This 1984 filmfromdirectorFrancoProsperitypossessesthebonkerspremiseofPCPgettingintothewatersupplyof a localzoowithpredictablyoverthetopresultsareelephants.
Hell, theygethere.
Prosperiwasalreadycomfortablepushingboundariesatthistime, havingcohelmed a seriesofcontroversialdocumentaryMondofilmsintheseventies, suchasGoodbye, UncleTomandAfrica.
Allinall, it's anexploitativemoviewith a verydubiouspremise.
NumbersevenShortandmonstrousRatmen.
Speakingofmovieswith a questionablemoralcompass, we'regoingbacktoItalyagainwithRathmann.
This 1988 filmcostarredNelsonDelarosa, oneoftheshortestmenofthemodernday.
Delarosa, a nativeoftheDominicanRepublic, actuallyappearedinsomemainstreammovies, suchastheinfamous 1996 remakeofTheIslandofDrMoreaualongsideMarlonBrando.
RatMan, however, ispureexploitation, withNelsonsizeservingasthedecidingfactorincastinghimas a mutantratslashmonkeyhybridthat's murderingfolksintheCaribbean.
Okay, sotheideaofcreating a monsterfromsparepartsisn't exactlyanoriginalonewhenitcomestotheworldofhorrorthingagain, whentheendresulthappenstobe a walrushumanhybridandthewholethingiswrittenanddirectedbyKevinSmith.
Maybeyou'reontosomethingforsometime.
Uhhuh.
I'vebeenconstructing a veryrealisticWarissuit.
Tuskhasdividedfanssinceitsreleasein 2014 butthefinishedproductiscertainly a differenttakeontheFrankensteinslashIslandofDrMoreautypeofstorytelling.
BasketCaseis a filmfilledwiththespiritofoldNewYork, thesortofflickthatthrivedinthegrimygrindhousesofTimesSquare.
Italsopossesses a premisetailormadeforthateraofexploitationandultraviolence, thestoryofconjoinedtwinsoutforbloodyrevengeagainstthedoctorswhoseparatedthemallthoseyearsago.
What's inthebasketbasketcaseis a rompthatcombinescharmingoldschooleffects.
Makeitquicktrolltowassomething a bitdifferentasitwasessentiallypiggybackingupontheunrelatedAmericanfilmtrolldespitehavingnothingtodowiththatfilm's plotortrollsingeneral.
Instead, wegetvegetariangoblinswhoturnedtheirvictimsintoplantmatterandeatthem a crazyoveracting, whichandoneofthemostoverexposedInternetmemesinhistorythey'reeatingherandthenthey'regoingtoeatme.