A series of sword-induced killings strikes an American drive-in theater. Two local cops are hard pressed to find the killer - probably a consequence of their very careful approach to police work. It could also be a consequence of the surprising amount of weird people they meet in the course of their investigation, including the cinema's manager aka the meanest man alive and ex-carnival knife-thrower, the cinema's badly treated handyman who is a former circus geek and sword swallower (before his sword swallowing accident, you understand) and a heavily creepy voyeur.
And more really isn't to the plot or the movie. Drive-Massacre was obviously shot on the budget of my weekly grocery purchases with the help of anyone the director and writer could grab off the streets. While all technical aspects of the movie are as bad as one would suspect, I nonetheless found the proceedings strangely endearing. You might call me too easily satisfied, but show me enough footage of a run-down and empty drive-in, someone's grubby apartment and two of the most unbelievable cops ever and you will see an idiotic smile dawning on my face. Add to that silly dialogue that still leaves me with the feeling somebody somewhere actually talks this way and useless and strange script flourishes like the carnival business or an ending that is as gimmicky and nonsensical as they come, and you will see the sparks of love in my eyes.
In addition to all those beautiful things Drive-In Massacre also features a minimalist synthesizer soundtrack sounding like a cross between John Carpenter and a five year old's first attempts at pushing buttons on his mother's brand new keyboard.
How could I not love it?
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