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Arbor Daze (2003)
Great rainy day fun!!
If you're a fan of horror, parody, amateur film-making, or you're anti-insect repellent then this is definitely for you!
Some of your "horror classics" have underlying messages(social, political, theological, etc.)that didn't usually find full fruition in their audience. Sure, every film critic caught 'em but you didn't know until you purchased your "20th Anniversary Criterion Collection Platinum Series" DVD. Did you debate consumerism in the 1980's after your initial viewing of "Dawn of the Dead"? No. I'm betting you still don't and that's totally awesome,dude. See ya at the mall.
That is just one of the reasons I embrace the beautiful, low-budget "Arbor Daze". It is so overly blatant in it's exploitation of it's message. All of the environmental stances and most of the jokes are delivered with such a dryness that they should seduce you into rewind-button pushing giggle fits time and again. The hilarious over-the-top performance by Jeff Priskorn is more than welcome.
So, please, do yourself a favor at your next Halloween party and pop in this "Wizard of Oz" meets Al Gore's "Evil Dead". Oh yeah...BEWARE THE WOODS!!!