A
supposedly kind and loving Grandmother
(Barbara O'Connor) who tries to make her
stuck up granddaughter Susie (Susan
Hayes) welcome cause Susie can't study
for her college exams at home due to
noisy construction.
Grandma offers her snacks galore but
Susie refuses and finds it annoying and
constantly mouths off at her.
But good ole Granny tries to make Susie
come to her senses when she brings a
family photo album to show her and the
good times they had together.
Instead, this makes Susie angrier and
curses ole Granny out.
Grandma snaps and kills Susie with an
icepick and manipulates her son Jimmy to
bury her in the backyard.
Jimmy annoys Grandma afterwards by
convincing her to call the police so she
kills him as well and makes a scarecrow
out of him for a Halloween decoration as
well as using some of his parts for her
secret recipe.
Is Granny possibly a witch????
A neat little 30
minute film as Jeff uses Three
Stooges type humour along with Scream
and A Nightmare On Elm Street sequels
type horror.
A fun little flick to watch on Halloween.
Overall I find this a real party flick.
The acting is
hokey comedic style. Jeff used
his real life family in this film and is
creative about it.
Barbara O Connor is a natural
and can be convincing to be a Grandma to
Freddy Krueger with her humorous
dialogue.
James P. O'Connor isn't too bad as
Granny's son by acting hysterical and
paranoid as he shows some characterists.
Susan Hayes however can't act worth
a damn as a snotball granddaughter but oh
well.
We get a real treat by seeing appearances
by Sleepaway Camp star
Felissa Rose as a reporter for the
channel 3 news and Sleepaway Camp
writer/director Robert Hiltzik as
a neighbor being questioned.
Some gory scenes
as Jimmy is gutted and his hand is cut
off, plus he has a slit throat.
Parts of his guts is used for a stew.
This is no doubt Jeff
Hayes' best effort at making an
indie film.
Although the film was cheesy but fun he
really knew his stuff with this one.
He almost knew how to make it disturbing
with Susan Hayes cussing out Barbara
O'Connor when she tries to act
generous with her as you know she will
snap and go crazy.
O'Connor showed nice menacing looks
when she is holding an ice pick but Susan
really looked totally phony when she
started screaming and the killing looked
obviously fake due to a cheap budget.
Good shots on James P. O'Connor
when he slaps his hands on his head
freaking out after what had happened
along with good shots on him digging up a
hole in the backgyard.
However there is one small criticism that
a hole should've been dug deeper to bury
Susie's corpse. He was good by getting
annoying by freaking out at the table
about the murder and what he did to help
out by burying his niece. A nice shot on O'Connor
lifting his head and slitting his throat.
A perfect shot on a full moon as well as
O'Connor in the garage gutting out
her son with looked creepy.
Good close up shots on O'Connor making
her stew yet it is overly long.
O'Connor does well with her cackle when
she sets her son up to be a scarecrow for
Halloween.
Good shots on supporting actress Felissa
Rose being a news reporter along
with a bit part by Robert Hiltzik
as a neighbor which looked nicely done in
a slapstick fashion.
Jeff is also a singer and a
webmaster of www.sleepawaycampmovies.com
The music was composed by
who else but Jeff Hayes and did
a terrific job at it.
Almost sounds similar to a Halloween
or A Nightmare On Elm Street flick.
Grandma:
There's no use in crying over spilled
milk!
Jimmy: Spilled Milk!? You just killed
Susie!
Grandma:
She's bad meat Jimmy and you always throw
away bad meat.... Centuries ago she
would've been called a witch and buried
alive at the stake. She lucky that this
is the 21st century cause she got the
east way out! Now go get a shovel and
we'll bury the bitch!
Grandma:
That a boy Jimmy! Go get a shovel!
Grandma:
I don't think that Susie will be getting
out of this one.
Grandma
(Putting some jelly and
sprinkles on Jimmy's ice cream):
Some Jimmy's and some Susie's.
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