I have had a sneaking suspicion since the first time that I heard about this film that it was going to suck. As any of you who read here regularly know I have hated the title KILLER PAD since day one. One of the worst film titles I have ever heard. Then that god awful DVD cover art came out. Ughhh.
Well, now I have seen the film and I have to tell you. It's a turd.
I would never take anything away for Robert Englund. He is a living icon of the genre as the character of Freddy that he has brought to life will haunt all of us for the rest of our lives but why he ever associated himself with this loser is beyond my reasoning.
It almost seems like they attempted to turn this into a horror film as an after thought. It actually plays more like a teen comedy along the lines of SUPERBAD or DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR? etc. It doesn't work as that type of film either so they throw in a "devil" story line and have a horror icon direct it and presto chango, it's a horror film. Nope, sorry, don't think so.
Bad title, bad cover art, bad acting, stale jokes, horrible sexual innuendo, incredibly bad writing, this one sucks on just about every level in which a film can suck. Only one small redeeming bright spot and that is the fine FX work of Robert Hall.
If you have to watch this cesspool of a film watch it to see the fine craftsmanship of Robert Hall. He is a true talent and his work looks like a diamond stuck in a turd this time around.
That's about all the time I want to spend on this one.
Here are all the facts from LIONSGATE:
PROGRAM
DESCRIPTION
Directed by Horror icon, Robert Englund
(A Nightmare on Elm Street films), Killer Pad is
a horror-comedy that focuses on three pals who find a sweet deal on a
mansion in the Hollywood Hills. Thinking they have struck “party
gold,” they quickly find that their dreams of Hollywood party
nights with the A-list of beautiful women are quickly thwarted, when
they find their dream house is a direct portal to Hell!
DVD SPECIAL
FEATURES
CAST
Daniel
Franzese Mean Girls,
War of the Worlds, Bully, Party Monster
Eric
Jungmann Not Another
Teen Movie, Happy
Endings, TV’s
“Bones”, TV’s “Cold Case”
Shane
McRae TV’s “Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” TV’s “Four
Kings”
Andy
Milonakis Who’s
Your Caddy? TV’s
“The Andy Milonakis Show”
Waiting…
Joseph
Lawrence Rest Stop,
TV’s “American
Dreams,” TV’s “Blossom,” TV’s “Run of the House”
Jennifer Lyons TV’s “Action,”
Dorm Daze 2,
TV’s “That ‘70s Show,” TV’s “Desperate Housewives”
Lin
Shaye Snakes on a
Plane, There’s
Something About Mary,
Detroit Rock City,
Cellular
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year
of Production: 2006
Title
Copyright: © 2006
Killer Pad, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Type:
Home Entertainment
Premiere
Rating:
Pending
Genre:
Comedy/Horror
Closed
Captioned: English
Closed Captioned
Subtitles:
English and Spanish
Format:
Widescreen 16x9
Feature
Running Time: 85
minutes
DVD
Audio Status: 5.1
Dolby Digital Surround
