Filler!

Filler!, which can be watched online at Vimeo, delivers the goods as a completely tasteless and silly short film with an equally ludicrous sci-fi storyline. It's about a professor who invents a machine to teleport food, and it goes wrong when the doctor realizes he can kill people with large quantities (i.e. killing someone with a whole chicken). How will this mad scientist be stopped? The short is full of irreverence, mostly in due to other sci-fi films (the sound the food teleporter makes is like that of the Tardis on Dr. Who), and the dialog is really what sells it.

Who needs character depth when you have lines like, "You mean he ingested this ham... RECTALLY!" and other not-so-subtle turns of phrase? It's done in the flavor of a spoof that doesn't let up from almost the first line on. The acting also carries a knowledge of ham (some pun intended), and a final scene that would almost be creepy if it weren't for what is really going on! It's not super-professionally made, but why carp? When it's funny, when it's got action, when it's got a food teleporter, might as well roll along with it.

FILLER! is a smart and snarky satire on the B movie classic. Deranged mad scientist...check. Ingenious murder machine...check. Sharp-tongued detectives without a clue...check. Exotic locales...check. Bizarre assortment of props...check. Thespians of varying quality...check. Unbelieavable production quality...double check. Surely, no expense was spared to bring FILLER! to film. If you like absurd films and watch them with low expectations, you will really enjoy FILLER! It doesn't take itself seriously and neither should the viewer. Beyond its facade of a quirky spoof it actually has a deeper message about the consequences of waste and hubris. The acting is great and the lines are even better. How can a film be bad when one character says: "Judging from my autopsy, the killer and or killers need to have access to the following items: a food teleporter and food."?