Burger Massacre 2: The King Strikes Back
Filed under: Comedy, Horror, Shorts
Two of the more entertaining indie horror flicks I've seen recently are Ryan Schifrin's Abominable and Adam Green's Hatchet. And after meeting both knuckleheads at Austin's Fantastic Fest, I can safely state that these guys are horror nerds on par with the guys who run Fangoria, Bloody-Disgusting and Weinberg's Own Brain. These guys know the body count from Friday 3, the DP on Elm Street 4, and what the hell actually happened at the end of Halloween 5. So when I saw that these two gorehounds had collaborated on a short film called King in the Box, I just knew I had to check it out.The story is about one particular junk food mascot who earns the unholy wrath of a second drive-thru deity -- and the result is pretty darn amusing. The short is a comedy, to be sure, although I have a sneaky suspicion that the terror-fans might get a nice goofy kick out of the thing as well. And while the mini-movie does get a little gory towards the end, it's nothing that wouldn't clean up with a medium Coke and a super-sized fries.
(Unfortunately it looks like Mr. Green's official website was unable to withstand all the traffic, so I'll offer you an alternate link ... at YouTube, of course.)
And, of course, Happy Halloween.
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10-25-2006 @ 12:58PM
Richard von Busack said...
Stockton, California, 1983. We're on our way back from the Sierras and stopping for junk food at the Burger King off Highway 4, and pile out of the car to note: my word, we've never seen a Burger King built so close to McDonalds in our lives. They have a common retaining wall, they're practically in each other's laps, they're so close, flush up against each other. So we go into the Burger King, and right up next to the cash register is this super-realistic painting of Burger King wrestling down Ronald McDonald. McDonald's clown costume is in tatters and he's on his knees. The King had really beaten him up good.
Some how your story reminded me of this long-ago incident. I know they're trying to make Burger King an anti-mascot like Jack in the Box, but he's just too frightening...
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10-25-2006 @ 6:01PM
Erik Davis said...
That was fantastic! I'm handing out jr. bacon cheeseburgers to all the kids this year!
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10-25-2006 @ 7:34PM
Igor said...
I wish that yahoo invent a program which you can download to your emails
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