In the Ozarks in the late 80’s, inbred cannibals kill and eat their victims. At least that’s what the opening crawl says. The cannibals we get in this movie look less like extras from Wrong Turn and more like cast members from the Jersey Shore.
The filmmakers try in vain to make Savage Vengeance resemble a lost relic of the ‘80s, but they overdo it with all the fake tape rolls and manufactured static. I get it. You’re trying to make the movie look like an old VHS tape. However, all this is obviously just a filter on a camera (or more likely a phone). The footage also looks way too new to be filmed on an old videotape and the actresses don’t much look like they came from the ‘80s either. I mean did women in the ‘80s have giant arm tattoos of the Epcot ball? Did they carry around trendy water bottles wherever they went? I don’t think so. When the fashions don’t look very ‘80s and the vehicles certainly don’t look like the ‘80s and the music absolutely does not sound like the ‘80s, then what’s the damn point? Why even attempt to set the movie in the ‘80s if you can’t even make it look like the ‘80s?
This is a remake of Donald Farmer’s 1993 flick (which starred Camille Keaton). It contains long scenes of our heroines aimlessly walking around, first in slow motion, then in regular motion, and then in fast motion. Like, make up your goddamned mind, people. Better yet, cut the scene altogether. I guess if they didn’t, the movie would be less than an hour long. At least these scenes play out silently, so you don’t actually have to listen to the actresses yammering on.
It takes fucking forever for anything to happen. Then, when it finally does, we are treated to a scene where a pregnant woman is beaten in the stomach with a crowbar. Lovely. If you somehow make it past that, you’ll be treated to one of the fakest looking castrations cinema has ever seen using the most obvious looking dildo in history. Then again, the production company didn’t spend any money on the rest of the movie. Why am I not surprised they didn’t spring for a realistic looking dong?
Farmer also coproduced and has a cameo as a professor.
I don't think it was THAT bad personally, as someone who didn't grow up in the 80s that aspect didn't bother me too much and I found some scenes effective like the aforementioned pregnant woman scene(I like when films push the envelope like that)
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