American Nightmares

Would I call this good? Yes I absolutely would. Would I say it's good because of quality and story? I absolutely would not. This is one of those films that it's just soo bad it's good. I recommend watching just for the goofs and gafs. At no point will you be scared or any other emotion besides the emotion you feel when you are constantly saying "wtf". I have no idea who funded this but I am very glad that they did.

Yes, this film may not be an instant horror classic... some reviewers have criticize the gender, political and racial themes in 7 "American" nightmare vignettes directed/written by Rusty Cundieff/Darin Scott, but what's the big deal? Someone who takes this film "seriously" forget that's it just a "movie", you know entertainment for some viewers.

This "criticism" is what makes this film which is obviously rooted in 50s EC comic material. It would influence notable anthologies such as 70s Amicus film productions preceding 80s George A. Romero's "Creepshow" then up to the 90s "Tales from the Hood" (was first criticized and now celebrated as a cult film). The people who put out the latter and a recent sequel are involved with this film (which has the usual tropes of exploitation cinema).

This anthology forwards the evolution in form of an internet hacking by Danny Trejo playing the online storyteller, "Mister Malevolent". It's good to see Trejo expanding his acting roles and comedic actor, Chris Kattan is in one vignette. Viveca A. Fox and Nichelle Nichols also join in on the fun summing up a responsive anthology to the present-day politics.

I think it was okay for an unrated horror anthology.

There were several former well known actors I wanted to see. Unfortunately their talents were wasted on this poorly made fiasco. Direction is non existent and the script is high school level.

Guess everyone needs a paycheck

I gave this two stars for the acting only, which was decent. Everything else was typical stereotyping. So, the only "good" black man is a robot, the rest are worthless and abusive. All southerners are rednecks and racist. "computer nerds" just watch porn in the basement. The list goes on. 0 creativity, 0 originality. I could handle the political bent but, I know this is a movie, I found the stereotypes to be most offensive. Low grade B movie.