Splatter Farm (1987, The Polonia Brothers)

The only other Polonia brothers film I've seen at this point is "Hallucinations" and, while "Splatter Farm" is really not a whole lot 'better' looking in terms of technical dexterity or acting, I must say I rather enjoyed both films. Despite the amateurishness, they're fun little splatter flicks from a couple of determined youngsters at the time.

Two twin brothers stop to visit their aunt's farm where it seems that her freak-o farmhand is butchering people and engaging in acts of necrophilia and cannibalism. Auntie, herself, also appears somewhat deranged in talking to her husband's decomposed corpse and wanting to fuck her nephew...

This is the epitome of zero-budget, SOV crap (right up there with Jon McBride's earlier movies) that I'm sure most people would lose their patience with early on. Hell, I found it godawful, of course, but in the same token; fun to watch just how BAD it is. The gore effects are cheezy, but in all fairness, there clearly WAS some effort put into them considering the means in which the Polonia's were working with. And speaking of the Polonia bros. - probably the two worst actors imaginable. Not just in a general way, but for the fact that I couldn't totally figure out whether their vocal inflections were brought on by just abominable acting ability or retardation... Oh, and the old lady. Atrocious and oddly hilarious in an extremely douchey kinda way.

So, yeah. Shitty acting, cheap looking, yet passable gore effects, fuzzy VHS quality, zero production value, so on and so forth. However, I enjoy how these brothers made it happen, regardless of budgetary restraints, plus they bring the gore so I can't shit on 'em too much. Worth a look for the splatter die-hards out there...