A few years back Writers/Directors Rick Popko and Dan West send me a film, that I honesty thought no one would have have the balls to make. The film was about a giant shit monster, that killed people with shit. It went on to be a film that made video store shelves, and was kind of a cult hit. That film was MONSTURD. A very funny low-budget b-movie that seemed to be a hit with people who like to have fun with their movies every now and them. RETARDEAD is yet another masterful piece of shit cinema, this time minus the shit. Add a few mentally challenged people, along with a guy who likes to stoke it in public and you got yourself another F*7ked up movie by Pick Popko and Dan West.
RETARDEAD is kind of a semi-sequel/spinoff of MONSTURD, some of the character from the first film return in this film, the evil Professor is not dead, and has escaped from his last mishap with only a lost eye. He goes and get’s a job in a school for the mentally challenged, and uses the students to conduct his experiments. At first he turns them into geniuses, but them his formula begins to have side effects as the students turn into flesh eating zombies. Meanwhile the town’s deputies are trying to catch a pervert that’s been not only screwing with the police, but has also been exposing himself to everyone in town. Now the town is about to become chaotic, and only the towns number one sheriff’s deputies can save the day.
Honestly folks, if you expect this film to have great acting and outstanding production value then you’ll be very disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, it does have alright acting and the production value is that of B-movie quality, but it’s not a film that’s going to look like a polished Hollywood picture. What it is a very well written horror/comedy that’s meant to entertain more than it is to inspire and scare. What it is is a very fun movie with a lot of sex jokes and a lot of blood and gore. I mean a lot of blood and gore, more than you’ve probably seen in a horror film. The effects are nothing special, and sure some of it looks fake, but there is a lot to go around.
In a nutshell, if you liked MONSTURD, your going to like RETARDEAD. Sure it may offend some people, it’s one of those films that goes out on a limb, and why I do get offended when people make fun of the mentally and psychically challenged, this film does not come off as bad as it sounds. There are a lot of sex jokes and some really funny scenes involving porn, sex toys and a flying penis. Overall, its a movie that rivals the Broken Lizard’s and National Lampoon films on the B-movie level. It’s a very funny movie that is sure to make you laugh all the way though.
– Horror Bob
- Interview with J.R. Bookwalter - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Andrew J. Rausch - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Rick Popko and Dan West - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Director Stevan Mena (Malevolence) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Screenwriter Jeffery Reddick (Day of the Dead 2007) - January 22, 2015
- Teleconference interview with Mick Garris (Masters of Horror) - January 22, 2015
- A Day at the Morgue with Corri English (Unrest) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Writer/Director Nacho Cerda (The Abandoned, Aftermath) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Actress Thora Birch (Dark Corners, The Hole, American Beauty) - January 22, 2015
- Interview with Actor Jason Behr, Plus Skinwalkers Press Coverage - January 22, 2015
