Junkyard Dog (2010)

A gritty psychological-horror-thriller that delves the demented mind of a cannibalistic serial rapist who kidnaps his tenth victim in as many months on Halloween night.

Director:

Kim Bass

Writer:

Kim Bass

Stars:

Vivica A. Fox, Innis Casey, Brad Dourif

Cast

Credited cast:
Vivica A. Fox	...	Samantha Deatherage
Innis Casey	...	JYD
Brad Dourif	...	Sheriff Holk
John Kapelos	...	Hellerman
Galadriel Stineman	...	Audra
Jade Shapiro	...	Jade
Jerry Foster	...	Old Man
M.B.A. Shakoor	...	Corbin Edwards News Reporter
Georgia Simon	...	Audra's Mom
Hollywood Heard	...	Biker
Max Perlman	...	Laine
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
D.J. Barilari	...	Jyd's Father
Amanda Page Cornett
Martin Lascano	...	Himself - The Dares
Chelsea Minton	...	Young Woman

Storyline

Inspired by actual events, JUNKYARD DOG is a gritty psychological-horror-thriller that delves the demented mind of a cannibalistic serial rapist who kidnaps his tenth victim in as many months on Halloween night. Filmed on location in Tennessee, JUNKYARD DOG tells the terror-filled tale of Audra Buckman, a nineteen year-old college co-ed, trapped in a month-long nightmare, struggling to stay alive and uneaten while being held captive, left half-starved and repeatedly savaged by JYD, an oddly charismatic, vicious man-eating monster. Audra's only hope of escape from this hell--and the mouth of a madman--is Samantha Deatherage, a tough FBI agent who is sent on a solo assignment to search for the missing girl.

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Plot Keywords:

halloween | junkyard | dog | fbi agent | animal in title | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes Help Can Be Hell...

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Genres:

Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for disturbing violence including rape

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rape Collector

Filming Locations:

California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bass Entertainment Pictures, In The Light Entertainment, Extreme Film Crew

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the killer flips the calendar from October to November, the calendar has 31 days for the month of November.

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Soundtracks

"He's Lookin' Better With Every Shot"
Written by Mark Mulch, Nich Mulch, and Amanda Cornett
Performed by Amanda Cornett

User Reviews

"She looked a hell lot better than she tastes".

What can you say, interesting enough premise (supposedly inspired by actual events) let down by flatfooted and tame execution. Despite it's unpleasant details and dreary context --- a backwoods tow-truck driver is a serial killer who kidnaps unlucky girls at the end of every month holding them in a water tank in his wrecking yard where he constantly eats with them and then rapes them… so this a constant pattern and when it comes to the end of the following month. He kills them, chops them up and virtually eats them… sharing the leftovers with his dog (which is the size of a horse… not really but one character believes so). So its time to look for another calendar pin-up for next month. But the girl he kidnapped on Halloween has drawn the attention of an FBI agent. So the race begins to find her, before she becomes his next meal. This cheap, shot-on-video production felt like a clunky second-rate "Silence of the Lambs" crossed "Captivity" outing. It tries too hard to be ominous and cruel, but felt daftly comedic in its attempts. Kind of dearth of suspense and thrills… lingering with lousy jump jolts and stupid plot contrivances. Some things that occur just have you questioning how this killer could go this long without being caught and some of the investigation skills by the FBI agent (namely the line-dancing interruption) are laughable. Performances are on the lank side, although genre favourite Brad Dourif gets a bit of screen time as a town sheriff who "eventually" figures out what's going on. Innis Casey plays the deranged serial killer, as the camera likes to really focus on Casey's glassy expressions. Galadriel Stineman gives the usual victim performance and Vivica A. Fox as the headstrong FBI agent with (you guess) a scarred past ("Can you still pull the trigger?"). These are underwritten characters, which only show minor glimpses of their complexities and conflicted sides. Too bad because it did seem meander about, on repetitive and tired actions/scenarios and especially when there was one fascinatingly dark, if minor sequence involving a dinner scene involving the killer and his dead parents. Diverting, but an exaggeratedly slipshod serial killer thriller.

"This fairytale is not going to have a happy ending."