crap. Everything was crap. Just crap. Crap.’ — Hollie Horror

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1313: Actor Slash Model (2011)
‘More than anything else, I’m just boggled by this movies. It’s slickly shot on HD video, and looks nice. But the acting is poor, and there’s nothing of any interest happening in any exploitable way – there’s no nudity (male or female); there’s no onscreen violence (graphic or not); no sex scenes, nothing. You do get a lot of guys in shorts and speedos though – and maybe that’s what DeCoteau is going for – very bland “starter” horror for gay teens (or girls – though there’s enough gay subtext to maybe put them off) with lots of eye candy and little else. But even with that theory – why do the movies have to be this padded and inert? The first time Trent does his post-kill monologue while wandering the house – it’s fine. The fourth or fifth time it’s just ludicrous. I understand these are extremely low budget movies (the IMDB lists them at a budget of $1,000,000 each – BWAH -HA-HA-HA! If they spent $10,000 on any of them I’d be surprised.) and they’re probably shot in three days – but some crisp dialogue and a clever plot that actually runs for 72 minutes wouldn’t cost any more to produce if handled correctly. Do I even need to mention the slow running end credits with lots of fake names?’ — Let’s Get Out of Here!

Trailer

 

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1313: UFO Invasion (2012)
‘David DeCoteau is a money grabbing hack. Working on this review has made me hate this untalented fuck. I HATE YOU DAVID.’ — Doc

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Hansel & Gretel: Warriors of Witchcraft (2013)
‘I love that Hansel and Gretel not only had a big theatrical film at the end of 2012, but also had an Asylum release (with Dee Wallace) and this even lower film, directed by David DeCouteau. The fairy tale theme has been milked hard lately (we also had two Snow Whites), and nowhere has it probably been milked harder than in this film. At least we have Eric Roberts! He is not credited on IMDb — perhaps he no longer wants to get credit for his cheesy work, or they could not afford his SAG salary. But there he is, in glasses! Although this film is bad, it is not quite as bad as some have made it out to be. I suspect they have not seen much of DeCouteau’s more recent work. Compared to some of his films in the last ten years (which seem to be excuses to have young men take their shirts off), this one actually made some attempt at being a story.’ — gavin6942

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Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper (2014)
‘On June 10th, David DeCoteau’s Rapid Heart Productions presents a crazy theory as to what truly happened to D.B. Cooper. The answer involves the Pacific Northwest’s other great enduring legend: Bigfoot. The trailer for Bigfoot vs. D.B. Cooper is a dizzying array of random shots of shirtless dudes with very modern beach bods, blurry Bigfoot action, and stock footage of planes. Not seen in the trailer are top-billed stars Eric Roberts and Linnea Quigley, or anything that looks accurate to 1971 for that matter. Well, maybe the Bigfoot suit.’ — Dread Central

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Evil Exhumed (2016)
‘Evil Exhumed was not good. It had a story that could be something decent, but not enough time was taken on the scripting aspects of the movie to make it special. It was a repetitive, boring slog. The characters were unmemorable, and the deaths weren’t even shown. There are much better things that could be done with your free time than seeking out this David DeCoteau directed poor excuse for horror.’ — Horror News

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Swamp Freak (2017)
‘Instead of handsome men walking around in their tightie-whities for the majority of the movie, Swamp Freak features fully clothed men (and one woman) walking around the woods for nearly an hour straight; literally doing nothing except hiking up and down the paths without any dialogue. Hell, the movie was already more than four minutes in before a character was actually on screen. Here’s a long shot of the swamp. Here’s a long shot of the bay that’s never used in the movie. Here’s a shot of the tree-line. OK, David, I get it. You’re good behind the camera and editor Jamie Francis did an excellent job chopping this up, but if we take away all the b-roll, establishing shots, and stock footage, then we’re left with a 25 minute movie. That’s a problem, and at this point I’d rather see the shirtless men. Horror films aren’t traditionally known for their deep story-lines, but you need to give viewers something to latch on to. If we wanted to walk through nature, we’d turn on The Discovery Channel or we’d just go outside.’ — Horror Society

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