Mr. Jingles(2006 / R)
"An innocent man is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. He suffered for years in prison and finally escaped to take his revenge on the guilty, and their families. That terrifying night four families had fallen victim to this new embodiment of evil. Angie Randal is the exception to the rule. She's the only one to survive the clown named Mr. JIngles. Sadly, Angie did not escape unharmed. Having been the only witness to these unimaginable crimes, Angie was soon a ward of the state psychiatric hospital. Our story begins on the day Angie Randal moves back home, the 7th anniversary of that horrible night. She is ready to move on with her life, living with her Aunt Helen and her cousins Heidi and Dylan. But there's a certain someone who has been waiting a long time to give her his own special homecoming and finish what he started!"((imdb.com)
John Brey really dropped the ball on this one. Though I can't say I blame him. In his defense the DVD cover did feature an incredibly creepy and evil looking clown. Plus the listing of plot "keywords" on IMDB.com would certainly make you think the movie would be worth watching:
- Killer Clown
- Killer
- Topless Girl
- Gore
- Castration
- Axe
- Cemetery
- Goth Girl
- Supernatural
- Nudity
- Female Nudity
- Marijuana
- Wisecrack Humor
- Low Budget
- Murder Of Family
- Clown
- Slasher
- Party
- Independent Film
A quick browse through this list does make the movie seem appealing. Let's see, you've got a Killer Clown, nudity, female nudity (aka "boobs"), a topless girl (they REALLY wanna stress that there is nudity in this film), marijuana, an axe, and wisecrack humor! Sounds like it could be a pretty decent low-budget rental! But nope, it sucked ass.
See John Brey found a movie that is only slightly better than the worst movie I've ever seen...Zombiez (which is reviewed on this site). Like Zombiez this is shot on video. Like Zombiez it lures you in with a kick-ass looking DVD cover. In fact in both cases I'd say that more money was spent on designing the DVD art than went into actually filming the movie. Like Zombiez, this movie made me think that if only I'd held onto those old student films I made for spanish class in high-school I could release them on DVD tomorrow via LionsGate! The only thing this movie has on Zombiez is that the "plot" is faintly more comprehensible, and yeah they showed some boobs. They weren't great boobs, but they were the only consolation prize for having to sit through this abomination of killer clown cinema.
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