Drive-Thru is a horror-comedy about the adventures of Horny The Clown
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Drive-Thru takes us all back to a simpler time when horror didn't have to feel grown up. Here's the BHM early-look review by first-time contributor Chris Pink.
Written by BHM Contributor Chris Pink
March 9, 2007
Release: 2006
Written and Directed by: Brendan Cowles and Shane Kuhn
Starring:
Leighton Meester as Mackenzie Carpenter
Nicholas D'Agosto as Fisher Kent
Van De La Plante as Horny the Clown
Larry Joe Campbell as Detective Dwayne Crockers
Throughout history man has been fascinated with experimentation: Sending monkeys into space, cloning, making women into men and men into women (to various degrees of success).
But, just like nuclear bombs and microwave-energy were always inevitable, now comes another mishap of mans constant hunt for progression, this time in the form of a film entitled Drive-thru - a kind of hip-hoppety, new metal horror flick of immeasurably cheesy proportions, complete with the baddest baddie of them all “Horny the clown”.
Horny is the mascot of an infamous fast food drive-thru named “Hella Burger”. As the plot goes from water-thin to almost whisky-vicious Horny cuts and pastes his way through a series of desperately naïve victims. There is a lot to get through in Drive-thru, so lets not waste time with a laborious summary: Hip hop kids get killed, other naïve kids summon the forces of darkness, plot comes to light (guess the inspiration here) that the parents of the murdered teenagers know more than they let on, sad back story about the baddie before he got bad, predictable ending.
The Good
One thing that can be said for Drive-thru is that it tries hard. From the beginning to the end there are moments when you feel like the plot might actually explode into something really energetic. Horney the clown - as laughable as he is - does work as a baddie, and somehow the droning thrashy music complements each chase to-the-death scene perfectly. And did I forget the dialogue? That’s where Drive-thru really shines - so many times I found myself thinking that those lines (nearly always stolen or too familiar - but so what ? ) sound like the meat and bones of classic/cult horror.
The Bad
Just like its atomic forefather experiments, Drive-thru teeters on the edge of its own worth, not quite knowing how to define itself or where it wants to go in the end. In some parts you’ll be laughing with joy and in other you will want to smash the TV screen, if only to get rid of that bloody clown face.
Even though I managed to check my emails, write a couple back, and look on the National Geographic web-site at various points during the film, something about Drive-thru was strangely watch-able and kept me intrigued. It reminded me of the glory days of film when anything was possible and even the craziest concepts would somehow end up on the video rental shelf. In the end, Drive-thru is a laugh and a testament to the fact that - even though the genre of horror is constantly being butchered, refined and then made to grow-up and be serious - sometimes it’s ok to take a small glimpse back in time, however (secretly) fun and unnecessary it may be. Questions or comments about Drive-Thru? �Contact us!
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