Smash Cut
Television news celebrity April Carson turns to the services of private investigator Isaac Beaumonde to seek her missing sister, a stripper known as Gigi Spot. Carson assumes a role in a horror movie in the process, eventually learning that the movie's director, Able Whitman, is not only the culprit, but that he has rendered her sister's body into props for the production.
Why it matters
A gleefully grotesque slasher that doubles as a meta-commentary on exploitation in horror filmmaking.
- Practical effects by KNB EFX deliver gooey, inventive gore that recalls the heyday of 80s splatter.
- Director Lee Demarbre’s cult sensibility blends grindhouse sleaze with tongue-in-cheek satire.
- A twisted love letter to low-budget horror and the blurred lines between fiction and violent reality.
- Perfect for fans who savor self-aware carnage and enjoy horror’s seedy backstage drama.
Director
3 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
85
Slow Burn
33
Psychological
57
Supernatural
0
Creature
0
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
100
Cerebral
0
Survival
50
Serial Killer
