‘It’s the fight of the living dead’
Monster Brawl is a 2011 comedy horror film in which classic monsters fight to the death in a wrestling tournament set inside an abandoned and cursed graveyard.
The movie was directed by Jesse Thomas Cook (Deadsight; The Hoard; Septic Man; The HeXecutioners).
The film depicts a wrestling-style fight to the death set inside an abandoned and cursed graveyard, shown in a pay-per-view style atmosphere. The fighters are eight classic movie monsters – Cyclops, Swamp Gut, Frankenstein’s Monster, Lady Vampire, Werewolf, Mummy, Witch Bitch and Zombie Man.
Acting as play-by‐play announcer is Buzz Chambers (Dave Foley) with commentating by former champ Sasquatch Sid (Art Hindle). The Brawl itself is divided into two classes: The Creature class and the Undead class. For the Creatures: Cyclops, Werewolf, Witch Bitch and Swamp Gut. For the Undead: Lady Vampire, Zombie Man, The Mummy and Frankenstein.
Review:
This is probably a great party movie, and my criticisms may well be missing the point because watching the film on your own on a Saturday morning is almost certainly not the way to see it.
Perhaps the limitations of set, character and story development won’t matter when you have a bunch of people chugging beers, placing bets and cheering on their monster heroes (in other words, much like a real wrestling show)? And if they had translated this idea to the live arena, even better.
Unfortunately, watching Monster Brawl alone and entirely sober is not a good idea, as the shortcomings are far too obvious.
David Flint, MOVIES and MANIA
Buy Blu-ray: Amazon.co.uk
Buy: Amazon.co.uk
Cast and characters:
Dave Foley … Buzz Chambers
Art Hindle … “Sasquatch” Sid Tucker
Robert Maillet … Frankenstein
Kevin Nash … Colonel Crookshank
Lance Henriksen … the Narrator
Jimmy Hart … Himself
Herb Dean … Himself
Jason David Brown … Cyclops/Swamp Gut/Cyril Haggard
Kelly Couture … Lady Vampire
R.J. Skinner … Werewolf/Mummy
Rico Montana … Zombie Man
Holly Letkeman … Witch Bitch
John Geddes … Lieutenant Briggs
Mark Gibson … Agent Dunn
Christopher Goddard … Sheriff
Jason Deline … Jacob Blackburn
Jesse T. Cook … Village Drunk
Ashley Byford … Blonde Ring Girl
Rachelle Corbeil … Black-haired Ring Girl
Ari Millen … Doctor Igora
Chris Rutte … The Grub
Matt Wiele … The Messenger
Janet Dee … Bucket Fanny
Country of origin:
Canada
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