We have one from Australia today. What do we have? Let's just say it is a reimagining of Tobe Hooper's "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." At times the accents will be difficult to understand, here in the U.S., but stay with it. This isn't an arty film about relationships, it is a horror film with gore thrown in your face. It is also one of those films where we end up cheering for the killer. There are just some people that need killing...a U.S. Marine told me that once. Our feature today is 2021's "My Cherry Pie," directed by Addison Heath and Jasmine Jakupi.
Okay, the film begins with two hippies in the woods planning to fornicate. They'll be killed off in very gory fashion. The killer marches away with their heads. Fast forward, two idiotic crime guys, Jack (Dylan Heath) and Green (Tim Jason Wicks), pick up Freddie (Sotiris Tzelios) as he gets out of prison. The trio immediately continue their evil ways and knock off three drug dealers. Uh oh...they knocked off a connected fiend (Aston Elliot) and now have to get out of Dodge. They don't get far as their car breaks down. Edwin (Glenn Maynard) finds them and brings them home. Home? He has an abandoned school where he lives with his sultry niece, Cherry (Trudi Ranik). Like all babes...she's a bit off. The trio look at Cherry as if they want to rape her. Edwin and Cherry look at the crime boys as if they want to...well, you'll see.
Meanwhile, a masked killer stalks the grounds of this school turned into an orchard, and murders annoying trespassers. The kills are gory. Jack realizes there is something off with Cherry and implores his mates to get away now. The mates, unwisely are captivated by her beauty and decline. Now something or someone in the house hunts them. Right, someone or something is behind a locked door and is fed body parts by Cherry. The reveal is not totally surprising, but the gore is intense. Our three criminal stooges may or may not get what is coming to them. Other reveals are sordid and taboo.
Do any of these criminals have a chance of getting away? What is Cherry's story and is she the killer? Just what is behind the locked door that needs to eat human remains? This film pays a lot of homage to the Tobe Hooper classic and that is just fine with us. For an incredibly gory horror film set in the Land Down Under, see "My Cherry Pie."
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