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Ryan Nicholson (writer)
Release Date:
2008 (USA)
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Do You Have The Balls? more
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A brutally sadistic rape leads to a series of bizarre gory murders during a midnight disco bowl-a-rama at a popular bowling alley...
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Rape
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Masked Killer
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Bowling Alley
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Arcade
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Sex Change
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Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 11/17/2009
(From Fangoria. 17 November 2009, 9:00 PM, PST)
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Happy Friday the 13th on Fangoria Radio tonight!
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Fun to a point.
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Cast
(Credited 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 |
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USA:94 min (uncut version)
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Germany:Not Rated (SPIO/JK) (heavily cut)
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Revealing mistakes: During a scene of dead bodies laying around. In a majority of the close-ups you can see the actors breathing.
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References "Rainbow Brite" (1984)
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Air Tight
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Two rival bowling teams made up of doltish and sex-crazed kids are all fair game for an extremely lethal killer while they have an after-hours game.
I don't want to say too much more about what story this film has in order to avoid any sort of spoilers. It's fun in seeing them for oneself. Some of the revelations are actually pulled off very well; I certainly didn't see them coming.
"Gutterballs" works as an exercise in over-the-top sadism. It's not going to be for everyone; only people who delight in heavy doses of sex, nudity, and in-your-face gore need apply. Writer / director Ryan Nicholson leaves little to the imagination, delivering one eye-popping set piece after another. One highlight is an impromptu operation performed on a transvestite. And one of the worst miscreants in the film, Steve (Alastair Gamble) is recipient of a particularly gruesome punishment. (It's the sound effects that really sell this one.)
The bowling alley makes for a unique slasher film setting, with Nicholson utilizing the environment for its full potential. There are elements of very dark humor to the script, and the cool soundtrack is of particular interest for Canadian viewers due to use of tunes from the band Harlequin.
The acting is admittedly atrocious, and very few of the characters have any sort of appeal. The dialog is endlessly littered with profanity. This becomes tiresome rather quickly; these aspects of the film tend to diminish the enjoyment of the picture.
In any event, it is refreshing to see a film so unafraid to be so completely politically incorrect. Nicholson certainly does know how to put on a show, albeit an outrageous, flamboyant, and relentlessly trashy one.
7/10