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Attack of the Adult Babies (2017)
Destined to become a midnight movie cult classic
If you're after a movie that's almost beyond description, then Dominic Brunt's Attack of the Adult Babies is for you, a film that's just begging to be seen on the big screen.
At first this satirical shocker seems like Benny Hill on acid with plenty of leggy nurses dressed in seductive uniforms, but the movie has a dark heart.
When two teenagers are forced to break into a manor to steal documents, they discover high-powered, middle-aged men taking refuge from the stresses of daily life by dressing in nappies and indulging their every perverse nursery whim!
As you can tell, not your usual movie with plenty of guts and faeces splattered across the walls, but if you scrape that aside you'll see a clever dissection of how the world treats its less fortunate. The cast which includes Sally Dexter, Joanne Mitchell (who also came up with this bizarre story) and Kurtis Lowe give it all they've got and add a sense of reality to this most bizarre piece. Oh, did I mention the claymation sequence near the end?!
This is destined to become a cult midnight movie hit and be applauded for being something totally different to what's on offer at the moment.
(Adapted from my own review which appeared at the Horror Channel site)
Bait (2014)
A gripping take on a dark subject
After the cool zombie shocker Before Dawn, winning team Dominic Brunt and Joanne Mitchell turned their attention to the very real subject of money lending.
Jonathan Slinger is Jeremy, a money lender with no morals and a miserable home life who preys on the vulnerable and needy with promises of offering dreams thanks to his ability to lend them money when banks can't. Trouble is his interest rates are sky-high and if you can't pay his friend, Si "pays" them a visit. When two women, Dawn (Joanne Mitchell) and Bex (Victoria Smurfit) use his services a violent stand-off begins.
Truly frightening and superbly written, this is a morality tale for the 21st century. The film is gritty to say the least with superb performances from the main cast who tackle the grim premise with a reality that's heart-breaking.
Brunt directs with huge confidence, allowing time for the violence to grow slowly until it becomes almost unbearable.
A film that needs to be seen as it uncovers a harmful truth that is happening all across our country.