Gutterballs (2008)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Ryan Nicholson

Writer:

Ryan Nicholson (writer)

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Do You Have The Balls?

Plot:

A brutally sadistic rape leads to a series of bizarre gory murders during a midnight disco bowl-a-rama at a popular bowling alley...

Plot Keywords:

Rape | Masked Killer | Bowling Alley | Arcade | Sex Change

Cast

Alastair Gamble	...	Steve
Mihola Terzic	...	Sarah
Nathan Witte	...	Jamie
Wade Gibb	...	Joey
Candice Lewald	...	Lisa
Jeremy Beland	...	Ben
Trevor Gemma	...	Patrick
Nathan Dashwood	...	AJ
Scott Alonzo	...	Dave
Jimmy Blais	...	Sam
Danielle Munro	...	Julia
Stephanie Schacter	...	Cindy
Saraphina Bardeaux	...	Hannah
Dan Ellis	...	The Janitor

Runtime:

USA:94 min (uncut version)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Canada:18A | Germany:Not Rated (SPIO/JK) (heavily cut)

Filming Locations:

Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Plotdigger Films

Trivia:

The Producers of this film agreed to base their promotional campaign after the 1980 cult classic Maniac (1980), a decision not lost on its detractors.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: During a scene of dead bodies laying around. In a majority of the close-ups you can see the actors breathing.

Movie Connections:

References Maniac (1980)

Soundtrack:

Lolita

Very tasteless and exploitative slasher flick.

"Gutterballs" opens with tasteless and suitably disturbing gang-rape scene that will surely offend some viewers.It takes place in a bowling alley called the Xcalibur Bowling Centre.Its janitor lets two groups of teenagers for the big bowling match against each other.Soon the members of each group are being gorily dispatched by the frenzied killer BBK,who wears a bowling bag mask..."Gutterballs" is a sleazy blast obviously inspired by Italian giallo flicks and excessively violent slashers from early 80's.The death scenes are seriously sick and gory as hell and the graphic nudity is frequent in the unrated XXX version.The characters are obnoxious,vulgar and outlandish.None of them is likable.Several scenes of bloodshed put the smile of my face including the death of transvestite,who gets his penis sheared off.The double asphyxiation by fellatio and cunnilingus is also worth mentioning as is the stabbing with sharpened pin.To sum up,"Gutterballs" is not for the squeamish,so if you are a fan of tasteless and morbid horror grab the unrated version.