Two stoner's happen across some psychotic hillbilly nicknamed Bud's stash and in order to escape with their lives they agree to kidnap three woman and take them to said hillbilly. The movie starts with them onto the second, Sarah, a girl who's car broke down on the way to going to her parent's house for a birthday party, while the first victim is still running through the woods of rural Kentucky, completely naked being chased by the maniac. Sarah's dad, Jack who's a retired detective teams up with the local sheriff to find his gore. Genre mainstay Debbie Rochon is also on-hand for a brief turn as the drunken mother of the first abducted girl.I really wanted to give this movie the benefit of the doubt because I know full well that making a low-budget feature length film is hard under any circumstance, and I was going along with it...up to a point. That point being the introduction of 'Bud', he was the most annoying inefficient joke of a heavy that I've witnessed in quite some time. His constant laugh which was supposed to make him sound crazy (I supposed) only came across as heavily grating on my nerves. The rest of the cast fairs fine enough. It's just Bud that ruined the picture for me. No strike that, Bud AND an insanely stupid ending tag set '10 months later' (which I won't spoil, but it's already spoiled for anyone who looks at the DVD extras) Eye Candy: Elysee and Tiffany Taylor bare all (the Making of in the extras also features nudity, as do the some of the trailers) My Grade: D DVD Extras: Commentary by Producer/Director/Writer Jacob Ennis; second commentary by executive producers Billy & Denise Blackwell; a 15 & a half minute Making of the film; blooper & outtakes reel; an interview with Debbie Rochon; video of the special effects guys making 'bud Jr'; music video ('still I bleed' by POWND; and trailers for this film as well as "American Punks", "A Feast of Flesh", "Blood and Sex Nightmare", "Cannibal Campout", "Woodchipper Massacre", "Ghoul School", "Video Vilonce 1 and 2", "Beauty Queen Butcher", "Splatter Beach", "Zombie Bloodbath trilogy", & "Killing Spree"
... View MoreWhen compared to modern studio horror offerings, which often miss the point of the films they were inspired by, Jacob Ennis has encapsulated the exploitation films that inspires him perfectly. Much like 1972's "Last House on the Left" or Al Adamson's "I Spit on Your Corpse" Ennis creates an all too real universe of white trash, brutal violence, and backwoods sensibilities. Of course this is often missed by reviewers who would say, "How dare you compare this to 'Last House'?", the same reviewers who idolize "Last House" not because they understand it but because they believe that by worshiping this film they are to be counted among "real" horror fans. It is obvious when watching this film that Ennis understands what made "Last House" work. Ennis will only grow as a filmmaker. For those who understand "Stash" and why it has been embraced by G4, Fangoria, and independent horror fans, we will no doubt see great things from Ennis in the future. If you're expecting the same PG-13, sanitized, studio crap that's being released en masse by Hollywood or the supposedly "shocking" horror of Eli Roth films, then you're likely to be disappointed by Ennis' outstanding throwback to an age when exploitation was not a trend to be embraced by "wanna be" horror fans but by those who "got it" and those who understand that low budget cinema is far more true an art form than what a studio film can provide.
... View MoreI strongly recommend not to watch this film, unless one has a desire of learning what bad film's are all about. This is one film which I would recommend to the Students of Audio Visual studies, so that they learn what silly mistakes they should avoid in film making.The camera moments are jerky, the director seems to have gone on a vacation leaving instructions to the cameramen to film whatever seems suitable. And the eye movement of the actors will remind you the kind of films that appear under the category of amateur porn films made in eastern Europe.The lead lady, Karen Boles does seem to make a brave attempt in giving some semblance, but unfortunately the cameramen does not do justice to her. Suffice to say its one film she will regret having accepted. One really feels sorry for her. God save the art of film making from Jacob Ennis.The horror of the film is, in wasting our precious time watching it.
... View MoreLet me first off by saying this was good idea for a horror flick, but this was just a difficult movie to watch, and to take seriously as an independent film. The acting was just poor and it looked like it was made by a group of friends who think they can act, with a cheap digital camera, and edited with iMovie. The dialogue seemed very forced, and that I can believe that even the actors were reading lines than acting their roles. Even all the physical contact just looked fake. And the fact that they show every detail just got annoying, if someone lost service, I get that by seeing a reaction and a line, I don't need to see the phone that shows it. I know that we all start somewhere, and I hope that these people keep trying, I just hope that they get better with time. If this was their first attempt I say they gave it a good shot.
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