"Evil Ed" is a good horror comedy flick that is reminiscent of the kind of movies Peter Jackson was making a few years before it came out.
The deliberately silly plot is about a mild-mannered film editor who goes crazy after being exposed to the fictional "Loose Limbs" series of slasher films. We see bits and pieces of these movies, but nothing as intriguing as a scene described in the movie but not shown, where a "beaver rapes a woman and then blows off her head with a bazooka".
In fact, "Evil Ed" is not really that violent or gory, especially for a splatter movie. The only really gory scene is right at the end.
The movie is entertaining, but I wanted to like it more. I like cult horror flicks, especially when they're made with a low budget by people with a clear love of the genre.
This one has some impressive visual effects for its reputed low budget. There's a scene where the titular Ed hallucinates a hideously deformed human who looks like Frank looked in "Hellraiser" in the famous "Jesus wept" scene.
Some of the effects, and direction, make it look like other horror movies from the same decade, but with better budgets, ie. There's a demon that looks like the Wishmaster, and contact lenses, camera shots and voice effects reminded me of "Sleepwalkers" and "Warlock".
"Evil Ed" was entertaining, though kind of lost me at the end where it turned into more of an action movie. I probably won't remember much about it.
The deliberately silly plot is about a mild-mannered film editor who goes crazy after being exposed to the fictional "Loose Limbs" series of slasher films. We see bits and pieces of these movies, but nothing as intriguing as a scene described in the movie but not shown, where a "beaver rapes a woman and then blows off her head with a bazooka".
In fact, "Evil Ed" is not really that violent or gory, especially for a splatter movie. The only really gory scene is right at the end.
The movie is entertaining, but I wanted to like it more. I like cult horror flicks, especially when they're made with a low budget by people with a clear love of the genre.
This one has some impressive visual effects for its reputed low budget. There's a scene where the titular Ed hallucinates a hideously deformed human who looks like Frank looked in "Hellraiser" in the famous "Jesus wept" scene.
Some of the effects, and direction, make it look like other horror movies from the same decade, but with better budgets, ie. There's a demon that looks like the Wishmaster, and contact lenses, camera shots and voice effects reminded me of "Sleepwalkers" and "Warlock".
"Evil Ed" was entertaining, though kind of lost me at the end where it turned into more of an action movie. I probably won't remember much about it.