In Eat Your Heart Out they may
break a few zombie rules, but you will get
over it. Best-Horror-Movies.com has an exclusive
look with the
first-ever review.
Release:
2007 Directed by: James Tucker Written by: Joshua Nelson
Starring:
Melissa Bacelar as Pandora Jack Dillon as Jeffrey Joshua Nelson as The Stalker
I love independent horror. Not all independent horror mind
you, but the features that exceed the sum of their budgets. Somehow,
most of the low budget independent horror movies that I like have
something to do with zombies, too. Go figure.
Successful Independent horror has one thing that no Hollywood
mega-feature could ever have: imagination and originality that is
mandatory to the success of the film. I am not saying that big-budget
horror cannot be original or imaginative of course, but when there is
big money for gore, location, computer-generated graphics,
animatronics, acting talent etc. then the originality and imagination
can afford to be a bit more subtle. Not so in Independent cinema. The
success of independent horror lives and dies by the quality of the
viewing experience and the ways that a savvy and passionate film maker
can turn a little money into a big impact.
Take Eat Your Heart Out for
example.
The opening scene in Eat Your Heart Out, after a
few aerial shots to confirm that the setting is New York City, shows a
goofy guy in his underwear nervously talking to the voluptuous hooker
that he has hired for the night. We never see the face of this
John’s “date” so we don’t know
what she looks like, but her sultry voice and roaming hands let us know
that this dude is in for the night of his life. Suddenly, without
warning, the “babe of the night” bites down on this
guy’s lower lip and rips his entire chin from his face. Of
course, she eats it. This is just the prelude.
Meanwhile somewhere else in Manhattan, Jeffrey (played by Jack Dillon)
is talking to himself in his mirror about how great the new day is
going to be. Then he collapses, admitting that it won’t be
great at all. His life sucks, and he is a complete dork. Not only does
he have a stupid job, no friends and an over-bearing sister that
won’t stay out of his business, but he can’t get a
single date. And man does he try. He asks women out at work, on the
phone, everywhere…no dice. So, he does what any red-blooded
loser that can’t get a date would do – he calls
escort services. A lot.
The funny thing is, even the paid escorts don’t want anything
to do with him after their “paid time” is over.
Then he meets Pandora (Melissa Bacelar). A hooker? Sure, who else would
come to his house? But she is “different”. She
actually likes him. They fall in love. But Pandora has a secret (a BIG
secret). Can their love survive it?
Eat
Your Heart Out is an example of excellent independent horror.
The Eat Your Heart Out script is
great –
and appropriately funny. Not only does the dialogue flow and actually
make sense, but there are great one-liners that had me laughing out
loud. Particularly notable are when Pandora admits that she is an
“abomination of God” and Jeffrey replies
“You’re Mormon?”, and when the escort
Passion (Pronounced Pash-shon, played by a very funny Erika Smith)
complains about the gross John that had one of those
“uncrucified penises”.
The acting is first-rate. Jack Dillon is perfect as the over-frustrated
and under-ambitious Jeffrey, and Melissa Bacelar is absolutely stunning
as the larger-than-life hungry hooker Pandora. The bit players were
great also, each adding at least one little element that helped make Eat
Your Heart Out an enjoyable time.
Oh, and the gore is fantastic. Over the top, show no mercy
“yell out loud” gore, that’s what
we’re treated to in Eat Your Heart Out.
Plus, she EATS it ALL!! Beautiful.
The one complaint I had while watching Eat Your Heart Out
comes from the point of view of a zombie movie lover. It broke the
rules! Maybe I am a bit sensitive to the rules
of zombiedom because of
my interaction with the BHM resident Zombie Master Lee
Roberts, but
rules are rules. A good shot to the head TAKES A ZOMBIE DOWN! I
don’t think that the creators of Eat Your Heart Out
knew that. There are other zombie rules that were broken also, but I
was ready to let those others slide until the failed head-shot. That
was too much for me to take.
Rule-breaking
aside, Eat Your Heart Out is a
great flick that I am certain will have wide distribution soon. Eat
Your Heart Out is not scary (at all), but is a great story
that has zombies, young lovelies in panties, topless hookers, sawed-off
fingers and lots of human flesh-feasting. Now if we can just get these
folks familiar with the zombie rules, the sky’s the limit.
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The opening scene in Eat Your Heart Out, after a
few aerial shots to confirm that the setting is New York City, shows a
goofy guy in his underwear nervously talking to the voluptuous hooker
that he has hired for the night. We never see the face of this
John’s “date” so we don’t know
what she looks like, but her sultry voice and roaming hands let us know
that this dude is in for the night of his life. Suddenly, without
warning, the “babe of the night” bites down on this
guy’s lower lip and rips his entire chin from his face. Of
course, she eats it. This is just the prelude.
Meanwhile somewhere else in Manhattan, Jeffrey (played by Jack Dillon)
is talking to himself in his mirror about how great the new day is
going to be. Then he collapses, admitting that it won’t be
great at all. His life sucks, and he is a complete dork. Not only does
he have a stupid job, no friends and an over-bearing sister that
won’t stay out of his business, but he can’t get a
single date. And man does he try. He asks women out at work, on the
phone, everywhere…no dice. So, he does what any red-blooded
loser that can’t get a date would do – he calls
escort services. A lot.
Eat
Your Heart Out is an example of excellent independent horror.
Oh, and the gore is fantastic. Over the top, show no mercy
“yell out loud” gore, that’s what
we’re treated to in Eat Your Heart Out.
Plus, she EATS it ALL!! Beautiful.
