The Abomination
The Abomination
| 01 January 1986 (USA)
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A mother obsessed with mind-altering televangelism consequently vomits a pulsating growth that slithers down the throat of her son during the night. Upon spewing the parasite, the son is driven by an uncontrollable force to murder and feed corpses to the now-multiple-toothed monsters manifesting throughout the house. This gory, shot-on-Super-8 regional rarity is a micro-budget salute to H.G. Lewis and H.P. Lovecraft. — Evan Husney, Drafthouse Films

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cesarat37

Although this is a terrible movie, generally speaking, it's not a complete failure. Maybe the director could have done a better job with a higher budget, who knows, but the quite straightforward story line and the gore scenes make this movie watchable. The editing is horrendous and amateurish, as well as the acting, though the actress playing the mother, and also the reverend, are slightly better than the rest of the cast. Some parts of this movie look more like a comedy (i.e. the infamous toilet scene), though I suppose this was not the director's intention. Also, there were a few shots of nature that were nicely done, giving the movie an extremely weird feel, when juxtaposed with the gore. One of the few movies, along with Cannibal Holocaust and Evil Dead, that gave me nausea. (2.5/10)

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HumanoidOfFlesh

Cody has a problem.He believes that a hideous creature from hell called the Abomination makes him kill and feed.Various victims are devoured by the creature including Cody's mother,drunken boss and female friend.The creature communicates with Cody and orders him to bring it more human flesh.The Abomination grows larger and splits into multiple entities which nest themselves in various parts of the kitchen."The Abomination" is a strange and extremely bloody monster flick.The finale is drenched in splatter and butchery.The sound effects are bizarre and there are some incredibly dull sequences of Cody's driving and washing his car.The acting wooden and the gore mostly consists of slimy animal entrails.An eccentric oddity with rivers of blood.6 abominations out of 10.

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Coventry

I feel they should have honored this movie which a much more appealing title…Something like "The touching tale of a boy and his tumor", for example…or maybe even "The barf that ate my friends and family"! Either way you look at it, this has got to be one of the sickest and most demented movies someone ever thought up! Following the good old 80's splatter rules, "The Abomination" totally ignores atmosphere and substance, going straight for an immeasurable amount of gore. The opening sequence alone already contains more blood and guts than a hundred other horror films and easily offended people will immediately stop watching. This vicious intro is a compilation of the film' grossest moments and for some incomprehensible reason it completely spoils the rest of the movie before it even properly begun. "The Abomination" introduces us to a family of white trash in the wastelands of America. An adolescent boy with a dead end job and a mother whose obsessed by a TV-guru. One day, mommy pukes out a tumor and it immediately takes possession of the boy. The constantly growing tumor forces the boy to kill people and serve their bodies as lunch! Call me insane but I somewhat like basic idea… It's more or less a very perverted update of the "Little Shop of Horrors" premise, directed by Roger Corman in 1960. The budget is extremely low and the cast is a bunch of amateur hillbillies with nothing better to do. In case your horror-standards are low, this is perfect gory entertainment. We're talking axes, chainsaws, slit throats, severed limbs, pitchfork-killings and entire buckets of human guts (literally). In the film's most redundant sequence, we witness how the infamous TV-guru takes a dump in his office toilet…. Talking about tastelessness! One piece of advice: this movie goes well with beer. Loads and loads of beer….and vomit bags.

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Bloodfeast

Why is it that so many horrors are lost and this garbage is out there for the world to see? It is shot on what would appear to be 16mm silent stock and everything is dubbed in. This makes the voices comical. Sadly, even the voice actors didn't know what they were doing. You may be able to laugh at it. Maybe. And the wash tub full of animal entrails being dipped up with a pitchfork might disgust you. Perhaps you'll laugh when Brother Fogg gets attacked while on the throne. You may even find amusement at the fact that there is probably half as much footage as the total length of this film, which means you get to see plenty of what our local b-movie devotees call "same-ing." Near the beginning we have what is known as the "Seven times wake up," in which character Cody is shown being jolted from his nightmare...yep, seven times. Remember, no sync sound, so the grunts and moans of Cody's 7 are enough to bring tears. Actually, I really enjoyed this movie. Who am I kidding?

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