The Thingy: Confessions of a Teenage Placenta

What a mish-mash of insane thoughts must have bounced across the synapses of those who wrote this trash. It has no redeeming qualities and serves as a testament to the debased culture in which we now live. It can only live on in the minds of those who do serious drugs of many colors.

A female bodybuilder Marianne (Pascal Maetens) gives birth in the gym to a living placenta and decides to raise it as a human, a christian, and a soldier. The placenta named Luke grows up into a teenager and attends a normal high school where he falls in love with one of his classmates, but when his date does not go as planned Luke finds himself on an emotional downward spiral that leads to a killing spree. I think that Troma are the only people to still make real grindhouse and this Belgium zero budget sleaze-fest is easily one of the weirdest titles Troma has released in recent years. Utterly crazy and not always coherent the film proudly lacks good taste on every level.

Only put this on because I was curious to see what a teenage placenta looks like, but boy what an unexpected treat. Took me back to years ago when I loved to get drunk, then smoke a little salvia - just enough to feel the electricity flowing through my arms out of my fingertips and get a bad case of rhyming word garble. I'd wind up passing out drunk and have freaky dreams I could barely remember the next day. This gem is like one of those dreams was captured on film so I could enjoy it in sobriety. The level of detail is amazing. I kept pausing so I could look at all the stuff in the background. Could probably watch it twenty times and keep finding things I never noticed before. The camera work is fantastic. It's well written, the characters are thoughtfully fleshed out, and the acting matches the dialog. At first it reminded me of John Waters' early films, but overall the tone is much darker. This is not really a comedy, it's just so weird and sick you may laugh in discomfort. Possibly the most bizarre film I've ever seen that still manages to have a coherent plot. Will definitely have my eye out for future works by Joel Rabijns and Yves Sondermeier.

but that's not saying much.... i just discovered this modern psychtronic flick recently and it deserves way more than one review.

What i like most is that the novel concept of the afterbirth monster doesn't get wasted on a cheap plot where the creature breaks loose to go on a killing spree. Don't expect any police procedural and showering girls getting strangled by umilacal cords or anything like that. The film aimed for something more unique and sincere.... Like a larger than life biopic, like the title suggests. Yea sure, it remains pretty sleazy at all times. But it's nevertheless got a strange kind of depth and emotion to it.

I watched it with some friends who are younger than me. we laughed on the same moments and got completely silent on the same moments. highly recommended. 9IF you can track it down

I don't even know what to say. Would probably be a good movie to watch while your high. But overall, this movie is absolutely terrible.