ANDRE THE BUTCHER (2005)
Starring: RON JEREMY, APRIL BILLINGSLEY, MAUREY STERLING
Directed by: PHILLIP CRUZ
On their way to a regional
competition, a group of cheerleaders have a car accident, and wander into
the rural landscape to look for help. They come across an apparently
abandoned house. Two escaped convicts also find that house, and take two of
the girls hostage, but soon everybody has a bigger problem in the shape of a
hulking killer, Andre the Butcher, who has all sorts of supernatural powers
as well as plenty of sharp blades.
Any movie that casts Ron Jeremy as a mad slasher has…to have something going
for it. The danger, of course, is that that might be ALL it has going for
it. But this is actually a hell of a lot of silly fun. This is an
inexpensive work by young filmmakers, and the rough edges are definitely
there (notably in an occasional uncertainty of tone). But never mind that.
Such
quibbles are overcome by the number of gruesome belly-laughs to be had here.
For every gag that misfires,
there's another that hits the target. As a bloody entry to the horror-comedy
genre, this is a hoot, one that demonstrates that it didn't blow its wad of
silly intelligence in that inspired bit of casting.
My Rating:
REVIEWED BY Aric
