Review of Retardead (2008) by Jason D — 11 Apr 2010

Retardead is the ultra-low budget, low-brow, and very ill-conceived loose prequel to the equally moronic Monsturd. I thought for sure I was making a big, big mistake in renting this film, seeing as I absolutely hated Monsturd, regardless of my love for low budget messes.

In all actuality, Retardead wound up being a little fun, even if it looked to have been made for just a few bucks. The story's big problem is taking a very controversial concept, running with it for a couple of blocks, and then completely abandoning it.

The film focuses on the idea of retards being tested on by a demented scientist (the same one who created Monsturd) who at first succeeds in making them smart until they rapidly become flesh eating monsters that create an outbreak in the community.

If you're going to go "there" with the retard controversy, see it all the way through. This could have been a really awesomely offensive movie, but instead, it will probably just offend the easily offendable, who, honestly, have become so predictable in what offends them that it's honestly not funny to see them get offended anymore.

Anyways, the film provides a lot of laughs, a lot of badly done gore effects, and some quirky appearances from the likes of former Dead Kennedy's frontman Jello Biafra to my good pal Dan Ellis in a small role.

I'd recommend this film to, of course, fans of Monsturd as well as really, really, really low budget films. If you can't take a joke or see that a film knows it's awful but runs with it anyways for the sake of being silly and entertaining weirdos, then obviously, you are a moron if you think this film is for you.

Don't bother watching or rating it when you know you'll hate it is all I'm saying.