Mad Heidi

Mad Heidi got a few really funny and good scenes (and ideas), and some gore too. But, and that is a big but, the movie is far too long and needs some serious cutting of redundant material. Also, the movie is too tame - the exploitation scenes are too short, the action scenes too few and not brutal enough for that kind of movies. What I liked most are the light-hearted commentaries on movie making, society and zeitgeist that are ridiculed in some of the scenes just fine. So all in all Mad Heidi was an ambivalent experience to me - funny yes, but on the other hand too tame for its own good. If you want to do exploitation you should do it right - with all its cheesy nastiness. To sum it up: the strong suits of Mad Heidi are the elements of comedy, sadly the level of sleaze is too low, those of violence too (at least for my taste). What else? Production is okay, overacting done solid. Conclusion: if you can enjoy such flicks as Nazis at the Center of the Earth or the Iron Sky movies, you may dare to give Mad Heidi your time.