(Father’s Day)
Astron-6 / CDN, 2011
English version / Czech subtitles, 99 min
Father’s Day is usually associated with paternal love and the giving of cheesy greeting cards and goofy ties. However, this movie will give you a whole new perspective on the celebration. An off-the-wall tale about a one-eyed vigilante on the hunt for a cannibalistic, daddy-raping psychopath, Father’s Day is the brainchild of the Winnipeg filmmaking collective Astron-6, known for their impressive output of horror and comedy shorts. After making a trailer for a fake exploitation flick, Troma offered the group $10,000 to produce a full-length feature of the concept. The result starts off as a fairly standard and insanely gory grindhouse throwback, but evolves into something much more. Sons, lock up your fathers, vengeance arrives on Father's Day!