{"id":6401,"date":"2010-02-13T10:00:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T23:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/?p=6401"},"modified":"2010-02-13T15:19:41","modified_gmt":"2010-02-13T04:19:41","slug":"chewing-the-scenery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roberthood.net\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/02\/13\/chewing-the-scenery\/","title":{"rendered":"Chewing the Scenery"},"content":{"rendered":"

B-horror flicks notoriously feature scenery-chewing performances, but what happens when the scenery consists of sewers?<\/p>\n

That’s right — you get Sewer Chewer<\/strong><\/em>!<\/p>\n

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Sewer Chewer<\/strong> (US-2010 [currently in post-production]; dir. James Hawley aka Jack Acid)<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

A mutant amphibian goes on a killing rampage! A US space satellite falls from orbit, crashing into a small wooded area in Oklahoma. Toxic fuel spills out into the creek, radiating the local wildlife into a monstrous mutant creature that goes on a killing spree. While it’s devouring everything living in its path, a special retrieval agent from an unnamed government agency finds it’s up to him to stop the monster and keep it from the public news sources. With each new victim eaten, the chewer grows in size and teeth, becoming the ultimate predator.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With a title like that — evoking all those scenes from assorted horror films where the latest victim gets eaten while sitting on the loo or slooshing around in drain pipes — and an abundance of bloody imagery already revealed, including a puppet monster of the Yucky Kind that’s reminiscent of a tumor with teeth, you just know you’re in Troma territory here.<\/p>\n

Face off! A victim, peeled<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tumor with Teeth? And tentacles?
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So in light of all that you shouldn’t be surprised to learn that Troma boss Lloyd Kaufman is involved, in a sewer-chewing role as a headline actor. He’s seen here with director Hawley and friend:<\/p>\n

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Writer\/Director\/editor\/cinematagrapher\/special effects guy James Hawley (who goes by the name Jack Acid and also produced the synth score, with help from John Manson on the Theremin) commented that the film wasn’t all mindless gore and gross-out humour. “Sewer Chewer<\/em> is also a metaphor,” he explained.\u00a0 “It features a man-made catastrophe that takes victims without pity, not discriminating against class or race, and growing, unstoppable with each new victim, much like the economic crisis the world now faces.”<\/p>\n

Be Warned! There’s a high disgust factor involved in the following trailer….<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sewer Chewer<\/strong><\/p>\n

A feature film by James Hawley aka Jack Acid
\nSynth score by – Jack Acid
\nTheremin score performed by John Manson
\nArt Director – Tatum Cardillo
\nProduced by Pirate Audio
\nExecutive Producer – James Hawley
\nCo-producers – Tandy Jones, Sky Splawn, Michael Jimboy
\nWriter\/Director\/editor\/cinematagrapher\/special effects – James Hawley
\nWeb – www.sewerchewer.net<\/a>
\nFilmed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
\nTagline: Mother nature left the seat up<\/em><\/p>\n

Run time 1:54:04
\nLanguage – English
\nAspect ratio – 16:9 widescreen<\/p>\n

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