Backyard Gore Torture (2019)

Backyard Gore Torture (2019) - United States

Directed by: Gore Filth

ABOUT THE FILM:

Backyard Gore Torture is the first official short film from underground filmmaker/gore movie enthusiast Gore Filth. Shot with a VHS camcorder over the course of one afternoon, this very modest "horrific home movie" plays out like a faux snuff film, as a couple castrates and tortures a pedophile who they caught off of the street. The film comes to an end after the camera man instructs his lover to saw off his hand and his foot, as his bloodlust has not yet been satiated.

REVIEW:

Backyard Gore Torture is very self-deprecating and doesn't take itself seriously at all, and as a result we get a thoroughly entertaining, if inept 12-minute short film.

Immediately, the inspiration behind such a creation is obvious in the opening credits. The camera pans across walls and shelves decorated with posters and obscure horror DVDs and memorabilia, with the credits crudely written on paper, an opening familiar to that of Chainsaw Scumfuck. Meanwhile, grindcore music can be heard blaring from speakers off camera, as the credits roll.

The scene moves to the backyard, where a hooded and masked figure takes a hedge trimmer to a very crudely designed dummy, fully stuffed with cotton with several blood bags in place of where the dummy is to be cut. As if the visuals weren't funny enough, there are several instances where blood bags can be seen falling out of place, and there are malfunctioning blood tubes all over the place. Gore and props seem to consist of store-bought meats and Halloween shop prosthetics and mannequins.

Backyard Gore Torture is an absolute mess, albeit a very entertaining one. The creativity and the "horrific" special effects really help make for an interesting and fun viewing experience.

If you are a fan of (quite literally) backyard productions made on the ultra cheap or are just looking for a good laugh, Backyard Gore Torture makes for a great candidate.

RELEASES:

-Backyard Gore Torture was released on DVD independently by Horrific Home Movies, and has no extras. Since the film was shot on VHS in one take with no edits, the DVD is just a rip of the tape.