DVD Review: THE COOK
 By Dave Dreher

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Apr 1, 2008, 7:46 am

I'm sure that some of you that take the time to watch the Anchor Bay release of THE COOK will find a reason to like it. For me I'm afraid I found it a bit boring and predictable.

The film bills itself as a horror comedy and I found it was not particularly good as either. The storyline is pretty basic stuff. The cook for a sorority goes on vacation and the girls need someone to make their meals for them. Enter THE COOK a foreign male who no one an understand but looks good enough that the horny young girls don't question his background.

Of course the girls start disappearing one by one but the girls don't really seem to mind because the food is just damn good. Yep, as you would suspect THE COOK is killing off the girls and then frying them up for the survivors.

The one and only reason to even bother popping this one into the DVD player is the ample nudity. Hot college chicks baring it all. Pretty bad when that's the only reason I can find to tell you to watch this one.

Here's the official press release that outlines the film:

What happens when you mix low-brow dorm humor, with heaping helpings of nudity, a dash of involuntary cannibalism and simmer for a couple of hours? Anchor Bay Entertainment, the leading gourmands of gore, present their next feast of terror with The Cook, arriving on DVD April 1st. You’d be a fool to resist such a tasty blend, especially when the DVD comes with a buffet of bonus features!

. Bon appetit!

It’s a long holiday weekend at the Lambda Epsilon Zeta sorority house, and a handful of girls stay behind to indulge in three days of partying, sex games and strangely delicious meals prepared by the weird new chef.  But as the sisters begin to disappear one-by-one, the remaining coeds find themselves trapped in a nightmare of graphic slaughter – as they wonder who will wind up next on the menu! Mark Hengst (“Alias,” Miss Congeniality 2), Makinna Ridgway and Kit Paquin (“Ugly Betty,” “Entourage”) star with a bounty of beauties in this blood-spattered black comedy that cuts like a knife, tastes like chicken and serves up a scrumptious feast of carnage whipped up by… The Cook

After devouring the feature presentation, fans will no doubt enjoy these side dishes:

  • Widescreen (2.35:1) presentation, enhanced for 16x9 televisions

  • Audio commentary with Executive Producer/Writer/Editor Nicholas Bonomo and Actors Mark Hengst, Makinna Ridgway, Kit Paquin, Nina Fehren and Brooke Lenzi

  • Behind The Scenes: The Cook

  • Mark Hengst Audition Footage

THE COOK is available today Tuesday April 1st.


 

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