Well, it's not REALLY a fantasy movie,
but it deals with spells, wizards, demons, and heavy metal music. And
a bong. There's also a midget (or little person--whatever the hell
they want to be called) that tries to steal the movie, and nearly
does.
What we have here is a collection of
uber-geeks at a LARP convention/camp-out. Ryan Kwanten, the poor
mans Heath Ledger, is drug to said group outing after a bad breakup
with his girlfriend. While dinking around in the woods, they do a
seance and unknowingly release a demon that just happens to look like
his ex AND is hunting him down (OK, maybe there's just a smidge of fantasy). After some brutal killings, the demon
is transformed into a much dorkier version and just flipping
annihilates the entire LARPer camp in the most brutal ways
imaginable. And how did they defeat the Worlds Lamest Demon that
Looks Like A Krite on 'Roids? A fucking rock video. A cheesy 'metal'
song & dance number that just reeks of bad movie cheese. It was a
wince worthy affair that stained a rather decent movie to watch.
This is a great geek movie, but one
complaint is the main characters are too photogenic to be believable
as uber-nerds. I only saw a handful of neck-beards and most of the
women were just cast because they looked aesthetically pleasing in the
medieval clothing. Typical, really.
This was in my queue for this year's horrorfest. Sounds like a yawn.
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