Shingles: The Movie

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	Ben Dietels	Will
	Michael Varrati	Dusty
	Steve Rimpici	Sloppy
	Jessa Flux	ZipZip
	Michael Z. Atrata	Kevin the Dad
	Brittany Barnabei	Brump
	Jack Bevan	Graveyard Zombie #1
	Meg Bevan	Graveyard Zombie #2
	Robert Bevan
	Robert Bevan	Bevan Zombie
	Paul Bilbo	Smasher
	Caitlin Bliss	Floo
	Eric Cowan	Neighbor Zombie
	Gina D'Inacau	Stripper Zombie 2
	Andrew Gordon	Jimmy's Father
	Bea Gressive	Hilda
	Daniel Hallam	Laughing Audience Member
	Tyler Henry	Paul
	Jenny Hoppes	Buick
	Aleen Isley	Stripper Zombie 1
	Amanda Anne Leight	Bloog
	Terri Lewis	Bev Bowers
	Christine Mancini	Zombie Grandma
	Brenan Marsh	Tall Tony
	Lyzz May	Smooth Tony

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Director	Steve Rudzinski
Writer	Robert Bevan, Rick Gualtieri, John G. Hartness, Drew Hayes, Steve Wetherell
Producer	Rick Gualtieri, Steve Rudzinski, Drew Semper
Musician	Mike Trebilcock
Photography	Scott Lewis

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My quick rating - 3.0/10. I am going into this one with reasonable expectations. This one serves up an anthology that is deemed for comedy/horror and is made on a shoestring budget. The stories are introduced by a group of less desirable kids from school telling their tales around a campfire while waiting for their scout leader. It leads in with the first saga being a short zombie wet dream with the hero being Ian Sunny as Jimmy Headshot. He ends up being one of the geeks serving up the "horror." It does a good job prepping you for the quality of effects to expect with some determined undead builds and the horrible CGI blood effect in the free software trial. The second story had some potential because when are ventriloquist dummies not creepy as hell? But instead, they handed the reins over to a 12-year-old and went for the fart and puke jokes. To add insult to injury, Steve Rudzinski couldn't even direct the effects crew to a half-decent-looking projectile vomit but instead a clear hose effect. Our third masterpiece takes place in a fraternity house (or their parent's house) and a couple of unwanted guests arriving that have some very bizarre tendencies. Again, this one has nothing along the lines of horror and the vast majority of the humor relies on inside jokes. An intergalactic frat game of beer Olympics against aliens who travel the universe looking for parties is what we get. The ominous music in the background during a "shots" contest is quite fitting. "These stories aren't scary, they are just depressing"- Jimmy Headshot nailed that one on the head. Finally, into the fourth campfire yarn we get some humor that satisfies. Granted, I may be comparing values to what I have previously seen. The story about a garden gnome that has his own amusing story to tell gives a bit of redeeming goofiness even if it is some juvenile stuff. And they finally snuck in some practical gore as well. I don't want to spoil where this one goes but it won't be what you are expecting. Even if they took that story entirely too far, it still is the standout of this whole debacle. Finally, the typical wrap-up story they have been using merges with Jimmy's zombie tale that his friends believed was fake. This led to some more practical effects hidden under terrible acting and editing. The circumstances end up involving the 4 kids with a tad of misdirection to their final laugh. The bonus credits scene brings the Gnome and the Dummy having a quick chat about a potential sequel. If you laughed earlier at these jokes, you'll get a kick out of the ending. For as dumb as it was, they pulled it together but not enough to recommend.

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