Benny is the beloved toy of perpetual manchild, Jack. Turning 35, still living at home with the parents and sleeping with a plushy, he's got nothing going for him but surprise birthday parties.
After his job at a toy manufacturer is threatened, he resolves to improve his life and grow up. But all that co-dependency with a red plushy won't go quietly, and Benny has a lot of love to give. Benny also loves a bit of murder. What follows is a madcap farce and send up of the "toys as best friend" genre.
This movie is fun. It's daft. It's gory. It's also oddly touching. Despite the fact that Benny is just a toy, who has about five phrases in his voice box, he feels like a real, lovesick pet and watching him try to connect with Jack is just as entertaining as watching him pour boiling water over an unwanted house guest, or axe a French pug.
It's also wildly inventive and the ending is, well, forget King Kong Vs Gozilla, Benny vs A. I. D. S is the monster bash up of the century. There's so much to love and wonder at, and equally be repulsed at: ever wondered what would happen if a state of the art murder robot got its shiny hands on a vacuum cleaner? Wonder no more.
Writer, director and star, Karl Holt, blends modern British humour with the best of Hammer Horror and Carry On. Tonally, its a bit of a mess, and it drags a bit in the middle, but there are so many ideas, and the cast is all game for it, that it's impossible not to fall in love with Benny.
After his job at a toy manufacturer is threatened, he resolves to improve his life and grow up. But all that co-dependency with a red plushy won't go quietly, and Benny has a lot of love to give. Benny also loves a bit of murder. What follows is a madcap farce and send up of the "toys as best friend" genre.
This movie is fun. It's daft. It's gory. It's also oddly touching. Despite the fact that Benny is just a toy, who has about five phrases in his voice box, he feels like a real, lovesick pet and watching him try to connect with Jack is just as entertaining as watching him pour boiling water over an unwanted house guest, or axe a French pug.
It's also wildly inventive and the ending is, well, forget King Kong Vs Gozilla, Benny vs A. I. D. S is the monster bash up of the century. There's so much to love and wonder at, and equally be repulsed at: ever wondered what would happen if a state of the art murder robot got its shiny hands on a vacuum cleaner? Wonder no more.
Writer, director and star, Karl Holt, blends modern British humour with the best of Hammer Horror and Carry On. Tonally, its a bit of a mess, and it drags a bit in the middle, but there are so many ideas, and the cast is all game for it, that it's impossible not to fall in love with Benny.