Dumpster Baby

I rented this movie because I'm all about independent films *and* bad films. But this one was beyond bad. The only horrors were the lack of plot, coherence, the lighting, the editing and the impossibly terrible sound.

I even attempted watching some of it with commentary to see if I could figure out what I was missing... If maybe there was something redeeming about this film but, sadly, the commentary was just as inane as the rest of it.

While in the liner it was called a grindhouse film in the tradition of the Toxic Avenger do not be fooled by it.

OK, so all the reviews that rate this movie anywhere above 5 stars are lying to you. The only reason they rated this film so high is because they want to try to get you to watch it so you can have the same horrible feeling hey did. My friend and I saw this on the Netflix instant que list and were expecting a horror movie with terrible production values, which can be pretty fun. We were expecting some kind of horrible dumpster baby monster terrorizing people and corn syrup blood, etc. etc. What we got was the worst attempt at a serious film ever, and not in a good way. This film, no exaggeration, made me want to kill myself. I felt genuinely horrible after watching it. So don't be fooled by the high praises this movie gets from other people, they just want to drag you down with them.

It is clear that you must be a certain type of person with a certain mind set to watch this film and feel you have not wasted 80 minutes of your life. The film itself, when compared to the illustrations on the box/cover is a complete let down. Though it may have been a low-budget film with very inexperienced actors and actresses; more could have been done. The story line was uninteresting and the ending was rubbish. There is no actual baby in the film - just a wrapped up blanket - and those who are meant to keep the story together would have been better off not in it at all.

This film does not deserve to be under the heading 'Horror'. It is completely rubbish. Do not waste your time.

I will never understand how this movie got on Netflix. It's barely good enough to be on you tube. I was expecting a dumpster baby crawling around seeking revenge but instead a bundle of blankets (Seriously Dumpster Baby director, couldn't even put a baby doll in the blanket?) is passed around to drunks, a cannibal, a catholic school girl, crack whores and a retarded garbage man. Believe me, sounds a lot funnier than it is. It also sounds a lot more comprehensible. I think that's what the movie is about, because you can only hear half the dialog. The plot is thus, somebody finds Dumpster Baby and instead of saying, "Hey, we should take this to a hospital or a police station or something." Said person takes responsibility for dumpster baby. "Hey we found a baby, let's put him in a box, then two people will have sex and guys with guns will come for some reason and then the baby ends up in a Styrofoam cooler...How did it end up there? I dunno. We made a movie called Dumpster Baby, shot in our backyard and forgot to rent microphones. You expect us to have all the answers? Oh, I forgot about the creepy guy who walks around, I think it was dumpster baby in the future but instead of trying to figure that out I'd rather stick my junk in a lobster tank.

This glorious, surreal fable is a riotous feast of provoking imagery, spectacularly dysfunctional relationships, and existential concerns, but don't let that stop you. It's also quite linear and coherent for such a film. It's about innocence, faith, love, forgiveness, and redemption. Quite successful in it's execution. It's only flaws are an inexperienced cast, and violence (except for a chilling rape sequence) that is never quite pushed far enough. That said, this is a promising new direction for the modern horror film. Worth a look.