2013
D: Leo Leigh
W: Leo Leigh
S: Leo Leigh, Oliver Maltman, Dean Puckett
Unrated - Approx 70 Min
Troma
Taglines:
- If You Go Down To The Woods Today.....
Alternate Titles:
None
"Can I have the lamb stew?"
-Fanny
Nice gloves! |
Loony in the Woods was originally filmed in 2007, where it then sat on the shelf for 6 for six years until it was discovered by Troma and picked up for distribution. Troma decided to make Loony in the Woods a VHS only release and it went on sale in 2013. Somewhere between then and now, it became digitally available on Amazon Instant Video.
Working out with Bouffe! |
Meet Buttons! |
As for the rest of the cast, there's a big breasted chick who likes to manhandle dudes (and she may or may not have some sort of psychic powers, there's a meek blonde and her shy redheaded friend. Some dude with brown hair that seems to do the majority of grilling.......and that's about it. The characters are there simply to serve as fodder.
This is weird. Really weird. I mean like way beyond Devo and Yes mixed together weird. |
It's the Loony! |
Who am I kidding?
Eye see you! |
That is going to cause a massive headache..... |
LitW does a great job of emulating the type of films that would have been labeled Video Nasties back in the 80's. The whole package has a great retro feel to it....as a matter of fact when I first started watching, I thought I might have actually stumbled across some lost British SOV slasher flick! I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that this flick doesn't get seen to often. I've yet to find an actual review online (YAY ME! FIRSTIES!) and the IMDb page doesn't even have complete information on it.
He looks like he could use a hand. Too soon? |
What the fuck happened to her???!?? |
No Buttons, No!!!!!! This scene was shocking. |
It's like I'm now part of some ultra elite and secretive club that's seen this movie. If there's not a club then there should be and I'm just the guy to start it. We're gonna have a secret clubhouse, with a secret password to get in.....secret handshakes, decoder rings, t-shirts....the whole nine yards! You are SO going to want in on this one!
GORE
Oh yes, there is gore! A man gets his arms chopped off after having his face slammed down on a blazing hot grill. A girl has fireworks strapped to her head and ignited. There's a head impalement complete with eye poking out of the head, a nasty electrocution and another victim (shown on the box art) has their face completely removed, leaving a nasty, bloody mess.
T&A
Nothing! We get to see some women exercising in Bouffe's class, but that's about as racy as it gets.....oh except for a brief make-out scene between the big breasted manhandling possibly psychic chic and the brown haired grill guy....but still....no skin.
MONSTERS
There's a Loony in the Woods! Said Loony wears a too-large for his head ski mask, a plaid shirt, and pants with rope used for a belt. We DO get to see his face at the end.......and he's just some redneck dude. Huh. Go figure.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Like I said before, the film does an excellent job of emulating the SOV slasher flicks of the 80's that would have filled up video shops of the time. I could absolutely see this being added to the list of Video Nasties. It's not a good film by any means. The plot is threadbare. The actors are about on par with local access TV and the sounds is absolutely atrocious. You can barely make out what people are saying most of the time. HOWEVER! If you're in the mood for that sort of thing, then you're probably going to get a kick out of Loony in the Woods. Definitely a flick to watch with friends over beer and pizza. Add a little MST3K style commentary and a good time should be had by all!
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Shadow of the Loony. |
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