Duck! The Carbine High Massacre
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| Duck! The Carbine High Massacre | |
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| Directed by | William Hellfire Joey Smack |
| Produced by | William Hellfire Joey Smack Todd Russell |
| Written by | William Hellfire Joey Smack Todd Russell |
| Starring | William Hellfire Joey Smack |
| Cinematography | Todd Russell Joey Smack |
| Editing by | Lou Cifer |
| Distributed by | Shriek Show |
| Release date(s) | April 20, 2000 |
| Running time | 101 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5,000 |
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Duck! The Carbine High Massacre is a 2000 black comedy film about a fictional school shooting. It was the first Columbine-inspired film to be released. It is written, produced, directed, and starred by William Hellfire and Joey Smack. It is unrated.
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[edit] Plot
The film tells the story of Derick and Derwin, two trench-coat wearing, neo-Nazis. Both come from unconventional homes, one having alcoholic parents and the other having a father who appears to be a wife-beater. When Derwin is severely assaulted by jocks, he and Derick form a plan to openly kill students at their school and then commit suicide. It is implied that the date of their attack is set for April 20, 1999, the date of the real-life Columbine High School massacre. The pair buy two shotguns and several handguns from a black market dealer. The next day they open fire in the cafeteria, killing most of the secondary characters, before heading down into the basement where they simultaneously kill each other. A police officer and the school principal enter the school to find a bomb (placed there by the school janitor). When the cop attempts to defuse it, the film then implies that the bomb explodes. The final scenes show several people trying to explain their theories on why the massacre occurred. This is a spoof of the moral panic and conspiracy theories presented following the Columbine High Shooting.
[edit] Cast
- William Hellfire as Derwin
- Joey Smack as Derick
- Misty Mundae as Bible Girl
- Lilly Tiger as Play Girl
- Chris Perez as Car Kid
- Henry Krinkle as Retard
- Michael Ovum as Spam Jock
- Ryan Trimmer as Benchpress
- Kendall Ward as Afro-American
- Marie Mazur as Song Girl
- Mike Roser as Goth Boy
- Liz Bathory as Goth Girl
- Michael Lema as No Info Boy
[edit] Character names
With the exception of main characters Derick and Derwin, all other characters are credited as their stereotype:
- Bible Girl
- Play Girl
- Car Kid
- Mentally Challenged Kid
- Spam Jock
- Benchpress
- Afro-American
- Song Girl
- Goth Girl
- Goth Boy (Boyfriend of Goth Girl)
- No Info Boy
[edit] Controversy
This was the first post-Columbine film on the subject of school shootings, and arguably the most offensive. It contained much blood and gore, nudity, inappropriate sexual references and some racism (incited by the black character towards his white peers, rather than from the protagonists). The main actors/directors Smack and Hellfire were arrested for having weapons on a school campus for one of the shots outside an elementary school. They were jailed for a short amount of time.[1].
[edit] Comparison to Columbine
The film references Columbine many times, including:
- The use of shotguns
- Two shooters
- Joint suicide
- A teacher is shot when trying to get kids out of the cafeteria, and dies later. His last words are: "Tell my daughters I love them". The character is a reference to coach Dave Sanders. He is one of the few "serious" characters in this film.
- The use of a propane tank turned into a bomb
- The last scene parodies the aftermath of Columbine, with conspiracy theorists, parents and witnesses all talking about the perpetrators and why they think the massacre occurred.
- The "Mentally Challenged" character is a possible reference to the mentally challenged Kyle Velasquez who was killed in the massacre.
- The sole black student killed is a reference to Isaiah Shoels.
- Bible girl can be see as a reference to Rachel Scott or Cassie Bernall.
