Review of Side Sho (2007) by Jason D — 12 Sep 2008

I gotta admit, I was pleasantly surprised by this low-budget fare from the usually-shitty DTV division of Lionsgate as Side Sho managed to impress me. Your typical white suburban family (the dorky father, his suspiciously younger hot wife, their suspiciously older hot daughter, and the happy-go-lucky son, along with the daughter's friend) go sight-seeing from seedy town to seedy town in the Florida Bayou.

It was only a matter of time before they wound up in Hillbilly Redneck Inbred Mutant territory. At first, it was standard Hills Have Eyes-esque horror, but as each minute passed, the movie got increasingly entertaining.

Throw in a supple tit shot, and an Evil Dead homage, and NOW you start to have my attention. What made this movie particularly interesting was the family's luck in discovering the silliest (and weakest) of hillbilly inbred mutant clans EVER.

One after one was getting horribly dispatched by the increasingly violent suburban family. The film was moderately amusing and totally took me by surprise, even if the acting was a bit shitty and the plot was slightly predictable at times.

Still....an honest surprise for me.