Theatre of the Deranged 2

USA 2013
produced by
James Cullen Bressack (executive), Jarret Cohen (executive) for Psykik Junky Pictures
directed by Eric Hollerbach (host segment), Shane Ryan (segment Tag), Shawn Burkett (segment Panty Raid), James Cullen Bressack (segment Unmimely Demise), Christopher Leto (segment My Aunt is Coming to Town), Dustin Mills (segment PlateFace)
starring host segment: Eric Hollerbach, Ian Longway, Garrett Penwell; segment Tag: Mariko Miyamitsu, Eri Akita; segment : Corey A. Thrush, Christine Kinsey, Elizabeth Lee, Amanda Back, Haley Madison, Lorin Dineen, Shawn Burkett, Ryan Stacy, Scott Gillespie; segment Unmimely Demise: Alexei Ryan, Jody Barton, Sophie Dee, Randy Fratkin, Sloane Morgan Siegel, Bailey Gaddis, Phillip Andrew Christopher, Jake Neighburg; segment My Aunt is Coming to Town: Aaron Quick Nelson, Olivia Blake, Shade Burnett, Bob Glazier, Jason Henne; segment PlateFace: Brandon Salkil, Jackie McKown, Allison Fitzgerald
written by Eric Hollerbach (host segment), Shane Ryan (segment Tag), Shawn Burkett (segment Panty Raid), James Cullen Bressack (segment Unmimely Demise), Jeremy Westrate (segment My Aunt is Coming to Town), Dustin Mills (segment PlateFace), music by Jason Henne, Ian Francis Smith

Theatre of the Deranged, Damien Shadows PI

review by
Mike Haberfelner

Paranormal investigator Damien Shadows (Eric Hollerbach) presents us with 5 tales of the unusual that are supposed to conjure up ... well, something at least - and then he offers some explanations ... or at least he tries to explain:

• Tag: See separate review here!
• Panty Raid: A not so great looking male student (Corey A. Thrush) is killing his way through a sorority house - to steal the girls panties. Eventually though, he's caught by two fratboys on a panty raid.
• Unmimely Demise: Years ago, Cheeky the Mime (Alexei Ryan) has killed his wife (Sophie Dee) using nothing but pantomime because he found her in bed with a clown (Jody Barton). He also tried to kill the clown, but he was also a gifted mime, so he survived. Now Cheeky returns to challenge the then-clown now family man to a duel, mime to mime.
• My Aunt is Coming to Town: Even though she might be a bit odd, Jeff (Aaron Quick Nelson) has gotten together with Erin (Olivia Blake), who's at her oddest when aunt Flo (Shade Burnett) comes for a visit - even if that woman turns out the nicest lady alive. But their might be more to aunt Flo than meets the eye ...
• PlateFace: A man (Brandon Salkil) is so infatuated with the daughter (Jackie McKown) of his girlfriend (Allison Fitzgerald) that he eventually rapes and kills her ... but then the girlfriend catches him. This segment is filmed completely in black and white with no on-screen sound but silly sound effects and an intentionally inappropriate laugh track, and the actors are all wearing plain white masks - and for some reason, that works ...

While the framing segment is basically wacky comedy, the segments as such are all over the place, from dead-serious to pretty hilarious to plain weird, and it's safe to say not everyone will like everything on here - but at the same time, if indie horror is even remotely your thing, you will almost certainly find something you will like, as this film shows the broad range of nowaday's indie horror, also in style and structure.

And for the segments you will like alone, this anthology is most certainly worth the time and money!

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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