The hunt for a mysterious video destroys the life of a horror nerd. 82min imdb
Recap:
So there is this dude with a huge collection of horror VHSs and DVDs, and since he has a small bedroom in a big house we assume that he lives with his parents. Having seen about everything, he now wants to watch The House On Cuckoo Lane, a movie that may well be extremely bad, but who cares since it is extremely rare. He talks to a lot of people to get a copy, but that’s just runtime padding because it’s a dream that leads him to a copy hidden in an abandoned farmhouse. From now on on he is addicted to this movie, his life goes down the drain and his girlfriend leaves him. So he returns to the Hawk, one of the video dealers who did not sell him a copy.
The movie looks promising until you take a closer look. The hunt for an obscure video sounds interesting, just as a movie which is so disturbing that it takes control of your mind. Oh, and there are people with animal masks in it. I like that.
I think that this could have become a dirty, disturbing trip into the depths of madness and addiction, even with its low budget. However the director/star/coauthor of the movie refuses to go to where it hurts. It may be a lack of either inspiration or dedication, but it’s probably both.
The best thing I can say about this is that it made me want to watch The Last House On Dead End Street (1973) which is the 78min edit of The Cuckoo Clocks Of Hell, an obscure 180min horror movie that may well be extremely bad, but it was shown on one festival and then never released, so of course everybody wants to watch it.
Movie 80min
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Same title, but so much more interesting:
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