Monster Man Details

Redneck clichés flow as freely as the gore in this derivative comedy horror. Ripping off everything from Duel to Jeepers Creepers, it's an uneven and irreverent tale that tries to be both funny and scary, but ends up not really being either. Wimpy Eric Jungmann and his obnoxious buddy Justin Urich find a cross-country road trip turning to terror when they become the target of a disfigured fiend driving a monster truck. Throw in a scantily clad hitch-hiker (Aimee Brooks), the occult and puerile female genitalia jokes, and you've got a daft genre hybrid best suited to teenagers and fans of trashy B-movies. Anyone else is likely to sneer at the rubbery effects, the ridiculous scenarios and the grating dialogue. Yet despite such glaring faults, the film still has its effective moments, with the left-field conclusion particularly good fun.

Think of this regrettable backwoods schlocker as an amalgamation of other filmic ideas all wrapped up in Scary... read more on Time Out