Netquix: Best Worst Movie

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BEST WORST MOVIE (2009)

Dir: Michael Paul Stephenson

93 minutes

Essentially the Spinal Tap of movie reunion movies (but real), Best Worst Movie documents endearingly the resurgence in cult popularity of celluloid slop-bucket, Troll 2. Child lead Stephenson turns the lens on himself, his co-“stars” and fans in a bittersweet journey that’s every bit as excruciating and hilarious as its cinematic subject matter.

Focusing largely on dentist-cum-actor George Hardy -a perma-grinning likeable everyman fumbling his way through cult appreciation – he’s the sensible centre around which much of the delusion and madness that forged the film revolves. Witness his un-cracked smile to the news that his DVD is filed in the “Holy Fucking Shit!” section of a video rental store: here is a man who truly understands his place in the acting world.

George Hardy: grinning

Troll 2: winning.

 Occasional overlong lingers on the pained misfortunes of its participants aside, this is an excellent and refreshingly cynicism-free celebration of schlock horror filmmaking that’s so bad, it’s utterly astonishing.

9/10