Review – Vicious

C’mon. At the very least send these folks back to film school to completely re-learn the finer – and even more general – points of writing, editing, and the like. Because this production runs from beginning to end like a how-not-to guide to filmmaking. Quick example: we’re “treated” to an extended sequence of a hillbilly driving out into the countryside to do some fishin’. He’s eaten by the movie’s monster almost immediately after casting his line out, so why we had to sit through what felt like an hour of him driving his car and parking his car and getting his poles and walking through the woods is completely beyond me. Perhaps it was just to give ample time to showcase the character’s theme song, a singularly charmless ditty called “All I Know Is You Got to Have Swing” (or at least I assume that’s what it was called, because lyrics-wise that was about all there was to it). And that’s just one sample of a bad moment from a consistently dreadful movie. I’m surprised even Tom Savini is desperate enough for cash – or for a showcase for his effects work, much of which is recycled from some of his previous efforts – to appear in a barker like this. Wish I’d skipped it