Tusk is pleasantly ridiculous and charmingly selfdeprecating, but that isnt enough to compensate for its thin, overstretched story. Ignore the based on true events warning at the movies start and settle in for the goofy story of wallace justin long, the foulmouthed cohost of an. The idea actually came about after a man in brighton, england, put out. The premise of the film is justin long being turned into a patch work walrus. Tusk is based on a 20 gumtree advert posted by a brighton man who said he had lived a life of adventure on the high seas. Thats not to say tusk is a good movie exactly but its most definitely an incredibly strange one. Tusk stars justin long as wallace, a podcaster who travels around. Most writers draw their inspiration from real life sources, whether from personal experience or a story they heard in the news media, when it comes to writing horror movies. There isnt really much character development in the movie, but you do grow attached to. Set in the view askewniverse, it consists of the films tusk 2014, yoga hosers 2016, and the planned moose jaws.
Tusk, kevin smiths horror story about a podcaster who gets his kicks by humiliating others winds up making primarily its own director and cast look bad. Tusk very much plays out as a selfconscious attempt to make a tongueincheek midnight movie, similar to how robert rodriguez machete films and his grindhouse project with quentin tarantino that inspired machete are meant to be a gleeful salute to a certain brand of cult cinema. While it is highly recommended that audiences should flock to see the quirky movie, not everyone will get it. It is a hollywood horror movie based on a true story. The story never really goes anywhere, and all of the best. It is a hit or miss film, you either love it or hate it. The genius known as kevin smith has created a wonderful, wickedly weird film called tusk. They make us grip our seats, spill our popcorn and shut our eyes until each frightfilled scene is over. The film is the first in smiths planned true north trilogy, followed by yoga hosers 2016. Its interesting to think how closely the events of jeepers creepers parallel the real life depue case and its even more interesting that it seemingly took so long for anyone to make the connection. More than anything else, smith should have applied that sharp critique to his own screenplay. The problem with tusk, ultimately, is that it doesnt hold up to scrutiny as a movie, despite its assemblage of commendably unusual scenes.
Justin long and genesis rodriguez discuss the unusual human interest story that inspired their new horrorcomedy tusk. The best movies based on true stories on netflix 1 roma inspired by his childhood in 1970s mexico city, roma is the latest film from visionary writerdirector alfonso cuaron gravity. Also, in the beginning of tusk, it says based on a true story and i tried to look up the story behind it but i couldnt find anything but if it really is based on a. Kevin smith explains why you didnt go see his movie tusk. The story of howard howe michael parks, right, turning podcaster wallace bryton. The movie based on jay ansons 1977 book the amityville horror. And there are times in tusk when it seems like smith means to turn the movie into a.
Director and writer kevin smith jay and silent bob strike back 2001, clerks 1994, dogma 1999 did an exceptionally good job executing this awesome movie. I enjoyed tusk and think that it is underrated and being played off as too weird yes, its a weird film but its trying to be different and is a nice change of pace from most horror films these days. We compare real horror movies to the actual events and people. The 25 best movies based on true stories on netflix april. The one howe is most passionate about telling is when one of the ships he served on crashed when looking for a legendary great white shark and how a walrus he named mr. The story never really goes anywhere, and all of the best commentary gets lost. Nothing shocking but, what makes this movie so wrong is the truly abhorrent behavior of almost everyone in the movie. The sly based on a true story line at the beginning is delivered with a laugh. While tusk was a modest financial success, yoga hosers was a critical and financial failure. The overall story is original, the acting is great, but as a final product it feels very rushed and choppy. Annabelle in real is one of the many haunted dolls in the world which is kept.
Based on his a true story, the rider stars breakout brady jandreau as a once rising star of the rodeo circuit warned that his competition days are over. The other two movie are currently being made and ive never been so excited about something in my life. The true north trilogy is a series of horror comedy films written and directed by kevin smith. Either times are really changing fast or this is a genius marketing tie in designed to. The video appears to have surfaced on youtube in 2011 but that is a full tenyears beyond the release of salvas film. In this regular series, a wicked horror writer presents an unpopular opinion about a particular genre offering and asks the oftrepeated question, is it just me. Tusk kevin smith with a wonderful wickedly weird film. But as it is, tusks sophomoric gag is rarely as funny or creepy as it could have been.
