Two best friends, Merv Doody (James Heathcote) and Onkey (Dan Palmer), take a hapless escaped mental patient under their wing and attempt to teach him how to become a real serial killer.
Practical Effects
Gore effects clearly made in someone's garage, and that's the charm
Writing
Dialogue so awkward it loops back to quotable
Costume
Merv's horror-nerd wardrobe is uncomfortably authentic
Director
Christian James
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Christian James and star Dan Palmer made this for roughly £3,000, shooting around their day jobs in Bournemouth.
This is essentially 'Shaun of the Dead' if nobody involved had any money, connections, or fear of embarrassment—which somehow predicted the YouTube horror-comedy wave by five years.