"Chillerama" Blu-Ray Review - Written by Anthony T

Chillerama
Directors: Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Adam Riffin, and Tim Sullivan
Stars: Richard Riehle, Joel David Moore, Ray Wise
Studio: Image Entertainment
MPAA Ratting: Unrated
Running Time 120 Mins

Plot Synopsis:
“Chillerama" is a film that I've been looking forward personally, since it news broke about the film. As a fan of Adam Green's "Hatchet" films and Tim Sullivan’s remake of "2001 Maniacs", I was so excited. The premise had the potential to be something fun and enjoyable.

The film takes place on the closing night at the last drive-in theater in America. The owner, Cecil B. Kaufman is showing some of the patrons lost prints of films that may have never been exhibited to the American public with titles like "Wadzilla", "I Was a Teenage Werebear", "The Diary of Anne Frankenstein" and "Deathication". Everything is going good, until something mysterious is turning the drive- in patrons into sex crazed zombies. Will anybody survive the drive-in’s final night?

Film Review:

"Chillerama" is one of those horror films that lives up to the hype. It was the most fun that I had watching an over the top horror film, since the release of "Grindhouse" back when it was released in 2007.
One of the things that makes this a very fun film, the way that Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Adam Riffin, and Tim Sullivan doesn't take themselves seriously. Each of the films had a different B-movie feel to them. From their use of green screens and making the frames grainy, it provides for some fun moment. The other thing that I liked about, the fact that each of the directors get everyone involved interested with the material. Some of the material is far out there, but I liked how the acting fit the tone the film. It makes some of the stories work and your having a great time with the film.

But the one thing that I liked the most about this, each of the stories are so weird that it works within the film's context. There is a lot of crazy stuff in each of the stories. In "Wadzilla", the short film deals with a giant sperm attacking New York". In I Was a Teenage Werebear". It’s a musical horror short about a teenager who falls in love with a man and getting bit in the process and turning into a werebear. In "The Diary of Anne Frankenstein", the film deals with World War II and the Nazis attempt to a Frankenstein with dialogue that clearly doesn't fit the film's subtitles. Finally,"Zom-B-Movie" deals with sex crazed zombies attacking drive-in movie patrons. Sound like a bad film, but each of the directors make their screenplays so outlandish and filled with tongue and cheek humor that it makes all of these films work and makes you have a good time in the process.

Blu-Ray Extras:

Lot of Extras on this Blu-ray. First up is the video comentary track featuring the film's four directors Adam Green, Joe Lynch, Adam Riffin, and Tim Sullvan. This is a very good comentary track. Each of the directors goes to detail about the production each of their segement of the film. It provides some very interesting information on each of the films, while being entertained with the track.

Next on the disc is “The Making of Anne Frankenstein”. The documentary goes into the making of Adam Green segment for “Chillerama” This feature does a very good job going to how Green approach the film consider the sensitive nature of the time period that this film take place and not making it offensive. The other thing that I liked about it, the featurette covers the special effects make-up effects and the way the actors delivered the dialogue considering that the German accents doesn’t match the subtitles. It gives you an very good insight about the production of the film.

After that we have “The Making of I Was a Teenage Werebear”. This one covers Tim Sullivan’s segment of “Chillerama”. This one does a very job going into the production. From the casting to the location, every one that was interviewed for this documentary provides details and interesting stories about their time on the set of the film.

There is even more extras after that. There are two interviews from comic-con from FamousMonsters.com and paulsalfen.com. Deleted scenes for Zom-B-Movie, Wadzilla, and “I Was a Teenage Werebear”. Trailers for “I was a Teenage Werebear” “Wadzilla” and “Chillerama” wrap up the special features for this disc.

Final Summary:

Overall, I has a fun time with “Chillerama”. Each of the segments were different and fun to watch. This is a definitely a must for horror fans, who love to watch fun films like this.

Review Rating: Five Stars

DVD Extras: Four Stars