Monday, March 9, 2015

Storm Warning (2007)

For a film directed by a man whose heyday was positioned primarily within the "Scream"-clone 'genre cesspool' of the late 90s-early 2000s - "Storm Warning" is an exceptionally entertaining "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"-inspired 'ozploit' horror flick.

A yuppie lawyer and his French wife take a dinghy out into the Australian waters and get lost. With a storm approaching, they pull off and go looking for assistance when they come across a typically unwelcoming looking farmhouse. While snooping around the property, they come across heaps of filth and a shed full of marijuana. Eventually, the inhabitants return home and are feeling less than hospitable...

Obviously, it's FAR from original and is pretty over-the-top at times, but still somehow manages to stay consistently enjoyable, throughout. The Aussie hillbillies are outrageously deranged and amusing - especially the horny, crazy-eyed old man - and there's a few really good (yet highly implausible...) death scenes. Let's just say, the people who're killed in this aren't just killed - they're fucking pulverized. The dick-eating dog was especially awesome. Good shit. Again, it's absolutely nothing 'new', but "Storm Warning" is a fun one.

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