While hanging out in a seaside cabin, three homicidal rockabilly-looking chicks must battle a sea monster. That is the simple, yet bizarre plot of this 2010 film that is both a nod to 1970's grindhouse flicks and 1950's creature features, but that never quite captures the feel of either--instead, what we get is a rather uneventful, forgettable Australian flick.
The first scene lets us know these are not women to be messed with--in fact, the opening sequence is probably the best part of the film. There are some brutal killings, a ton of blood, and it is shot wonderfully in black and white. Had they built from this momentum, this could have actually been a really good movie; instead, once the color comes on, it melts into the land of mediocrity and just drags, as we see the ladies seaside, where they drink, do drugs, and have dreadfully dull conversations. All three of the gals are equally as annoying as the next, and none have any depth whatsoever. Their car is cool though, and they lug around cassette tapes--records will always be my number one choice for music listening, but cassette tapes come in a close second, and seeing them here made me miss my old collection. Watching this movie, I enjoyed thinking that maybe the cassette is still king in the Land Down Under.
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