100 Bloody Acres - Film Review

100 Bloody Acres - Film Review

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Posted 2013-07-31 by James Newcombefollow


Co-writers and directors Cameron and Colin Cairnes make mince-meat out of the black comedy genre in their debut feature film 100 Bloody Acres .



The story centres around two brothers, Reg (Damon Herriman) and Lindsay Morgan (Angas Sampson) who run an organic blood and bone fertilizer business in outback Australia. After a tragic accident in the nearby town claims six lives, the two steal the bodies from the scene and after adding them to their special "mix", they become the kings of the local fertiliser industry.



With fresh "road kill" supplies dwindling, Reg stumbles upon some hitchhikers and sees a radical solution to their supply problems. In order to please his overbearing, rageaholic brother and as a way of finally gaining his respect, he decides to bring the kids back to the fertiliser factory for "processing". The film descends into a comical and gory farce as the trio struggle to avoid ending up as ingredients in the brothers' next batch of fertiliser.



Whilst I found the character of Reg and some of the ideas a little clichéd, Anna McGahan steals the show as sweet but not so innocent Sophie. This splatter-fest provides some serious laugh out loud moments whilst also delivering a few uncomfortable scenes of horror.



100 Bloody Acres maintains its own hick charm; with sly Australian humour, obscure Aussie novelty tunes soundtrack and strong production values and cinematography. Not for the faint-hearted, this gruesome, bizarre horror-comedy provides a whole new twist on "recycling".



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