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Summary

Chad Buckley is a horror aficionado, and he's lonely. Chad spends his days at his struggling genre video store arguing with his only regular customer, Sam. When an unsuspecting applicant shows up, Chad begins to teach him about the rules of horror and his video store at large, much to the chagrin of Sam. During Chad's on-boarding process, we weave in and out of different hilarious horror shorts, each one geared at a different set of horror tropes. As this new applicant learns the ropes, he begins to suspect Chad of something sinister, but we quickly learn that he may have a secret of his own.

Cast

Jeremy King

Chad Buckley

Byron Brown

Sam

Hawn Tran

Hawn

Jon Michael Simpson

Mike Myers

Zoe Graham

Jessie

Noah Segan

Husband

Toni Trucks

Franchesca

Chase Williamson

Pete

Baron Vaughn

Varron Bonn

Chelsey Grant

Daisy

Luxy Banner

Hannah

Josephine McAdam

Kelly

Aaron D. Alexander

Marked Man

Allan McLeod

MISTER Member

Jocelyn DeBoer

Wife

Melanie Minichino

Ali

Dustin Runnels

Devil's Lake Impaler

Kirk C. Johnson

Tommy

John Bloom

Joe Bob Briggs

Sam Stinson

Impaler Security Guard

Atsuko Okatsuka

Ray

Tristan Riggs

Jimmy The Cancer Boy

Nicholas Sullivan

Greg

Brian Villalobos

Tony

Spencer Greenwood

Gary

Andre Williams

Craig

John Bloom

Joe Bob Briggs (segment "Horror Hypothesis")

Crew

Director, Idea, Writer

Aaron B. Koontz

Director, Writer

Noah Segan

Director, Writer

Emily Hagins

Director, Writer

Baron Vaughn

Director, Writer

Chris McInroy

Director, Writer

Anthony Cousins

Director, Writer

Hillary Andujar

Director, Writer

Courtney Andujar

Idea, Writer

Cameron Burns

Writer

John Karsko

Writer

Ben Fee

Writer

Frank Garcia-Hejl

Reviews

repojack

November 15, 2020

6

Horror anthology: Check.

Loving homage to horror classics: Check.

B-movie horror-comedy: Check.

Buckets of gore: Check.

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Extra Credit--Joe Bob Briggs cameo: Check.

Extra Extra Credit--You loved "Toxic Avenger:" Check.

If you pass that check-list and are intrigued, you may enjoy "Scare Package." Unfortunately, that formula, even with an iconic horror classic trope/theme to focus on each segment, gets tedious over seven segments.

There is a lot to love, and if you've imbibed a bit, then your enjoyment will likely be greater.

And that Joe Bob Briggs Cameo! (I was given the original Joe Bob's Drive In book as a gift back in 1985). The guy rocks and was my favorite part of the movie.

My quibbles: * Having the first short before the wrap-around story intro was innovative but confusing. * The over-the-top gore get's repetitive. * It's too long.

Drive-in Academy Award for the special effects team who must have been very very busy!