Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Weird Wednesday: Death Laid An Egg

Got to experience this very strange movie at Weird Wednesday (go figure).  Death laid an egg, ladies and gentleman.  Also known as Plucked.  This was a crazy experience.  It was a bit irritating especially the crazy sounds.  It's grindhouse all the way.  It's got a bad English dub.  The whole thing was scratchy and the color was all yellow.  What else can I ask for a midnight movie at the Alamo Drafthouse?  It's got a straight up story with a twist.  It's an artsy movie.  Basically, it's about this one guy who owns a chicken slaughterhouse with his wife.  He has a secret.  Every once in a while, he reserves the same hotel room and kills a prostitute.  There's a twist in that.  Anyways, the plot gets interesting when the main guy's wife's cousin meets this other guy and together they plan a scheme to take over the chicken factory.  So many chickens in this movie.  I had to order some chicken strips and queso to go along with this movie.  There's only one nudity scene (darn).  The soundtrack was trippy.
Overall, I liked it but probably won't see it again and I wouldn't recommend this to just any fan of exploitation cinema.  I guess the theatre experience makes it better.  I'm going to try to make it to at least one Weird Wednesday a month and see more rare goodies for only 3 bucks.  Damn, I love living in Austin, TX.