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Home Made Movie Review

Filmmaker Jack Hess (played by this film's maker, Jason Impey) is on a mission to shoot the perfect snuff film. This one-man band production has almost no budget, and Impey is credited as not only the lead actor, but also the writer, director, producer, cinematographer, editor, stunt man, camera operator, and he did the music to boot. Incidentally, Impey has over one hundred directing credits to his name, so he's a busy dude. The movie starts off slowly, as we follow the every move of a woman who is eventually killed, and this seems to go on for an eternity. The interactions between the killer and the victims are less scary and more unintentionally hilarious, from the exaggerated falls down the hills to the fake blood to the fight in the woods, which is one of the greatest horrible fight scenes I have ever watched.

The whip sound makes it even better

The awfulness and hilarity don't stop there--the acting is atrocious, and the dialogue (what little there is) is mind-numbing. As I watched, I wondered how much better this movie could have been had it been made a silent film...but with better music than the song the plays on a loop throughout. Perhaps my favorite thing about the movie was near the end--Hess goes in for the kill, and there, under the victim's shirt, you can see a large bulge. As Hess digs in, we find out the purpose of this--it holds the fake organs Hess will soon remove and chop to pieces before his dramatic final cut call. From a technical standpoint, this movie is a train wreck (though considering the budget, Impey did a good job working with what he had). That said, it is inexplicably entertaining and will have you hooked until the end.

On A Scale Of One To Ten: 5

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