I had heard a ton of vastly different opinions walking into this movie. A co-worker said it was disgusting and terrible. One friend said it was pretty good and really gross. Another said it was just a shitty movie. Me? I didn't think it was that bad.
2 friends, Ricky and JT, are loners, the kind of kids that sit in the back on the class and don't have a ton of friends. They skip school one day and explore an abandoned mental hospital. In the basement they find a naked woman tied to a bed, seemingly dead. Being randy high school boys, their next decision is not the wisest. Or the most sanitary. Needless to say, bad things happen.
What happens is as gross as I wanted it to be. Pretty much every disgusting thing you can think might happen, does. They end up shooting her a few times early on, and later someone notices the bullet holes, and.... And that's not the worst of it. It's nice to see a disgusting concept realized. Especially after the not particularly graphic or gross Human Centipede. Pity that the movie itself is so haphazardly put together.
The lighting seems off for most of the shots, especially in the basement. It just seems murky. And the editing is terrible. Everything just seems mashed together. It all adds up to an ugly looking film. Which is a shame, because the script is decent and the actors give their all. Noah Segan, as the more disturbed friend, is fantastic. He starts up not quite right, and ends up a seriously deranged threat to Ricky and the girl he loves. I don't quite by the ending, it doesn't fit Ricky's character. Unless JT was right all along, which is unsettling to think about.
The entire movie reminded me a lot of Teeth, only not as good. It doesn't quite get that perfect blend of horror, comedy and taboo subject matter that Teeth got. It's still worth a look, though. You might hate it, hell, you'll probably hate it. But at least you can say that you've never seen anything quite like it.
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