Era$e/Rew]nd ~ Film Reviews ~ "The Gay Bed and
Breakfast of Terror" (Peccadillo Pictures- 2007/109mins)
Carry on Screaming - Irfan Shah turns the (breakfast)
tables on the establishment with a 'memento' style look
at films they either didn't want you to see or didn't
want you to remember. This time it's French farce done
by Hammer Horror - with anal.
Released 12.10.09
Here’s one for the Hotel Inspector! Trashy, tongue
in cheek slasher movie set in a gay Bed and Breakfast,
this is not the kind of film Jonathon Ross will be reviewing
any time soon..
Travelling to a LGBT convention, five gay and lesbian
couples find themselves booked into the Sahara Salvation
Inn run by a family straight out of Deliverance (and
with more than a touch of the pantomime thrown in).
What follows is a camp parody of every horror film you’ve
ever seen that’s been set in a hotel.
The land ‘lady’ turns out to be a George Bush-worshipping
homophobe with a penchant for human mince muffins, and
the guests, between trying to stay alive, are busy trying
it on with each other. It’s a French farce done by Hammer
Horror - with anal .
The aesthetic is a cross between low-budget grind house
and the daytime TV movies they play every afternoon
on Channel Five. The film has the flow and production
values of an episode of Crossroads, the acting and script
won’t be winning awards any time soon, and the special
effects are pretty crude.
All of the above weaknesses are pretty cool when viewed
after a few drinks with friends and to be honest, that’s
probably how this film is designed to be watched. The
film contains all the kitsch chaos of a mardi gras killing
spree.
It’s had quite a panning in the press and it was always
going to. The occasional leaden performance gets in
the way of its sense of self-parody, however, many comments
by ‘fans’ point out that it really does need to be watched
with tongue firmly in mouth and with equally inebriated
company. Why numb yourself with Hollyoaks and Loose
Women when you can watch this?
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