Review of Grotesque (2009) by Jason D — 28 Sep 2009
In Grotesque, a gang of murderous punks break into a family's vacation home in the middle of the night in search of their money and riches, since the father (TV star Guy Stockwell) is a famous horror director.
When the family gets slaughtered, the gang finds themselves in for a surprise when they find another member, Patrick (a deformed retard with super strength) who starts tearing apart the gang one by one.
This process goes by very quickly, leaving the last half hour or so of the film to take a rather unique turn when the story focuses on additional family member Rod (played by other TV star Tab Hunter), Stockwell's brother who knows what went on that tragic night and takes the law into his own hands by going after two of the punks that survived the ordeal, leading to a somewhat clever twist that was unfortunately carried out poorly, thus a very unintentionally funny final few minutes of the film.
Overall, I was really enjoying the way the film was going. It had the potential to be amazing, but unfortunately it stalled after it went in a different direction, which was slightly disappointing. Still, the movie wasn't that bad.
This is one of those rarities where a movie like this could stand to be remade. Also, the film's lead, Linda Blair (The Exorcist), was heavily underused. Be on the lookout for other genre actors, like Donna Wilkes (Blood Song) and Robert Z'Dar (Maniac Cop films).
Not the best, but if this ever came out on DVD, I would get it.
This review of Grotesque (2009) was written by Jason D on 28 Sep 2009.
Grotesque has generally received negative reviews.
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