The Toad

This low budget, dreams as nightmares as premonitions entry played recently at The Southwest Ohio Film Festival. All anyone wanted to talk about was the budget, however I think the story with it's, at times depressing, exciting and overall fun twists is worth mentioning as well. Is this a perfect film? No but the story is fun,always fast paced at times overly melancholy for me but that's just my two cents. I have a feeling that this will make the run through festival circuits for the rest of 2019 and if it happens to play near you I'd recommend it. The cast is surprisingly good, and the soundtrack is makes good use of a actual songs with lyrics rather than the usual background tones. Overall 7 out of 10 from me.

I happened to catch this at NOLAIFF, I was told expect the strange. This no budget indie delivered on that promise. In the first act I thought oh no this is low budget wannabe Lynch or Cronenberg but by the last act I had changed my tune to this is low budget weirdness influenced by Lynch or Cronenberg, but certainly it's own beast. It kept me guessing and entertained, my only real complaint was at a svelte hour and 20 minute runtime when the end rolled around I had so many questions left.

I only gave this 2 stars because of one blood soaked scene with the lead, she looks like a young Anjelica Huston. The rest is feminist, liberal lesbian propaganda. I want my $15 back.