John (co-director John Polonia) and Mark (co-director Mark Polonia) are two brothers whose friend Tood (co-director Todd Michael Smith) comes to their house for a sleepover. Before long, they are having strange dreams and hallucinations. Are these hallucinations real, or are they merely figments of their imaginations?
Because of the hallucinatory nature of the film, that means the filmmakers can get away with a lot of weirdness for weirdness’ sake. We also get a lot of grossness for grossness’ sake, too. The hallucinations include people puking blood, vomit to the face, machete to the neck, torture via a guy with a pillowcase over his head, a demon baby attack, a giant slug in the shower, and a killer wearing Freddy Krueger inspired make-up. (I could’ve done without the scene where a chainsaw takes on a life of its own and chops up the family cat though.) The best scene finds a Christmas elf decoration coming to life and… well… I won’t spoil it.
Yes, this is yet another Polonia Brothers Shot-on-Video flick. (This was their second in a long line of low budget features). As someone who has watched a lot of bad Polonia Brothers movies this year, it gives me great pleasure to find one that’s a surprising amount of fun. It’s only an hour long, and there’s no shortage of gore or DIY scenes of horror here. Actually, by all the scenes of them clearing their driveway, it looks like something that a bunch of friends would make at home on a snow day, which of course, is part of the charm. Plus, the occasional static and tape rolls help recreate the feel of watching it on VHS, which is nice. If on the off chance you do get bored before the end, you can have fun trying to figure out what happened to one of the brothers’ mustaches in the third act.
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