This was a breath of fresh air in terms of how DVD interviews are usually done. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a director being interviewed on a busy subway in between stops complete with paint pail playing homeless right in the background. On the DVD extra side of things, you get the standard behind the scenes stuff, but this time it is filmed in the same strange vein as the film itself in terms of where our insider guides are taking us. There’s so much original crazy stuff going on that you can’t help but cringe when the typical horror movie clichés are thrown at you. This works both for the film and against it. The opening scene plays uncomfortably like that of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and there are parts of the film that you would swear were filmed right after viewing either House of 1000 Corpses or even the short indie hit Filthy. While there are aspects of Skinned Deep that take us places and show us things we’ve never seen before, there are also things that are a little too familiar. You never really are sure where the film is going to go next. Look close and you’ll even notice the legendary Forry Ackerman making an appearance as one of the leather clad retro ruffians. Hell, we even get an elderly biker gang named The Ancient Ones thrown in for a bit of comic relief and overall strangeness. That’s quite the package considering the budget, every cent of which is clearly on the screen. In Skinned Deep we’re treated to some incredibly detailed sets, great music, atmospheric lighting, and occasionally some okay acting. In a typical low budget film we barely get any bells and whistles. It’s clear that this man had a vision, and he made the film that, luckily for us, he wanted to make. That character? Director Gabe Bartalos.īartolos’ attention to detail is almost staggering. The film also showcases a character that is every bit as important to the film as those named above yet gets zero screen time. From the trap-jaw like Surgeon General, to a guy named Brain who REALLY lives up to his name, to everyone’s favorite tiny antagonist Warwick Davis who gives the film’s most memorable performance as Plates, the always on fast Forward (see the film and you’ll know what I mean! I swear, I got tired just looking at this guy!) killer that maims people with, you guessed it, plates! There’s quite an assortment of weirdness going on. The mutants or family or whatever you want to call them are some of the most crazed looking characters I have ever seen. Though that’s where Skinned Deep really shines. They ask to use the phone and then end up victims of some ghastly misshapen locals.
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The plot is simple (and derivative) enough: A vacationing family blows a tire (of course, you realize that the reason said family blew out the tire in the first place was because they ran over a razor sharp trap) on a road in the middle of nowhere, only to find a store and a home within walking distance chock full of down home country hospitality. Skinned Deep may not be a great movie, but it is one hell of a ride. Not because there’s a question of how good or bad it is, but because there’s so much going on that even days later you’re still not exactly sure what you just watched. Every now and then a film comes along that’s really hard to review.