| Woodchipper Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jon McBride |
| Written by | Jon McBride |
| Release date(s) | 1988 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | United States |
Woodchipper Massacre is a 1988 American horror comedy directed by Jon McBride, who also directed Cannibal Campout. The film was also written by McBride.
Contents |
Jon (Jon McBride), Denice (Denice Edeal), and Tom (Tom Casiello) are three kids whose father goes away for a business meeting. He leaves them in care of their Aunt Tess (Patricia McBride) who is a militaristic religious extremist who only lets the kids do homework and chores while preaching to them about dating, staying up late, movies, music, and why their lifestyle is wrong. Tom gets an official Rambo Hunting Knife in the mail and Tess will not let him have it. They get into a physical struggle over Tom keeping it, and Aunt Tess accidentally gets stabbed in the stomach, killing her
The three kids then dismember her body then placing it in the freezer. They then take her body out of the freezer so they can put her in the woodchipper. They grind her body to shreds. They then think it's over. But then, Tess's son, Kim (Kim Baily), who was recently released from prison, comes to their home and is told that his mother is "not here" and "left." He is involved in some kind of money wiring deal and came there to get money from his mother. He decides to take monetary value from the children's home and threatens them if they don't give it to him. Denise and Tom trick him out to the "expensive" wood chipper, plotting to throw him inside, too. They lure Kim to look inside. Tom turns it on and Kim is pushed in by Jon.
Jon drives Kim's car to the airport to hide the evidence and hitches a ride back. Denice and Tom are raking and mowing the lawn which Jon promised his father he would have done by the time he returned from the business meeting. With only a little bit of time before their father's return, Jon assists in the raking and mowing. The father then arrives home and sees his children welcoming him on the driveway. All appears normal, and the children got away with the crime.
The camera pans back to the woodchips on the ground and Aunt Tess's bloody ring is laying on the ground when the film ends.
Since the movie was completely shot on video, not many SFX were used in the film. Brief glimpses of severed body parts are shown and a few drops of blood are seen when Kim gets pushed into the woodchipper.
The two compositions of music were by a New York orchestra called The Soundscapes, but other recordings were made by Jon McBride on a keyboard.
Being low budget, the killings are not shown.
Jon McBride acted, wrote, directed, edited, and composed Woodchipper Massacre. The film took 2 months to completely shoot. It was finished in 1989.
The DVD for Woodchipper Massacre has been released in early 2007. It had features such as documentary, Videobob interview, cast and crew interviews.
The VHS was released in 1990 only to be discontinued in 1995. It featured the same artwork as the DVD cover but was black instead of red.