Killer Pad (2008)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Robert Englund

Writer:

Dan Stoller (writer)

Release Date:

5 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Plot:

Three pals move into a haunted house in the Hollywood Hills.

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Party | Illinois | Mexican | Dog

Cast

Daniel Franzese	...	Doug
Eric Jungmann	...	Craig
Shane McRae	...	Brody
Emily Foxler	...	Lucy
Jeff Bryan Davis	...	Backwater
Noureen DeWulf	...	Delilah
Corri English	...	Jezebel
Sam McMurray	...	Fire Marshall
Katie Chonacas	...	Constance
Héctor Jiménez	...	Angel
Bobby Lee	...	Winnie
Andy Milonakis	...	Dinko's Geek
Edward Carnevale	...	Joe Molato
Bergen Williams	...	Tina
Christine Barger	...	Gwen

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual humor including nudity, and some violent content.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R

Company:

Rice Films

Trivia:

The closeup shots of Backwater's (Jeff Davis) hands during the guitar solo in "Rock & Roll All Nite" are actually the hands of the composer, Timothy Andrew Edwards, playing the solo.

Quotes:

Craig: I don't know how I'd feel about having some poor bastard work for free.
Doug: It's un-American.
Fire Marshal: No, you gotta trust me on this one. I mean, he wouldn't mind. Not like when his wife of seventeen years, who he treated like a goddess, left him for Tom at Myspace.com.
Craig: It kind of sounds like your friend might be gay.
Fire Marshal: Why? You gay? Nice apron.

Movie Connections:

References Repossessed (1990)

Not really great, but not to bad either.

To me this was a okay movie. It starts out like a teen comedy with a trio of horny and not to smart boys throwing a big party. But then morphs into a horror film when monsters from hell starts killing of their guests.

This one is VERY different from the previous film Englund directed; 976-Evil. That one had a much darker tone while this one is kind of like American Pie with some horror elements thrown in.

I kinda enjoy silly b-movies for a laugh now and then. Stuff like Terrorvision, Nightbeast and Troll 2 which aren't really good movies, but they still manage to entertain you by providing some silly laughs because they are so ridiculously cheesy. The acting is decent for the most part and the effects aren't to bad. The make-up on the demons for one looks cool, though their defeat involves some crappy CGI that looked very fake.

It does depend on what expectations you have and maybe what kind of mood you are in when you're going to see it. If you expect it to be like the Nightmare On Elm Street movies then forget it, but if you're the kind of guy who don't mind a "so bad it's good" movie then give it a try. I do hope the next film Robert Englund decides to direct turns out a bit more darker and serious though.