Good movie but grossly overrated

An Exercise In Nonsense

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

"Filthy" is unbelievably bad. Don't get me wrong; I love bad movies-- I'm a huge fan of the "so bad it's good" school of thought. However, to paraphrase Scarlett Johannson in "Ghost World", this movie "is so bad, it goes right past good and back to bad". As far as writing, "Filthy" has dialogue that feels so forced and clichéd, that the actors sometimes looked like they couldn't hide their embarrassment from having to deliver such tripe. The premise is so poorly-conceived that I don't think anyone has enough rope to suspend their disbelief enough to enjoy this movie.I was bait-and-switched into watching this waste of electrons when I attended a showing of "Brainjacked", a full length movie from the same creative cadre (which turned out be pretty good). Rather than first showing the movie that I came to see, and saving "Filthy" as a bonus for people who wanted to see it, Andrew Allan and co. made the decision to show "Filthy" first. Now, I can see his strategy behind this: he made "Filthy" completely immune to walk-outs, considering that a crowd which paid 8 bucks to see "Brainjacked" wasn't likely to leave until they had seen the feature.As I sat through "Filthy", I developed a strong empathy for protagonist Dana Diamond. It was not because of the movie itself, but because I walked into that theater willingly, and almost immediately I was trapped, and all I could see was rotten garbage.The Tampa Bay connection earned this movie two of the three stars I gave it.

I was so excited to see that my favorite online DVD retailer was offering this so I ordered it right away-and was NOT disappointed! While the film is only about a half hour in length, it still manages to shock and entertain at the same level as "House of 1000 Corpses" or "Last House on The Left". Obviously if the producers had more money, this could have been so much more, but the film was as cheap as the family and that's what makes it work. I found the character "MeatMan" to be quite interesting and intriguing. "MeatMan" is an obvious homage to "Leatherface" from the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" series and the entire scene he is in plays like the dinner table scene in "House/Corpses". Without giving too much away, I think fans of the sleazier end of exploitation cinema would find this quiet enjoyable and at only 30 minutes, you'll be begging for more "MeatMan"!

this "movie" is is made to sound like a great shock film.it is not. i was glad when it's 30 minutes were up. what a waste of a DVD. the FX are shoddy, the plot is lame, and the "shock" elements are amateurish and poorly executed. this may be extreme to horror posers and those that are uninitiated in true shock cinema, but i'm telling you, if you are a fan of truly shocking exploitation cinema (ie: Cannibal Holocaust, Thriller, Men Behind The Sun, etc.) avoid this one. you've been warned. it is even lamer than August Underground Mordum. just my 2 cents.

Forget the blood and guts of classic horror -- knives, axes etc...no, think more in terms of "Faces of Death". The edgy, fast paced story following a doomed newscaster walks the tightrope of grotesque.Blood, guts, excremant, and the creative use of hand-held hole-punchers -- it's there to make you squirm. These are "throwback" filmmakers to the works of classic horror (Carpenter for instance), not some cheasy, cliche that Hollywood cranks out with teenagers from the WB sitcoms.The short film has all of the makings of a successful cult film - great editing, sound and strong cinematography. The strength of the film is really the two leads: Jennifer Bass and Shari Lawrence. This is an emotional rollercoaster of fear and nausea which is handled perfectly by these two actresses.Now, the question is whether you can stomach it or not.The supporting cast did a good job and the musical score is an homage to "Halloween". You want to look away, but you can't -- you don't want to miss anything.Enjoy it -- just don't eat first.