10 Films You Probably Shouldn't Watch On A First Date
7. Muck (2015)
With Muck, debuting director Steve Wolsh channels Wes Craven and Russ Meyer and delivers a surprisingly energetic slasher that pays affectionate homage to the former while ladling on all the softcore sleaze youd expect from the latter. Somewhere in West Craven, a group of friends arrive at a vacation house, battered and bloody after having run away from something in the marshes. What exactly happened is never made explicit (Wolsh is saving it for the prequel), but it doesnt matter because as soon as they break into the house theyre being stalked by Kane Hodder, whos unrecognisable as Grawesome Crutal, a mute albino slasher. Whenever hes offscreen, viewer interest is maintained by Playmate Of The Year Jaclyn Swedberg and internet sensation Lauren Francesca, the latter of whom spends the entire film running around in her smalls. Soaked in blood after dispatching one of Hodders cohorts, Francesca imitates Carmen Electra in Scary Movie and washes off when the lawn sprinkler activates. No, its not a movie with an IQ in double digits, but for the adolescent boys (of all ages) who enjoy this sort of thing, the prequel, Muck: Feast Of St Patrick, is due later this year.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'
