This movie is amazing for nothing else than it took until 2016 for a horror movie to be made with this title. That’s really the ONLY amazing thing about it, and for that reason, the rest of the movie isn’t worth seeing. Though it oddly has appearances from Ray Wise, Tom Sizemore, Danny Trejo, and Jay Mewes. Oh, and it has Lester Speight, aka; MUTHER FUCKIN’ COLE TRAIN in it. WOOOOO!
Trent has a problem, and that problem is that his father is the soon-to-be-executed serial killer Vincent Modine. Trent would like nothing more than to get away from everyone that knows him, or his connection to his father and the baggage that brings along. Trent’s best friend, Joey, has an idea; if they move to the little podunk town of Mooseheart they can start fresh. Once in Mooseheart, the guys find a place to live, jobs and begin making good on the promise they made themselves, only to find that something in Mooseheart just isn’t going to let them forget completely.
Halloweed is a very VERY slow burn, and no, the irony of that isn’t lost on me. As I was watching, it was about 45mins in before it was even apparent why this was a horror movie at all. Nothing really happens that would signify/justify that until more than half the movie was over. Though it isn’t the most original plot, it is a decent enough story of murder and mystery. One thing that bothered me, however, was that there isn’t really any reason to call it “Halloweed” at all. I was expecting it to be a strain of weed that turned people into killers, or zombies, or something. No, it’s just that there is a lot of weed in the film. That’s really all.
I wasn’t expecting much from a movie that stars former semi-porn star, former VJ, Simon Rex, and that’s exactly what I got. It’s not that it’s a terrible movie, don’t get me wrong, it isn’t great, but it has a certain charm to it, I guess. It was obviously made on a shoestring budget. The credit sequence (both opening and closing) looks to be made in a beginners course on Flash. The lighting in several scenes is almost unforgivably harsh. Simon Rex’s subtlety as the “Oh, I’m not gay.” character is atrocious. Jay Mewes and Andy Milonakis are used sparingly so as to not be a constant reminder that “yo, we like the weed” is a HUGE part of why this movie was even made in the first place. However, having said all that, there is something that makes me okay with this movie. Though all the actors, writers, and pretty much everyone involved have been in other productions, it feels like someones first attempt at making a movie. Like something my friends and I could have made if we had a little bit of money and a spare week. It’s still not something I can confidently recommend people see, but it’s not exactly one I feel like I wasted (see what I did there) a couple hours on.
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