Upon first hearing of this movie I though it sounded like a lot of fun. Plumber Jack Brooks (Trevor Matthews) has anger and violence problems. He saw his family killed by a monster when he was a kid and "ran away like a pussy." He's visiting a therapist but it's not helping much.
In his spare time he attends a science class with his shallow earache of a girlfriend. Professor Gordon Crowley (Robert Englund) runs the class and asks Jack to check his water pipes at his home. Through a few weak plot devices this leads to silly looking monsters on the rampage.
Where the film works is extremely strong characters for this genre. The exception is a new love interest who is severely underdeveloped. However, due to the extensive time allocated to developing the other characters, the short running time makes the climatic action seem a little rushed. The movie could have benefited from being slightly longer with more varied monsters but does contain a reasonable helping of gross monster slaying.
A big mistake made was to show the best looking monster at the beginning. It's shown again right at the end as Jack goes to fight it, and then disappointingly the credits roll! In these credits it's revealed that the same actor played both. However, I strongly suspect that's not why they didn't fight; the reason being budget restraints.
To bookend a movie with the best looking monster is most likely attempting to create the illusion of a bigger budget. However, not having the monster involved in the plot or fighting the hero seems like an invitation for disappointment. That being said any fans of comedy horror B-movies would be foolish not to check this out.
In his spare time he attends a science class with his shallow earache of a girlfriend. Professor Gordon Crowley (Robert Englund) runs the class and asks Jack to check his water pipes at his home. Through a few weak plot devices this leads to silly looking monsters on the rampage.
Where the film works is extremely strong characters for this genre. The exception is a new love interest who is severely underdeveloped. However, due to the extensive time allocated to developing the other characters, the short running time makes the climatic action seem a little rushed. The movie could have benefited from being slightly longer with more varied monsters but does contain a reasonable helping of gross monster slaying.
A big mistake made was to show the best looking monster at the beginning. It's shown again right at the end as Jack goes to fight it, and then disappointingly the credits roll! In these credits it's revealed that the same actor played both. However, I strongly suspect that's not why they didn't fight; the reason being budget restraints.
To bookend a movie with the best looking monster is most likely attempting to create the illusion of a bigger budget. However, not having the monster involved in the plot or fighting the hero seems like an invitation for disappointment. That being said any fans of comedy horror B-movies would be foolish not to check this out.