"Llamageddon" dir. by Howie Dewin

"Llamageddon"

Where I watched it: Tubi

Obviously I was drawn in by this amazing poster and movie title. I did some quick maths (unheard of movie + tubi + this poster) which brought me to the conclusion that this was going to be terrible.

Well guess what? It was pretty awesome. In its own way.

The opening sequence (the first of 2) is animated and really sets the film up for success depicting a fleet of alien llamas leaving their planet in small trailer shaped space ships to presumably conquer other worlds.

After this the movie takes a turn for the worse as we are introduced to the live action student film that it truly is.

Bad audio recorded in camera and silenced in between lines only adds more attention to the roaring wind sounds that accompany the dialogue. Flat angles with DSLR cameras complete with dead pixels.

Multiple times the crew can be seen in reflections including one scene where the camera man is seen in between 2 actors as he shoots directly into a mirror.

Oh and the directors name is HOWIE DEWIN.

This film would have the whole classroom in hysterics at the film school. It doesn't take itself too seriously but it also seriously fails at a lot of stuff. It's like a homage to bad movies but is also just legit a bad movie. Redlettermedia should definitely check this one out.

There's a great line in this where one of the "stoners" who looks like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo says "I'll pack a bowl" then stares directly into the camera for like 15 seconds. I was baffled but about a minute later I was like, "ohhhhhhhhhhhh.... Alpaca bowl." Good stuff Howie, good stuff.

Points for real llama and ridiculous concept.

4/10

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