Venus Flytrap (1987 Video)
8/10
Punk scum versus yuppie jerks
28 February 2017
Warning: Spoilers
A trio of street punks -- vicious leader Turk (brawny Steve Malis, who does a hysterically bad $1.50 David Hess impression), brash B.B. (skeevy brunette Darlene Hartwell), and pathetic simpering lackey Wimp (a supremely annoying portrayal by Michael Capellupo) -- crash a private party being held by four obnoxious stuck-up yuppies.

Boy, does this deliciously dreadful shot-on-video micro-budget clunker possess all the right wrong stuff to rate as a real four-star stinkeroonie: We've got plodding (mis)direction by T. Michael, amusing would-be pointed and provocative heavy-handed social commentary about the differences between the haughty rich and the crude lower class, hilariously profane dialogue, laughably lousy acting by a lame no-name cast, static cinematography, poorly staged violence, and a predictable by-the-numbers plot that rips off "The House by the Edge of the Park" right down to the nihilistic surprise ending. Moreover, there's also a satisfying smattering of gratuitous female nudity (and several bare male butts for the ladies), plus the highly charged homoerotic relationship between the ultra-macho Turk and the whiny Wimp provides a wealth of unintentional laughs. A total schlocky hoot.
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