Andy the Arsonist (Cory Jacob) invites us to his private theatre of the
macabre, where he tells us five tales of terror:
- Lust for Blood: A fortune teller (Kim Phillips) tells her
young customer (Shawn C. Phillips) that he will turn into a homicidal
monster before too long ... not knowing of course that he will turn
into this homicidal monster right then and there ...
- Bad Dennis: Four teens (Nino Borzoni, Sasha Morgan, Joy
Miller, Quinn Miller) go on a camping trip to the country - but their
trip just happens to coincide with a local legend coming to life - in
a deadly way.
- Speak Easy: A guy (Jon Bloch) has slept with his best
friend's (JD Fairman) girlfriend. Most of this segment depicts how
their conversation the next day should have been - level-headed.
Instead of course, it was bloody murder.
- Doll Parts: Rebecca (Angie Keeling) thinks it's a good idea
to give abode to Travis (Sean Kasky), a suspected but never convicted
serialkiller, mainly because this way she can make him do her bidding
(her killing that is). To keep him from killing her, she has her
boyfriend Jacob (Dustin Ferguson) for protection - or so she thinks,
because behind her back, Travis and Jacob are lovers ...
- Cannibal Blood Girl: A gang of rapists (Brian Redban, Kevin
E. Scott, Doug Waugh) think it's a brilliant idea to bring a couple of
girls (Veronica Ricci, Ivy Pemberton) to a back alley where only a
year ago, a pornstar (Sophie Dee) was brutally raped and murdered. To
bad then that the pornstar, in all her naked glory, has decided to
come back this very day, to kill, mutilate and partly devour whoever
she finds at the scene of the crime ...
Theatre of the Deranged is a fun trip to contemporary indie
horror, presenting the audience with five shorts that include everything
from psychodrama to trash horror, from psychological horror to gore fest,
from monster movie to slasher, from gross-out horror to broad humour. And
while these films are so diverse in style and approach that it's almost a
certainty that not all of them will be your cup of tea, this film is an
excellent document that at least in the indie scene, horror is still alive
and kicking - and kicking strongly.
A must-have for every self-respecting horror fan.
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