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Making an awesomely bad movie is a true art form; not every person with a video camera can do it. Sadly, these days that just isn’t the case as every Tom, Dick and Harry believe that you are considered a movie director if you know how to turn on the camera. However, every once in a while, there comes along a group of people that are ambitious enough to try and take a stab at movie making. In this case, we have, Oh My Horror Productions; who are attempting to create a film (entitled Rise of the Evil Pancakes) that is reminiscent of the days of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

In the film, a government scientist gets shut down and tosses some chemicals and some pancakes into a garbage pail. After a few days, the pancakes grow teeth and start making their way across New York City; minding their own business… that is until some chick trying to look cool, smoking, stumps the shit out of one of them. This is not a good thing as it angers the other pancakes and makes them seek out revenge on hipsters (these pancakes and I would get along perfectly). Oh, and there are two friends, named Sam (Christopher Kacy) and Vinnie (Michael J. Marnell) who, somehow, get tossed in there just to have some characters.

Rise of the Evil Pancakes has everything that you want out of an awesomely bad movie. In the film we get the awesomely bad movie staples such as bad acting, bad writing, some nudity, blood and a special appearance from Lloyd Kaufman himself… you know the essential things you need to make an awesomely bad movie. Not only does the movie have these elements, but to add to it, we gets some pretty decent, low budget practical effects… which are bad in their own right (mainly because they are supremely cheap looking), but considering the movie was made on a really low budget, you can cut them some slack.

Sadly, the movie does have its drawbacks. One of the biggest drawbacks is that the story really isn’t coherent. The movie seems to be just a bunch of scenes tossed together… to the point where you are trying to figure out what’s going on, but eventually give up because of the randomness that’s happening on the screen. Another drawback is comes from the look of the film. It has the home video quality going on and is poorly lit (which is something Lloyd points out at the beginning of the film). If you have read any of my reviews for Independent films, you would know by now that the home video look angers me… yes, I understand that the filmmakers don’t have the funding to get a high quality camera, but the look of it just angers me (especially when you are watching the movie on an HD laptop). The final problem comes from some editing issues. The editing problems take the film and make it look even cheaper than it already is.

When it comes down to it, Rise of the Evil Pancakes ends up being a film that isn’t for everyone. Many people out there would just classify the movie as a piece of shit, but to the Awesomely Bad Movie coinsures out there, this movie is right up their alley. Sadly, the movie doesn’t reach the levels of awesomeness of films like Re-Animator, Dead Alive, Ice Cream Man or even The Toxic Avenger, but it has potential.

Final Synopsis: The movie isn’t for everyone. Only those who really love awesomely bad movies should check it out.

Points Lost: -1 for editing problems, -1 for the home video look, -1 for an incoherent story, -1 for poor lighting.

Lesson Learned: Some people find Shelley Duvall very attractive.

Burning Question: Did anyone else want pancakes after this movie?

Rise of the Evil Pancakes
6/10

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