Drive-Thru is a
horror-comedy about the adventures of Horny The Clown
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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