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Shingles: The Movie

  • 2023
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
4.1/10
128
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Shingles: The Movie (2023)
Comedy

A series of hilarious and gross tales that will bring you laughs and chills. A group of friends share scary stories that all happened to them in an attempt to scare each other. How much of i... Read allA series of hilarious and gross tales that will bring you laughs and chills. A group of friends share scary stories that all happened to them in an attempt to scare each other. How much of it is real? How much will come back to haunt them?A series of hilarious and gross tales that will bring you laughs and chills. A group of friends share scary stories that all happened to them in an attempt to scare each other. How much of it is real? How much will come back to haunt them?

  • Director
    • Steve Rudzinski
  • Writers
    • Robert Bevan
    • Rick Gualtieri
    • John G. Hartness
  • Stars
    • Ben Dietels
    • Michael Varrati
    • Steve Rimpici
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.1/10
    128
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Steve Rudzinski
    • Writers
      • Robert Bevan
      • Rick Gualtieri
      • John G. Hartness
    • Stars
      • Ben Dietels
      • Michael Varrati
      • Steve Rimpici
    • 12User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Ben Dietels
    Ben Dietels
    • Will
    Michael Varrati
    Michael Varrati
    • Dusty
    Steve Rimpici
    • Sloppy
    Jessa Jupiter Flux
    Jessa Jupiter Flux
    • ZipZip
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    Michael Z. Atrata
    Michael Z. Atrata
    • Kevin the Dad
    B. Barnabei
    • Brump
    Jack Bevan
    • Graveyard Zombie #1
    Meg Bevan
    • Graveyard Zombie #2
    Robert Bevan
    Robert Bevan
    • Bevan Zombie
    Paul Bilbo
    Paul Bilbo
    • Smasher
    Caitlin Bliss
    • Floo
    Eric Cowan
    • Neighbor Zombie
    Gina D'Inacau
    • Stripper Zombie 2
    Andrew Gordon
    Andrew Gordon
    • Jimmy's Father
    Bea Gressive
    • Hilda
    Daniel Hallam
    • Laughing Audience Member
    Tyler Henry
    • Paul
    • Director
      • Steve Rudzinski
    • Writers
      • Robert Bevan
      • Rick Gualtieri
      • John G. Hartness
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    9kannibalcorpsegrinder

    A massively enjoyable indie anthology without too many flaws

    Sitting around a campfire, a group of teens decide to pass the time telling ghost stories while waiting for their leader to return from an assignment.

    The Good Stor(ies): The Legend of Jimmy Headshot-In the middle of a zombie invasion, a headstrong gamer realizes that his years spent playing video games has prepared him to battle the onslaught of the dead. This was a highly enjoyable and fun way to start this one. The series of gags here setting up the universe present with the invasion of the zombies in the area setting up his usage of the home-made tools to put them down. This results in some fun with the comedic interactions featuring the practical encounters and CGI gore that make for a highly enjoyable start to this one even though it's so brief a little bit more info on his video-game background to help set that up a little wouldn't have been a bad thing.

    Put Your Hand in My Ass-Desperate to continue his career, a young man is gifted a ventriloquist doll by his dad who soon comes to believe the doll is alive with murderous intentions. Overall, this might be a rather familiar and formulaic entry but has a lot to like about it. The whole concept of the murderous ventriloquist dummy looking to revive his old act through his own machinations is something that can be seen coming from a mile away, but beyond that there's quite a lot to like here with the interactions taking place here fueled by the dummy's outdated references and politically-incorrect jokes clashing with modern values. The lines and routines are usually rather funny, and with the obvious outcome being seen coming it doesn't make this part any less fun to get through which makes for a fun if not perfect segment.

    Aliens Wrecked Our Kegger-Preparing for a massive blowout, a college fraternity in the middle of their annual blowout bash finds the proceedings crashed by aliens looking to assimilate into the culture. There was quite a lot to like with this, which is the best segment in the film. The overall setup is another slightly obvious but that doesn't make this quite fun with the unraveling of the story about aliens looking to party with the fraternity that's misconstrued as an abduction attempt. It's all the more fun once the real intention is known and brings about a series of goofy, cheesy interactions which are immensely fun with quite a lot of quips being offered which isn't at all scary in the slightest but is a minor quibble to get over with this one.

