Picture

Smash Cut (2009)

Horror/Comedy     Not Rated

Plot

Frustrated with his most recent film doing poorly, film director Able Whitman finds himself at a strip club where he meets and takes home one of the strippers, Gigi Stops. They have an accident on the road which kills Gigi leaving Able to figure out what to do with the body. He conveniently decides to "disguise" the body parts as set pieces to his new horror film. When this new design style is met with much praise, Able decides he needs more parts to fulfill his new "project".

Acting

Features b-movie/horror stars David Hess, Michael Berryman, Ray Sager and a cameo from HG Lewis. Also stars Jesse Buck, who is fabulous as the eccentric Private Eye, and porn star Sasha Grey. While some porn stars, most notably Traci Lords and Ginger Lynn Allen, have made the successful transition over to mainstream cinema, I think Grey could certainly have a better career than either of them, as she has a much more unique, non generic look. All however have about average acting capability's.

Gore

Lots of severed limbs, and removed organs. Plus blood splatter, and some over done blood flow.

Sex/Nudity

Non-nude strip club scenes.

Final Thoughts

This movie was made as a tribute to the old HG Lewis gore films, which revolutionized the genre, and it is very good at that tribute. Its very much like his movie where, with the over-the-top gore, story and acting, and what where innovative story's at the time. The story is no longer original these days, but it is not yet a story that has been used to death, therefore it is still interesting. An entertaining movie, that is probably a better movie than most of what Lewis produced in his day. It takes itself fairly seriously despite its comedic tone, and is overall a entertaining throwback that is definitely worth your time,

Overall Rating

B-