An over-stressed yuppie is afflicted with crippling stomach cramps and agonizing diarrhea spells as his day-to-day life seems to consume him with burden. Eventually, he begins anally birthing a vicious little creature that runs around, killing those who encumber him with mental strain...
The whole time I was watching this, I couldn't help but wish that it had been made by Troma. A movie with this kinda premise should've been total off-the-wall, politically incorrect, ultra-splattery craziness. It's none of that. There's no denying that a movie about a guy that shits a flesh-eating creature should be exceedingly offensive, but they somehow managed to avoid that little pitfall. Instead, it really just comes off as a very traditional 'whacky' comedy with some poop jokes and melancholy humor. It's kind of an "Office Space" meets a Frank Hennenlotter film, only an incredibly stripped down and infantile Hennenlotter film without the sleazy, 'all-out' style. The gore factor is sparse - consisting of mostly just blood-splattered walls and one brief cock chomping. The 'Milo' creature is an evil-but-ironically-cutsie mix between a Joe Dante 'gremlin' and the baby from that 90s sitcom, "Dinosaurs". Nothing all that special, in terms of it's design. Overall, "Bad Milo" is bad, but it's not irritatingly bad like many other recent horror-comedies like "Chillerama". It's an easy watch if you're curious about it for whatever reason, but I can't recommend it.
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