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The Abomination (1986)

Lets start with the plot. We follow our hero, Cody, a thin and scrawny looking dude with 80s hair and awesome sunnies. Cody is a bit concerned about his mum, who is obsessed with one of those TV evangelists. His mum reckons she has a tumour in her lungs cos the TV guy says so, but she is healed through the TV and a minute later coughs up the tumour and places it in the bin… as you do…

Well, this is no ordinary tumour, it’s alive! We know this because it convulses and breathes in the bin. But no one seems to take notice of that, or its foul order. Not until it walks (wait, tumour’s don’t walk, um, slides then) into Cody’s mouth while he’s asleep. Now Cody is coughing up blood and has a new blood thirst, to kill for the abomination which is controlling him!

Makes perfect sense right? Well, not really, this movie is so strange and bizarre it made no sense at all. But then again, I don’t think it matters. If there ever was a movie that just goes with the flow, it’s this one. And if the plot has you scratching your head, wait till you see the acting, which is so bad, it’s beautiful! I mean this is a shocker! I just love the lack of enthusiasm, I reckon the actors were bored saying their own lines. Hilarious! And I don’t know why they felt the need to dub an already English movie, but that made it even more bizarre! And I mean they dubbed everything! People walking across a room sounded like someone was hitting a hallow drum. The sounds were magnified, or distorted, to create such a weird and strange vibe. It made the movie even more abnormal.

To add to this already bizarre little flick, we also have the score which is just so awesome and trippy! Very 80s and very repetitive, but catchy enough. It certainly adds to the movie and helps to make it memorable.

I really liked this movie even though technically I shouldn’t. From a cinematic standpoint this movie is awful on almost every conceivable level, but you know I think that’s the exact reason why this movie worked so well for me. Maybe it was the ultra low budget film making, or the very southern American accents which are just awesome in their own right, or the fact that this movie had toilet humour that would make Trey Parker proud. Or maybe it was the “abomination”, which is essentially a massive tumour with a mouth and big teeth. That’s a pretty cool monster, don’t deny it!!! It also builds up to a delightfully gruesome ending which also makes no sense, but hey, it’s funny and entertaining so that gets a plus from me.

Though this bad movie isn’t perfect. I think the term ‘filler’ is appropriate when they use a montage of the whole movie in the first three minutes of the film. Also using the exact same scene twice is a bit dodgy. Was it really necessary to see the beginning scene a second time? Maybe… I don’t know, maybe it’s really important that we know the abomination makes all things desolate because that what’s said over and over and over again. Recycled footage does add on the minutes, but it gets more than a little repetitive.

So final thoughts? For an extremely low budget splatter flick, I enjoyed this one immensely, though did get a bit tired seeing the same stuff over again. It’s hard to recommend this movie, as I don’t imagine many actually liking it, but if you don’t mind watching some shoddy acting, bad effects, and a meat eating tumour, then step right up and see this movie now! You’re bound to be as amazed and confused as I was.