Eating Miss Campbell

This is a very well executed Troma style movie shot in the UK. The cast give some great performances and the SFX are worthy of the genre. The Director clearly has had fun with this and no topic is off limits. Some great jokes about High Schools, Horror movies and American culture. Charlie Bond, James Hame Morton, Bella Rich and Dani Thomson are great. Lawrence Harvey gives a great cameo performance too. This is destined to be a cult classic. Topics such as High School shootings, Cancel Culture get a good going over. This is more sophisticated than your usual horror film. The gore levels are fantastic too.

Director Liam Regan follows up his debut film My Bloody Banjo (track it down if you haven't seen it) with an absurd, gore filled, hilarious movie about Beth Connor - a Goth, Vegan, Cannibal who falls in love with her high school teacher and to say anymore would spoil the movie! Lyndsey Craine (Book of Monsters) is a superb lead and perfectly plays the "straight man" role in a film filled with wacky characters right out of Tromaville who are sure to delight and offend in equal measure. The supporting cast is wonderful with many familiar faces including Lawrence Harvey (Human Centipede 2) who steals every scene he's in.

I saw the movie at its world premiere at Frightfest London where everyone laughed, cheered and cringed together making this a real highlight of the festival. There are some wild gags in the film, with many characters uttering lines that had the audience in stitches and whilst some may find themselves offended by the subject matter, the jokes are well executed in the context of the film and are a testament to the bold, uncensored film that Liam committed to make.

The other thing that I must compliment is the look of the film which dazzles with a bright, colourful palette akin to an R-rated Nickelodeon show that makes the film so unique. The High School lunch served in one scene is neon green and orange slop (reminded me of the movie Hook) which contrast so well against Beth's black and drab goth look. The sharp Cinematography is complimented with dolly moves and steadicam shots which give the film an expensive, Hollywood feel whist maintaining a late 90's teen movie aesthetic, resulting in one of the best looking Troma films of recent memory.

Well worth watching with company and a few beers on movie night if you are up for some solid laughs, brilliant performances and very icky gore which goes places most horror films wouldn't even dare. A must see for fans of horror comedy and even for those who don't normally take to Troma films.

Silly, fun and gory, what more could you want? Eating Miss Campbell is a great satire and dark humour horror about a vegan goth turned cannibal. Recommend if you love a bit of splatter and dark humour.

This film will have its haters and lovers. I fall into the latter. Lyndsey Caine puts in a great tongue-in-cheek performance as Beth, a vegan goth turned cannibal. The laughs are dark and gore is red and in your face.

Lara Barlow as the titular Miss Campbell is a (without giving anything away) a great protagonist. The support cast are equally fully involved in the movie and give a bold performance (especially the Mr Sawyer character).

On the whole, this is the type of movie that you can stick on, grab a beer and have fun watching. Maybe even gets some BBQ in.

Eating Miss Campbell is not only a fantastic follow up to 2015's My Bloody Banjo, but is also a great introduction to anyone who still hasn't discovered the works of Liam Regan. Taking the film making knowledge that he learned from his multiple years with "Troma Entertainment", this film is just more proof of his skill and talent! Returning fellow Troma alumni veteran, Vito Trigo is the cherry on top of this bloody tale of just deserts! The entire cast shines, quite well on their own as well. Loaded with Easter Eggs, & various nods to pop culture as well as social commentary, this film is a witty blend of 4th wall breaks, & insightful intellect. In a world of remakes, and carbon copy clone cinema, he future of the genre is in good hands!

I had high hopes for this film with Starburst Magazine saying it was a must watch but I don't know what glue they were smelling. This film is the second attempt at a feature film by Liam Regan but this is a dire attempt at a film. This being a Troma film you would expect a certain level of humour and flavour which you get with Troma films but this has chucked that out of the window for a more insulting sarcastic sense of humour. The story is about a vegan girl who keeps trying to kill herself and at the same time the school she attends has mass school shootings, this comes across in poor taste and I did notice some people actually leave the cinema I saw this at in disgust. The other big issue with this film is every frame it seems to force feed the audience with another Easter egg from a better film or tv series. I only give it 2 stars out of 10 for good costumes, makeup, Troma founder Lloyd Kaufman and Laurence R Harvey.