As a result of a freak accident that felt an awful lot like a near death experience (white blinding lights and whatnot), I have developed a welt on my forehead that is akin to the beast that calls Mikhail Gorbachev’s shiny dome its humble abode It’s like a Harry Potter birthmark only it’s odious not ominous, and unfortunately it doesn’t come with an inherent knack for sorcery and won’t get me any cred or rep at Hogwart’s next semester when I try running through a brick wall (a.k.a. portal to Wizard Land!) again (only this time I’ll make it and my head won’t bleed!). Guess I’ll just have to sport the Nelly look for about a few days.
This one's for the horror fans and admirers of fantastically strange cinema
BAD BIOLOGY (08):
B-movie haters beware! Also, people that don’t appreciate exorbitant amounts of gratuitous nudity and sex and shockingly offensive and disturbing material pertaining to the subject of sex and reproductive anatomy should never lay eyes upon this twisted yet fascinating film.
Something this original but this spectacularly strange could only come from the warped mind of a perverted genius. And it did, in this humble horror fans opinion, because director Frank Henenlotter proved he was full of unique ideas in the ‘80s with Basket Case (’82) and the brilliant cult classic Brain Damage (’88), and it is clear that he has not lost his touch.
This is one filthy flick (it could almost be mistaken for a porno trying to be a really cool, subversive movie and succeeding) and it doesn’t have the highest of production values, but it does boast one hell-of-an intriguing and undeniably ballsy premise. I don’t want to say too much, but it wouldn’t spoil the fun of I did. There’s a chick with 7 clitorises and a boy with a monster cock (literally) with a mind of its own.
This is a tongue firmly in cheek, ridiculously over the top horror comedy about two members of opposite sexes with bizarre anatomical anomalies and the chaos that results when their lives intersect. Henenlotter wisely employs stop animation and puppetry for perfectly pertinent scenes and the choice noticeably enhances the surrealist effect that he is trying to achieve. It reminded me a bit of Team America World Police, because the actual events or dialogue are ridiculous and zany, but the use of puppetry takes it to the next level of comic genius.
I’m not going to lie: the low budget shows, but that’s part of the fun, because this movie doesn’t need big explosions to captivate: it’s got a biological nightmare and old school special FX to do that. Pop it in if you wanna see some skin and something really really different. But stay away if you don’t dig T & A and if you just can’t stand somewhat amateurish productions. Come to think of it, I’d be hard pressed to recommend this to just about anyone I know, but ‘80s horror fans will get their sh*ts and giggles watching this one-of-a-kind novelty that is sure to become a cult classic.
7.3/10
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