OK, here's the deal. This movie falls right into the horror genre, but it also has a LOT of sub genres, which might make Pungo - A Witch's Tale completely un-categorizable. Indie creators make films that conventional big studios would never touch, and that is often a good thing for lovers of the horror genre. And the mash-up of storylines is so incredibly over-the-top, that it deserves genuine attention. The plot takes some standard character tropes: The stoic leading man and his loopy sidekick, who meet a single woman who needs help and is dealing with something supernatural. But then, the writing takes over and OMG does this movie speed into directions that can only be described as insane. Without giving too much away, there are a couple good jump scares, and the CGI...wow. It's cheesy and cool in the best possible way. I sat through the final third of the film slack-jawed, not believing where this movie went. All I can say is that it incorporates all of the stuff we love about the B horror movies we loved as a kid, and adds a modern twist (or twelve) to the proceedings. This is either a bad/good movie, or a good/bad movie, (you decide) but either way, Pungo - A Witch's Tale should be - NEEDS to be - experienced, and I truly mean that - by every person who loved "Army of Darkness", "Drag Me to Hell", and all of those horror flicks that are part of fandom's lexicon. There was even a part where I thought the actors would exclaim, "Your Mother Was A Hamster, And Your Father Smelt Of Elderberries!" I had a lot of fun watching this off-the-wall film!
Review of Pungo: A Witch's Tale
