Banana Motherfucker

I thought I could watch anything for 17 minutes. I was wrong. I stopped when I was three minutes in, then later on I tried to see how much longer I could force myself to watch it. I lasted through 13 minutes, but then I couldn't finish the other four minutes.

I love bad horror movies. I don't know what this is supposed to be. Was it made by a high school student? Why was this made? And who was this supposed to appeal to? I often say I have the sense of humor of a 13-year-old boy, but none of this a-peeled to me. (See what I did there?) This short is even worse than that failed attempt at humor. I don't think I can find the words to convince you not to waste your time.

If you haven't yet seen Papa Wrestling, I urge you to do so. The superior short made before this, is hilarious as can be. But maybe it set the bar high and some people were disappointed (I can't say for sure). One thing that is for sure, as the previous short movie, this one again isn't for the faint-hearted or those who can't stomach a bit of violence (even when packed with humour).

If you were "lucky" enough to watch the Frightfest screening of this movie summer 2011, then you also got a Banana or too. Though you might wanna back off Bananas for awhile, after watching this. Still this is a funny short, that is worth your while. I wonder if they stay with shorts or come up with a feature length movie. They'd have to build a story around the crazy stuff that goes on ... We'll see.

A group of film-makers travel to a South American cemetery—where legend has it the dead never really died—in order to shoot a horror film. While filming, they are attacked by demonic bananas that proceed to kill all but one crew-member, who escapes, returning home to Europe unaware that an evil banana skin has stowed away in his pocket.

Paying tribute to scary classics such as The Evil Dead, A Nightmare On Elm Street and Jaws, this very silly comedy/horror short ladles on the splatter, with severed limbs and spurting wounds aplenty. It's extremely daft and occasionally in very bad taste (dubious highlight: the sight of a banana disappearing up one victim's butt), and will appeal to anyone who appreciates cinema of the absurd.

By the end of the film, a banana apocalypse is in full flow, victims all over the world falling to the ferocious yellow fruit in a welter of bright red gore. That level of craziness can only be admired.

Banana Motherfucker is a short Portuguese horror film, that begins on the Colombian coast.

Here, a film crew has set out to find an ancient cemetery, where the dead are said to live on, long past their burials.

Their plan is to film a documentary about this mysterious locale...in order to discover the truth about horror in the process.

But of the crew of six...only one will make it out alive...

Right off the bat, it gives itself a whole found footage element.

But it's not really a found footage film.

It's more of a fast paced, Troma-esque, horror-comedy, and gore film...where the crew is maliciously maligned by a bunch of raging, killer, bananas.

The sole survivor of the ordeal manages to make it back to Portugal...but he unwittingly brings the curse with him...where it continues to wreak havoc...before spreading across the entire world.

To London...San Francisco...Montreal...andthensome...

It really gives new meaning to the phrase "going bananas".

At only 16 minutes in length...it's pretty much a non-stop gore laden action from start to finish.

And despite the fact that it's pure cheese...there really are some solid special effects- especially in the first part of the film.

Mostly, however, it's just a whole lot of fun.

I do believe it was eventually picked up and released by Troma, and given some sort of release.

So you might be able to find a DVD, but you can watch the whole thing on Vimeo, like I did, in the meantime.

5 out of 10.