    Just Say Gnome-After coming into contact with a special garden gnome, a woman enters into a partnership with the creature only for his murderous tendencies to impact their business. This was another incredibly fun segment that manages to get quite a lot to like about it. The inherent stupidity of the lead is gut-busting hilarious with so many of the situations focused on the comical naive nature she has which is carried throughout the segment with the way he carries out the various interludes of him killing and eating those he needs to in order to produce the drug they're selling. This all comes with some fine jokes, comic innuendoes, and a few decent gore gags that come to take place in yet another segment that has some less-than-stellar scares like the previous segment although, again, it's not an issue.

    The Bad Stor(ies): Zombies Ate My Homework-Sitting around a campfire, a group of teens decide to pass the time telling ghost stories while waiting for their leader to return from an assignment. As a whole, this is a pretty enjoyable if overlong part of the film. With the idea of the teens being left alone and telling each other stories to each other as they pass the time, this setup is a perfect means of introducing this type of feature with the segments each getting a fine bit of setup and allows the various segments to come together quite nicely. Some of the jokes feel repetitive and hammer home aspects that are brought up in the segments proper/ the final gag with the zombies is really only memorable for the bloodshed and gore on display which is a bit of a drag for the weakest segment here but still has enough to like about it.

    Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Brief Nudity, drug use, and sexual content.
    10millerxraytech

    Cheesy Horror at it's best!

    WARNING: Definitely not a movie for the faint of heart or for anyone that is easily offended!!

    This movie is based on a few select books from the Shingles book series - and they hit the nail right on the head!! The movie is a crazy, gross, hilarious ride from start to finish and very on brand for the A&D guys!!

    By the way, you should totally check out the Shingles series, the Authors & Dragons podcast and the Calamity Janes, and check out the authors' other books!! Trust me, you won't be disappointed!! The A&D podcast is how I found several of my favorite authors such as Rick Gualtieri, John Hartness, Drew Hayes, R E Carr, E M Kaplan, and so many others!!
    1skyboy-33411

    Where's the horror?

    This movie just isn't good. Unfortunately while the director manages to work with his budget, the end result is a haphazard mess with few to no scares and ultimately ends up being a snooze fest.

    This would be much more paletteable if the director actually knew what horror was. Unfortunately (and unsurprisingly) the director seems to go for cheap scares and puts very little effort into the craft. As scathing as that may seem, I'm just trying to spare those who may blindly stumble upon this movie and think it may be worth watching. Not the case sadly. The film needs to be ironed out more if there is any hope of future for the director and his crew.
    10summerealm-93660

    It was the best kind of cheesy

    The authors from the popular podcast Authors and Dragons have been writing books in the Shingles series, once a month, for a long time now. They are usually a little more gross, outrageous, irreverent, and "out there" than their normal series. I think it is their version of brain dumps.

    And now, there is a movie!!

    Shingles, the pervy adult version of Goosebumps.

    This is without a doubt, a lower budget movie, but it is a lot of fun! What's not to love about a talking puppet, zombies, a coked up killer gnome and battling aliens in an epic beer pong game?

    I love that most of the authors of the books make an appearance in the movie.

    This movie is gross, crude and totally everything I love about a good B movie. I can't recommend this enough.
    10dimlutine

    Quite possibly the most important movie of our time

    Shingles the Movie simply must be watched. One is made aware of why life is worth living after enjoying the film. The acting is exactly what you'd expect. The special effects use every single penny of the budget, and possibly a couple more. The direction is superb. The big gun, however, is the writing. This is seriously some of the funniest stuff out there. Much, much funnier than any Hollywood comedy written these days. It's not just funny, it's smart-funny.. and by that I mean it's stupid. In a smart way. I'm fairly sure that if one doesn't enjoy this movie, they're probably actual serial killers, fascists, or politicians.

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      The intro sequence of the movie is a clear parody of the intro from the, "Goosebumps TV series." of which was very popular in the 90s which fits in with the premise of this movie.
    • Goofs
      When Clyde gives his pep talk before the beerlympics, three blu-ray movies are seen stacked on a shelf in the background. In the next shot, they are gone.

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    • Release date
      • March 14, 2023 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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      • English
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      1 hour 57 minutes

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