Theres a fine horror film inside tusk, but its only 20 minutes long. Tusk is the most disturbing film based on a true story nothing. Clerks 3 script finished but tusk is his next movie. My story involving tusk really seems like the start of a horror movie in itself. The main problem, however, is that smiths approach here is far too selfconscious. True story behind the human centipede its link to nazi germany as director talks new film. The film stars michael parks, justin long, haley joel osment, and genesis rodriguez. Justin longs acting in this film is great, but the film had a lot of jumping around and doesnt feel fluid with its character arcs.
The horrorcomedy tells the story of a podcaster named wallace. A true story was supposed to be based on the real experiences george and. Never trust anybody when they tell you how your story goes. For instance, learn the truth behind whether serial killer ed gein actually wore a mask made from his victims. And yes, smith does get in a few good scares, especially during the movies creature scenes. It doesnt help that the film doesnt have much of a plotjust wallace going to see howe and getting walrusizedand no strong visual design, apart from the walrus suit. As howe tells his story, wallace passes out from drugs laced in his tea. I was driving home from a midnight double feature of phantom of the paradiserocky horror. He recalled being stranded on st lawrence island for three years with. Kevin smith describes the clerks 3 script as massive, but his next movie might actually be the bizarre true story of a man with a walrus fetish, called tusk.
The true story behind wind river is this hidden injustice against native american women. Tusk is the most disturbing film based on a true story. Boy was i in for disappointment, the film eventually faded into a dark comedy with vile humor and desperate search for story, tusk had me thinking to myself what in the world have i. The smodcast origin story behind kevin smiths tusk the. I noticed i was extremely low on gas and desperation was starting to set in. Michael parks is chilling as a backwoods loner who lures an. I did not have high expectations for this movie and i honestly thought it would have been a boring watch. Kevin smiths tusk, horror with a loony twist the new. Tusk was a disturbing mess, started clean with an intriguing first act, i set my hopes high. That was how filmmaker kevin smith introduced his latest movie, tusk. The smodcast origin story behind kevin smiths tusk. That familiar disclaimer is so ubiquitous as to be virtually invisible.
If you are reading this far, you likely know what happens in tusk. So out from the drawer came the toronto budget as all signs pointed to the true north. Notable stoner kevin smith has negotiated an official medical marijuana tiein for his new horror movie tusk. Read chris parkinsons ad hoax that inspired kevin smiths tusk movie. Of all the 2014 movies one might guess are linked to true stories, kevin smiths horror movie tusk would probably not make the list. Oh my lord, this is gonna be so fun for me because i am so baked. Smith actually has a pretty good idea of why tusk has bombed, and he gave a thoughtful autopsy of.
Kevin smith tries to gross you out but lulls you to sleep. After a failed attempt at horroraction with 2011s red state, kevin smith decided to go the horrorcomedy route with tusk, released theatrically on september 19, 2014. Tusk is bearable thanks in no small part to its game cast, particularly character actor michael parkss vincent priceesque baddy. Tusk is the most disturbing film based on a true story nothing but spoilers. Dont believe the tempting notion that this is based on a true story. Horror movies based on true stories real horror movies. Even for a fairly lowbudget movie, tusk doesnt feel thoughtthrough, or focused enough. Tusk 2014 is an american comedy horror movie that was filmed in charlotte, north carolina, usa.
Justin long and genesis rodriguez discuss the unusual human interest story that inspired their new horrorcomedy tusk subscribe to aol. Of course, were referring to horror movies and here you can explore our research behind the ones that are based on true stories. Tusk movie was inspired by chris parkinsons walrus ad hoax. Backcountry is a 2014 canadian nature survival horror film, written and directed by adam macdonald. Not exactly a true story, the movie was inspired by a fake walrus ad discussed on kevin smiths smodcast podcast. The only thing that really rings true for me is the title.