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This movie is clearly low-budget, which is obvious in the final product. But cheap movies can be entertaining. Not this one. It tries to paint everyone as a sinner, but makes virtually every character so loathsome that you want to cheer on the killer. But the killer is just a sad zealot with a crossbow and the most terrifying lateral lisp on celluloid. He's not funny, or intriguing nor interesting, and he has a sidekick who has even less personality. There's no logic to any of it, and characters flip sides on a dime without reason.

The one decent character (and actress) is the one who plays the older sister, but by the time she gets involved, the viewer is too numb to care. It's literally sex and drugs and profanity, but no plot or skill. There's a character who is supposed to be an ex-con and who talks like every member of a cheap prison flick, but who looks like a middle-aged accountant. It's actually jatrring to hear him speak.

The ending is completely predictable, but then, so is the rest of the movie. Why this was made is puzzling; why it was released is baffling.

This is typical Troma fare, although many of the faux trailers are from independent studios. It's all here--tasteless vulgarity, cheap effects, and mindless gore. There are a few standouts: Trailers with casts comprised entirely of real cockroaches and plastic army men, or instance. But most never rise past adolescent film-making.

At Troma, bad taste reigns supreme, and this compilation fits right in. To me, one of the biggest issues is that not only do they break up the trailers with old-time theatrical "Coming Soon" bumpers and random intros by producer Lloyd Kaufman, but most of these trailers also have credits. They stop the show dead in its tracks. By the time you reach the last third of the movie, the trailers become raunchier but not any more interesting. In fact, I would recommend that you watch this in short bursts instead of sitting through it in one sitting.

Although adolescent in spirit, it's definitely not for kids. It has many sexually-explicit scenes of questionable taste, and one vignette abandons the tongue-in-cheek tone of most of the others, depicting a serious sexual attack and murder.

I learned virtually nothing watching this cooking show. The basic concept is that two homes host competing chefs, who will use whatever is on hand to prepare a 3-course meal. I question how much of the ingredients just happen to be available, but it's not that important.

The biggest issue for me is that whoever directed this seems to suffer from an advanced case of ADD. Everything is shown in 1-2 second clips, with a shaky camera, zooms, etc. It's actually slightly disorienting to watch. Calm down--it's cooking, not a car chase.