Hey…Stop Stabbing Me! (2003) (DVD Review)
Directed By: Worm Miller
Starring: Patrick Casey, Andy ‘Hippa’ Kriss, Maria A. Morales
Rated: UR/Region: 0/1:33/Number of disc: 1
Available from SRS CINEMA
From the writer of National Lampoons Dorm Daze, this cult favorite movie is back in all new form! Recent college graduate Herman Schumacher has just taken up residence in an apparently great house with apparently great roommates. But all is not well. Why did the roommate Herman replaced leave all of his stuff behind, as though he never really left? And why do the rest of the roommates “assume” he joined a cult? And why is there a makeshift tombstone with his name on it in the backyard? And what’s the deal with the monster that’s stealing Herman’s socks and living in a giant labyrinth under the house? As Herman searches for the answers he’ll learn that they can only be found on a path that leads to sex, murderous murder, hole-digging, and a BATTLE TO THE DEATH!
While you shouldn’t label a film based off the style it was shot, the fact is this IS a shot on video movie and as far as those go this might be the best one I’ve ever seen. The stuff that works the most with this movie is just how smart and funny it is. One time watching this and you won’t at all be shocked to hear that the creative forces behind it have actually had a real career in film. The movie is able to make smart and funny jokes with the smallest of effort all the while building a clever plot with horror elements. You might start the moving off by thinking, “Wow! This looks cheap!”, but by the end you will be saying, “WOW! This was actually really good”.
The film throws a few curve balls at us and goes off the rails more than once from what you’d expect. It manages, however, to make the film even funnier when it does this. We got from trying to figure out what is happening to the roommates to finally leading things into a BATTLE OF THE DEATH!! You might not think all of that can be molded into a fun campy comedy horror movie, but that is just what happens here in this film. Don’t go into it letting the shot on video look turn you away. This is a movie you need to check out.
– BONUS FILM: Sledghammers at Dawn! (Which I’d give a 2.5 out of 5, witty, but not as good.)
– Commentary
