Our first Troma film! Troma films are odd because they are intentionally ridiculous but how much comedy is intended versus how much comedy you get out of the movie has a tendency to show a notable disparity so they still seem to qualify as bad movies. Plus they are low budget, often rip off other movies, and usually end up with some technical errors. This one had a boom mic at the top of the screen in one shot.So what's the movie about? A monster with a huge, constantly open mouth that spits out a smaller monster tongue and appears to be able to hop from closet to closet is killing people. It's up to a Clark Kent clone journalist, a science teacher and her genius son, and a scientist who might be the science teacher's father to save the town once the monster comes out of the closet. There are a lot of long scenes of the crew searching around for the monster, a baby Paul Walker (meaning we just unintentionally watched two Paul Walker movies in a row), a running gag about the science teacher being distracted by the sexy of the journalist when he takes off his glasses (Adam referred to this transformation as "from Phil Collins to Henry Rollins"), and a priest who insists that killing a cockroach is a violation of the sixth commandment (which for the reference is "Thou shall not commit adultery"). There are allusions, or rip-offs, of Psycho, Alien, and a host of better movies including the strange tendency to name characters things like Dick Clark, Scoop Johnson, and Dr. Pennyworth. Thankfully, the monster coming out of the closet ends up leading to its downfall when you realize that the joke in the title was more than just a joke. Maybe the movie is trolling us by making us think it's a stupid horror film when it's really a profound meditation on sexuality. Or not. Someone should write a thesis.
Quotes:
"Sometimes you can save more lives by not pulling the trigger."
"Don't be touchy, Dicky boy."
Adam's Grandma's Review: "I liked it."
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