Trailer Park of Terror (2008) Reviews

• Not Great but Good...Independent Horror Movie.

  Bublenutz2008-12-01

  I was not sure what to expect going into TPOF. Obviously there was going to be trailer park and terror, but from the box I was assuming it was going to be another attempt at a independent zombie movie. I was wrong, dead wrong! TPOF is not a zombie movie, which is good (just because of the saturation), it also had an interesting setup which gave us some insight to the characters (Terry from 3's company is still hot!) but I had a serious problem with the storyline. The are some flaws which should have been addressed, in addition to some unfunny scenes which were unnecessary. However the production value, set design and SPFX was above average from my perspective. The acting was decent plus being a no-budget producer myself, I know first hand how important these aspects are. I could not recommend renting this unless you like slasher horror movies, good gore or dark humor and this is not a zombie movie, so if your expecting a zombie movie you will be disappointed. JP Welcome to Dreadville Series

• No Evil Dead, but definitely a good time

  evlved2008-11-30

  don't listen to all of the super low ratings for this film. of course you can't really compare it to bigger budget horror/comedies. it's no Shaun of the Dead by any means, but this movie has it's shining moments, and there are definitely more than a few. the movie starts extremely strong. i'm not a fan of country music, but Trace Adkins cameo at the beginning was very well done and entertaining and led right into the rest of the movie. of course the biggest factor that can determine whether a movie in this genre is good or bad is the script. i have to say that a lot of the one-liners in this movie are pretty clever and you'll find yourself laughing practically through the whole film, and not at things the filmmaker's didn't mean to be funny either. if you're a die hard horror fan, this movie is right up your alley. there is enough blood to satisfy your appetite... and for fans of dark comedies, you'll enjoy it as well.

• Pretty Decent for a low budget

  chicomangh2008-11-02

  I liked this movie because of it's soundtrack and the no name actors A few hiccups in the film but for the most part a pretty decent story and a lot of good laughs. My favorite was the guitar playing dude who later becomes a guitar slinging zombie The big fat jerky maker was another great character Overall this movie was cheesy but great and very well filmed - I think the sets were great and the director did a good job. I probably wouldn't watch it again for many years but still a great Halloween flick - For a low budget horror flick it was dead on the money and the comic relief was just right - The make up was great and the gore was pretty cool too the no namers were alright and their demises were also just right. Certainly a better flick than many of the more recent ones to come out

• An enjoyably nasty piece of redneck horror splatter zombie junk

  Woodyanders2009-02-20

  Bitter and unhappy white trash honey Norma (deliciously played with saucy aplomb by yummy blonde Nichole Hiltz) makes an unholy pact with mysterious satanic cowboy stranger the Man (a neat cameo by country singer Trace Adkins), who grants Norma immortality after she slaughters the grubby low-life residents of the trailer park she lives in. A bus load of six troubled teenagers and their earnest adult chaperon Pastor Lewis (likable Matthew Del Negro) seek shelter at the trailer park after surviving an automobile accident. Pastor Lewis and the kids wind up being brutally victimized by the devilishly seductive Norma and her fellow lethal hayseed zombie pals. Director Steven Goldmann, working from a suitably sordid and twisted script by Timothy Dolan, relates the sick story at a steady pace, does a fine job of creating and sustaining a seamy and uncomfortable downhome gone-to-seed grimy atmosphere, piles on the gruesome gore with infectiously sadistic glee (disgusting splatter highlights include a juicy decapitation, a dismemberment by electric carving knife, and a bound man being skinned alive prior to getting cooked in a huge deep fat fryer), and further spices up the demented proceedings with a wickedly funny sense of full-bore crude'n'rude hick black humor (for example, the trailer park residents are all extremely broad, repulsive and unappealing hillbilly stereotypes). The thespians portraying the grotesque redneck zombies have a ball with their colorfully vile and hateful over-the-top roles: Lew Temple as Norma's abusive boyfriend Marv, Myk Watford as rowdy guitar-playing Southern rocker Roach, Ed Corbin as mean, ill-tempered Vietnam veteran Sergeant Stank, Michelle Lee as lusty Asian masseuse Miss China, and, arguably the most revolting of the lot, Trisha Rae Stahl as gluttonous morbidly obese meat lover Larlene. The rest of the cast are likewise solid, with especially praiseworthy work by Jeanette Brox as brassy Goth chick Bridget, Hayley Marie Norman as the sassy Amber, and Stefanie Black as pathetic junkie Tiffany. Popping up in nifty small parts are Priscilla Barnes as Norma's worn-out prostitute mother Jean, Duane Whitaker as vicious, corrupt good ol' boy Sheriff Keys, and Tracey Walter as a grizzled old truck driver. Good, ghoulish sleazoid horror fun.

• Solid & Entertaining

  Soucriant2008-11-11

  Norma is a pretty young thing who has had more than her fill of the chauvinist thugs that live in and and pretty much rule her trailer park. She is all set to get out of there, but things don't go quite according to plan...This brings us to a decade or so later, when a bus of wild teenagers who are undergoing a faith intervention, wind up at the aforementioned trailer park. 'Trailer Park of Terror' relies heavily on stereotypes. From the uncouth, sickening residents that occupy the trailer park, to the goth chick, the whore and the jock. Saying that, the cast mostly put their all in, and performances are above average. This flick is also chock full of excellent one-liners, and I found it very amusing. It doesn't look distinctly low budget, and there are a good few stylish camera tricks here and there. The gore is good enough, and there's one particularly nasty scene. There's not much in the way of plot here, most things are left unexplained. I found that rather interesting. My only quip is the ending, which felt very rushed and disappointing. My score would have been an 8, otherwise. All in all, Trailer Park of a Terror is a good tongue-in-cheek, entertaining flick, with plenty of hilarious one-liners and memorable characters. Worth your time.