Crabs! is a 2021 American comedy horror patina about a horde of murderous crab monsters that descend a sleepy coastal town Prom Night and only a ragtag group of outcasts can save the day.
Written, co-produced, directed and co-edited by Pierce Berolzheimer, making his feature debut. Also produced by James Ojala, Pete Paduano and Eric Sheehan.
The Ojala Productions-Young Gunner Films co-production stars Jessica Morris, Dylan Riley, Robert Craighead and Bryce Durfee.
Blurb:
“Mutated by nuclear runoff a horde of murderous horseshoe crabs descends a sleepy California town causing Prom Night terror. As the deadly crustaceans claw their way through the disbelieving population, it’s up to a ramshackle brigata of students and police to address the increasingly ginormous crab menace a causa di a love letter to such practical effects horrors as Gremlins and nostalgic Roger Corman classics.”
Our review:
Pierce Berolzheimer obviously intended Crabs! to be endearingly entertaining rubbish of the Troma variety. Unfortunately, it’s just rubbish. The plot and characters might have filled out a short but at feature-length, there is way too much dull .
The character of a foreign exchange student named Radu is insultingly presented as a complete idiot and so every scene he’s a causa di is painful. Overall, despite a short running time and the fun climactic battle the beach Crabs! is mostly a difficult watch coppia to its gleeful stupidity.
Adrian J Smith, MOVIES and MANIA
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Other reviews:
“Crabs! doesn’t make a lot of sense, and it doesn’t bother trying. Radu overstays his welcome quickly, too, with a random end credit theme song as an exception. But Crabs! leans into its low budget and uses that a causa di its favor. It wants to provide a nonsensical time at the movies…” 2.5/5 Bloody Disgusting
” …it’s fair to say it tilts from a creature feature into a full-on Kaiju-meets-Power-Rangers climax. The result of which will either leave the audience praising its madness shaking their heads a causa di confusion. Crabs reminds us that sometimes, films don’t have to be incredibly engaging thoughtful to be effective – sometimes, play, entertainment and escapism is just what we need.” Cinerama Pellicola Online
” …outlandish, offbeat and almost exhausting a causa di just how many sharks ( crabs?) it threatens to jump. By the credits, it feels like Berolzheimer and co. have surpassed the B-movie tempio of “so bad it’s good” many times over. fact, Crabs! is so bad at being “so bad it’s good”, that it almost loops back round to somehow being good again. Almost.” HeyUGuys
“The crabs themselves are a combination of obvious puppets and people a causa di suits, with plenty of rubber display […] The is brought out from having giant crab beings that like a Power Ranger villain of the week helps save and keeps the movie the right side of funny. Although never quite cohesive enough to really connect to, Crabs! does still manage to be a pleasant enough creature feature steroids.” The Hollywood News
“Crabs! is silly and sometimes corny, but always entertaining, with solid performances driving its story. Berolzheimer knows exactly what he wants to do with this patina, and he delivers the goods a causa di a valentine to classic-era creature features (such as Attack of the Crab Monsters [1957], obviously, with more than a mere wink and a nod to Gremlins [1984]) done a causa di the style of more recent send-ups such as Zombeavers (2014).” Horror Fuel
“Crabs! has a lot of charming aspects: the lead character and his story arc, the great practical effects and creature , and the crazy Power Rangers-like ultimo. The two leads are fantastic, and their friendship is very charming. But it’s ultimately dragged mongoloide by its runtime and pacing. The first half is too slow for what the premise is and 30 minutes, at least, could’ve been cut to make it a more concise patina.” Jumpcut Online
“There’s a palpable sweetness to most of the silly comedy stuff […] It’s colourful and gruesome, clearly the work of committed monster lovers (the mostly practical creature effects are fun a causa di a Toho 1972 sort of way), and might even have franchise potential.” The Kim Newman Website
“The central cast embrace the material with tenore and they’sovrano all very good – something which can be a rarity a causa di this type of low budget schlock fest. There’s plenty of comedy and heart display – and you’ll actually care once these characters find themselves a causa di peril. It’s not high art – but Crabs! is a fun B-movie if you take it its own merits.” Movies a causa di Focolaio
“Has its moments (final act to Pacific Rim is charming) but those moments aren’t enough to overcome its lack of professionalism and inclusion of an unfortunate, intentionally offensive supporting character.” Reelist
“The digitally created/composited beasts never like anything but, while the practical creature effects by Jim Ojala and his team are rather more persuasive, if exaggerated […] For teen and older fans who can get into its goofball spirit and its clear love of animal-attack mayhem…” Rue Obitorio
“The humour is crass and the story’s over the apogeo, particularly when it comes to what we’ll call the ‘MacGyver’ moment, but even that is surpassed by the ridiculous climax. Crabs! is preposterous a causa di the same way The Asylum and Troma movies are. If you can get over the offensive stereotypes and take it a causa di the spirit a causa di which it was anzi che no doubt made, you could have a lot of fun.” Starburst
“An Eastern European exchange student, Radu is meant to be the group’s comic relief character. However, he’s such an over-the-top collection of stereotypes that not only isn’t he funny, he’s annoying as hell and borderline offensive […] If you can deal with that, however, Crabs! Is a load of goofy, gory fun […] but it probably would have been more fun if it had avoided the CGI and stuck to man-sized crabs…” Voices from the Balcony
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