Thursday, October 20, 2011

Drive-Thru

(2007) *1/2



The mascot for Hella Burger known as Horny the Clown comes to life and starts slaughtering annoying teenagers. I can feel you rolling your eyes as you're reading this and I don't blame you.

Whirlygirl panned this last year but I think her one star rating was a tad harsh. Truthfully no one over the age of 14 should be allowed to watch such a stinker but Whirly doesn’t have Mr. Jiggles to compare it to, which, now that the dust has settled I can declare to be the worst movie I have ever seen. Drive Thru has a couple of things going for it that gave me cause to celebrate. First and most importantly I salute the idea of adding devil horns to an evil clown. Additionally some of the fast food lingo at Hella Burger made me chuckle. Quips such as “You want fries with that?” that Horny delivered as he stuffed a head into a deep fryer filled me with a juvenile sense of glee.

If you don’t want to read the following mild spoiler then that would mean that you intend to watch Drive-Thru which would make me lose respect for you. I can get away with it because I made a commitment to clowns that I must see through to the end. You have been warned (twice now) so you have no excuse. But if you’re that damn stubborn then stop reading now.

*I actually sided with Horny once his reasons for vengefully returning from the dead were revealed. He was 100% justified. His so called “friends” no-showed his birthday party, hid so that they could laugh at the disappointment on his face and then played an extremely cruel joke which led to his fiery death. Kill them all I say!