Can't blame him. A young Teaching Assistant (TA) at a university banging a sultry blonde coed. Why else become a TA? These unbalanced relationships always work out so well. Both parties benefit. The TA gets a nubile dame out of his league. The ditzy coed gets an A. Win-win! Throw in a monster, and you might get something else...a morality tale. Today we look at 2017's monster film, "The Raking," directed by Bryan Brewer.
After a vicious opening scene when a young couple is shredded by a monster in the desert of Joshua Tree, we meet Kennedy (Cree Kelly). She is in the throes of passion in her dorm room with TA Mr. Cooper (Brewer). She is quite a bit younger but we are sure she is mature for her age even though this is not readily apparent in this film. Still...she is quite the babe. Kennedy and her roomie, Jade (Allie Rivera Quinonez) are in the same class. Jade is a witch...as are many coeds on campuses today. The babe duo have a third member of their small group, Noah (Thatcher Robinson). The group project needs one more...Mr. Cooper, the TA, is brought in. Ha! Think Kennedy will get an A? The project? You guessed it. Find an urban legend, go into the field, and investigate it. The legend chosen is the creature roaming the desert near Joshua Tree. The team will go there and investigate. This won't go well.
Also along is a stowaway in the back of Cooper's car, Jade's sister Kelly (Marisa Davila). She'll be eaten first, so let us not mention her again. Minutes after arrival in the desert, the creature attacks, eats Kelly... no great loss... and necessitate an old weird guy to save them. Enter James (Marshal Hilton), he knows about the creature. It is driven off by light and only comes out once a year. He and the group must survive until sunrise. The creature is getting smart, and not all will survive. Noah develops a crush on Jade. Jade soon forgets about her annoying sister and yells at everyone. Cooper drools over Kennedy...so do we. Kennedy tries to further seduce Cooper. James rethinks his respect for the American higher education system. The creature closes in...and it is hungry.
Will Jade and Noah also get an A on this project? Will the monster want to get in on the action Cooper is getting from Kennedy? Will Jade do anything useful and cast some spell on the invading monster? This is a good one with a nice cheese factor. Ultimately a morality tale, see "The Raking" and rethink going to college if you don't have what it takes to seduce a TA.
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