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2002 - 72m.

Down South gothic horror movie with a premise that gives memories of Pumpkinhead as three redneck buddies beat-up and eventually kill the son of a local witch only for said witch to use her magic to disguise herself in the form of Debbie Rochon, seduce all the guys, have sex with them and give birth (quite messily) to three deformed zombie-like creatures that use scythes to get revenge.

Here's a Tempe/Full Moon film that suffers mostly from copying the idea of a previous movie with a script that harkens back to Pumpkinhead so much that there's even a sing-song rhyme attached to it ("What do you do when your dead and rotting...") but debuting director Barton (who's primarily an effects man) does a steady job and producer/co-star Trent Haaga seems to be enjoying himself but it's just a so-so time that suffers from sort of wooden acting, a hero in Stephen O'Mahoney who's kind of bland and a lame finale.

There are a few decent effects to chew-on such as the "trees in head" sequence and a pretty neat broke jaw effect. Skirts a * 1/2 at times.

Get it from Tempe Video.

Directed By: David P. Barton.
Written By: David P. Barton, Douglas Snauffer.

Starring: Stephen O'Mahoney, Tom Hoover, Debbie Rochon, Trent Haaga.


DVD INFORMATION

Picture Ratio: 1:85:1 Widescreen.

Picture Quality: Not grainy but a little bit too fuzzy at times. Adequate.

Extras: Tempe loads-up another genre film with a packed disc. The main extra feature here is including Low Budget Pictures Filthy McNasty but there's also trailers, a production still gallery, a make-up effects still gallery, a pretty interesting interview with director Barton (that's cool for lots of archival footage of early film work), a behind-the-scenes featurette, a make-up effects behind-the-scenes featurette, some early make-up effects footage, an isolated music track, Barton's short "Howard Street Blues" he made as a teen and a decent commentary track. Packed to the gills this one is; Tempe does another great job with their features.