Feeding Frenzy (Video 2010)

A tongue-in-cheek homage to the rubber puppet monster movies of the 1980's like Critters and Gremlins.

Directors:

Jay Bauman, Mike Stoklasa

Writers:

Jay Bauman (story), Rich Evans (story),

Stars:

Ron Lipski, Gillian Bellinger, Rich Evans

Cast

Credited cast:
Ron Lipski	...	Jesse Camp
Gillian Bellinger	...	Christine
Rich Evans	...	Mr. Plinkett
Mike Stoklasa	...	Carl
Jay Bauman	...	Martin
Mike Johnson	...	Kyle
Tina Krause	...	Call Girl
Jack Packard	...	Larry
Jocelyn Ridgely	...	Jennifer
Gwendolyn GaBree	...	Party Girl (as Gwendolyn Graves)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anna Miller	...	Cassandra
Keri Lynn SanFelippo	...	Beckie
Katey Senebouttarath	...	Megan Sanders
Lora Story	...	Maris Hilton
Chris Wade	...	Mr. Rowley

Storyline

A mysterious old man named Mr. Plinkett is keeping a deep dark secret locked away in the basement of a small-town hardware store: vicious, flesh-eating creatures with a mysterious past. Once these creatures escape, all hell breaks loose and it's up to Jesse, an incompetent hardware store employee, to stop them from turning the town into a feeding frenzy!

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Plot Keywords:

homage | b horror | violence | monster movie | independent film

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2010 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$25,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Red Letter Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color (HD)

Did You Know?

Goofs

During the first external shot of the Hardware store, you can clearly see the right-hand side of a real, actual "True Value" Hardware cursive red logo along with the R-circle trademark symbol after the 'e' in Value. In a later shot of the Hardware store front, right between the vomit scene and the book-reading scene, the sign outside says Plinkett's "Real Value" Hardware, using a different cursive font and no R-circle trademark.

User Reviews

For people who enjoy enjoying themselves

Feeding Frenzy is a film that is caught between a rock and a hard place.

On one hand the core group involved constitutes the members of Red Letter Media - the highly entertaining collective of individuals that have made a series of brilliant film reviews and shorts that manage to traverse the thin line between informative and comedic critique. As such they have built up a passionate but as yet marginal fan base - one that is tuned in to the various in-jokes and unsaid references. In other words Mr Plinkett already has a bit of a reputation.

On the other hand they have looked to make a film that could appeal to the 'uninitiated' by following certain obligatory film-making rules, and by deliberately looking to tone down the more esoteric in-jokes (though Jay's 'this T-shirt is an in-joke' T-shirt threatens to spin the whole precarious situation into a paradoxical whirlpool).

Ultimately I feel that they have managed to do a great job. Considering the low budget they had this is a fantastic achievement. It's a well written, well directed, funny, and entertaining film, and I'll certainly recommend it to any friends of mine that still have a sense of humour left.

Perhaps I'm too much of a fan of RLM (and especially 'Half in the Bag'), but I was naturally drawn to the performances of Jay and Mike. They struck me as the stand-out performances,and I'd love to see them willing to give themselves more prominent roles in these films. They're clearly both natural actors on screen, and the simple fact is that the more they appear, the funnier their films will be, and the more entertained we will be as a result.

What I don't want to do by praising Jay and Mike is do a disservice to Gillian and Ron. I thought Gillian was superb in the role of the disinterested love interest. Some of my biggest 'LOL' moments were down to her. As for Ron - well I'll be lying if I say I didn't find his acting questionable at the beginning of the film - however he improves a lot as the film progresses, and by the end I could easily understand why he was right for the part.

In summary this is a lovingly made, consistently amusing homage to the video horror movies of the 80s. It could easily descend into schlock, but instead is full of some wonderful touches of comical brilliance and classy directing.

Watch it right in your face.