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It is a performances centric movie

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

The movie is wildly uneven but lively and timely - in its own surreal way

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Hapless persecuted dweeb Harold Kunkle (played to supremely spazzy perfection by the otherworldly dorky Toby Radloff) finally works up the nerve to fight back against his cruel tormentors that include a couple of street punks and his mean co-workers. Writers/directors Mark Steven Bosko and Wayne Alan Harold give Radloff full reign to do his singularly goofy thing: Radloff's amazingly awkward, yet endearing geekoid persona manages to be both funny and likable; this guy is truly unique and has a strong enough oddball presence to carry the picture on his weird shoulders. Moreover, Kunkle's attempts at being hip are hysterical (he buys an instructional cassette series called Slick Dick's School of Cool!). Of course, it's also a treat to watch this timid worm go ballistic and embark on a murderous spree, with the definite highlight occurring when Kunkle kills his mother by pouring cleaner down her throat while dressed like a baby in a bib and giant diaper. The primitive gore effects add considerably to the overall hilarity. The plain cinematography by Alan Stevens boasts a few snazzy stylistic flourishes. Sean Carlin's funky syncopated synthesizer score hits the get-down groovy spot. A total riot.

I first saw this film with my friends at my birthday party, we all laughed our heads off. This is the FUNNIEST bad movie EVER. We got the worst acting, worst cinematography, worst special effects, worst directing, worst everything. Toby Radloff plays the ultimate nerd, with a voice that can annoy the crap out of you, and make you laugh at the same time. Try to watch it with some friends, it makes it more fun. I got the DVD of this flick, it is a great DVD. So get the DVD now if you like bad movies, this is the ULTIMATE B MOVIE and the first B MOVIE that got me into B MOVIES!!!!!!!!!! Make sure you see this one, it is one of Troma's best!!!!!!!

One day my girlfriend suggested a film called `Killer Nerd' (Which, to my knowledge is only available from `Mooovies' in Bristol, Vermont). I thought nothing of it other than, `this'll probably be another Horror flick that I won't really pay attention to or remember.' It's not as if the name doesn't make it abundantly clear what the plot's going to be, right? Right you may be, but a regular horror film this is not. In fact really, a horror film this is not.I was right in my initial fear of watching this film. I thought it was going to be bad, I was right. I thought the acting was going to be poor, I was right (BOY was I right!?). Still, with a plot that would make Arnie blush and more stereotypical characters than can be seen outside an episode of Buffy, the film plodded on. Poorly. I could honestly say I have never in all my life seen such a poorly put together, utter joke of a film. By far the worst film I've ever seen.However, I know a lot more films that I didn't enjoy nearly as much. The sheer poor quality of the film makes it so bad that it bypasses the usual stage that a bad film has where you'll sit and cringe and either turn it off or just slug it out painstakingly till the end. Far from it, with Killer Nerd you can get almost as engrossed in it as if it were a decent film.The writers of this film are either lucky or genius's. If you see this film anywhere do not miss your opportunity to see it.Nerd. Nerd. Nerd.

With that sarcastic remark out of the way, let's get to the review, shall we? This is an odd little movie, to say the least, but I liked it. My expectations were a little too much for this, but it's not too bad at all. It starts out as a goofy, quirky comedy (which would probably only be funny to us geeky people), but doesn't get truly horrific until the end. It's the kind of movie I would love to fool some mainstreamers into watching just to see the look on their faces when it switches gears and becomes a splatter movie toward the end. One thing I'm yet to figure out is whether the horror portion is meant to be humorous in a Freddy Krueger type of way, or to be intense with a guy who loses it and offs anyone who he thinks has crossed him, regardless of who might deserve it or not (which some of the victims don't). All in all, though, I did like it, just not as much as I thought I would. I think the title was what ensnared me, and though we do get what's promised, the delivery wasn't as much of a nasty blast as I had hoped for. If I could give it a rating with stars (which I usually don't like to do), I would sum this one up with about three out of five.