The Thingy: Confessions of a Teenage Placenta

I watched this whole movie and was just disappointed. It seemed kind of funny at first, but it just got boring. Nothing happens, lack of a soundtrack, and it's just overall horrible. Feels like it lasts 9 hours. I hate it. The only reason it even gets a 1 is because it was kind of funny in the beginning. I'll never get that time back.

This is the most insane film ever created plain and simple... there is no functional or objective way to review this film. The closest thing i can compare it to is being on Payote...

I'm not sure what to say honestly I'm rarely at a loss for words... but I'm at a loss for words...

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.

If Tommy Wiseau and David Lynch had a baby The Thingy would be that baby. Remarkable special effects and a gripping story line. A must see of any Troma fan.

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