If anyone would ask me (but nobody ever does, of course) which person contributed the most to the horror genre during the decade 2010-2020, my immediate and doubtless response would be Steven Kostanski. First, still together with his buddies of the Astron-6 collective, with whom he made "Manborg" and "Father's Day" (still two of the most deliciously deranged films I ever saw), and then gradually developing further with a segment in "ABC's of Death", and co-directing the rather good "The Void". He then directed the refreshing and very welcome revival of the "Leprechaun" franchise (with "Leprechaun Returns"), before delivering this; - Steven Kostanski's ultimate and personal masterwork.
"Psycho Goreman" ranks among the most excessively eccentric and utterly demented horror movies ever made. It's unmatchable, and I don't think anyone will be able to deny that. The film is a sort of mishmash between "Star Wars", "Bad Taste", "E. T.", "The Toxic Avenger", "Demoni", "The Goonies" and "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers". In other words, a film exclusively intended for nerds, but nerds with an extreme taste for gore and bloodshed. I wouldn't even know where to start to write a short summary, honestly. The whole thing feels like a drunken sex-and-drug orgy taking place in the Mos Eisley Cantina, really.
Is "Psycho Goreman" a good film? Unfortunately, no ... I can't but admire and respect Kostanski's wild imagination, his twisted sense of humor and his pure craftsmanship for special effects, but there still is a lot missing. Would it really have hurt so much to make the human characters - and little Miss Mimi in particular - slightly less obnoxious and marginal? Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but in my humble opinion, you can't fully enjoy a movie if literally all the lead characters are loathsome. If, in the near future, he puts slightly more effort in character development, surely Steven Kostanski will do many great things.
"Psycho Goreman" ranks among the most excessively eccentric and utterly demented horror movies ever made. It's unmatchable, and I don't think anyone will be able to deny that. The film is a sort of mishmash between "Star Wars", "Bad Taste", "E. T.", "The Toxic Avenger", "Demoni", "The Goonies" and "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers". In other words, a film exclusively intended for nerds, but nerds with an extreme taste for gore and bloodshed. I wouldn't even know where to start to write a short summary, honestly. The whole thing feels like a drunken sex-and-drug orgy taking place in the Mos Eisley Cantina, really.
Is "Psycho Goreman" a good film? Unfortunately, no ... I can't but admire and respect Kostanski's wild imagination, his twisted sense of humor and his pure craftsmanship for special effects, but there still is a lot missing. Would it really have hurt so much to make the human characters - and little Miss Mimi in particular - slightly less obnoxious and marginal? Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but in my humble opinion, you can't fully enjoy a movie if literally all the lead characters are loathsome. If, in the near future, he puts slightly more effort in character development, surely Steven Kostanski will do many great things.