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Just what I expected

Just perfect...

Fresh and Exciting

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The filmmakers of Monsturd got one thing right: they came up with a good title for their movie. A title like this one brings back memories of the puns Troma studios gave to many of its films. Just reading the DVD cover of Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead, among others, will result in a chuckle. The real challenge the movie faces is sustaining itself beyond that guaranteed first laugh. It takes good writing or self-unaware delusion to do this successfully. You have to build on the main idea of your campy movie by placing it within some social or historical context.The plot is largely irrelevant as the story wasn't thought out to be anything more than a punch line for poop jokes. A serial killer escapes from prison and flees into the sewers where he is killed by police. His body falls into chemical runoff and he becomes a killer feces man. The filmmakers try to use this setup to parody various horror films, including Jaws, but none of them work. One of the police officers tells the mayor of Butte County (get it) to cancel this year's chili festival. The Monsturd, despite being played by a costumed actor, is able to move through the sewer system and attack people on the pot. This theoretical excremental rampage could have been funny, if the creature weren't destroyed right as the festival begins.The movie isn't nearly as funny as it needs to be, given that title. The crew was too assured that what they were making was clearly humorous. They are in on the jokes before we ever are. In a few scenes, the actors visibly withhold laughs. The title character's situation is a convenient way around writing any dialog that could be quotable. There is no way the creature could ever be put in a comical situation because it doesn't exist anywhere outside of the minds of the filmmakers. With so many one-liners running out of each character, you'd think these people had never watched any of the most recent worst mainstream movies.Not Recommended

A different set of critical criteria must be used when discussing a movie like 2003's "Monsturd," as opposed to, say, "Bonnie and Clyde" or "Wild Strawberries." Rather than seeking out subtle religious symbolism, impeccable acting, complex mise en scene or probing examinations of man's place in the universe, the issue boils down to one all-important question: Is the movie fun? Happily, in the case of "Monsturd," the answer is a decided yes. In it, the viewer meets escaped serial killer Jack Schmitt, who falls into a mess of experimental waste dumped down the sewer by the evil corporation Dutech and transforms into an 8'-high, lumbering (and to quote what is perhaps the picture's most amusing line) "fecal humanoid." And this sentient dejecta's propensity to attack the citizens of Butte County, CA through their toilets becomes even more problematic with the arrival of the area's annual chili cookoff! Anyway, this film (if one can even call it a film, having been shot straight to video) features higher production values than you might be expecting, and indeed looks a lot better than it deserves. Some of the gross-out scenes are fairly effective, and you will probably not feel like scarfing down chocolate pudding for many days after watching them. Naturally, the picture sports much in the way of toilet humor, some of it lame, much of it pretty funny (such as the sight of our heroes gearing up to do battle with the Monsturd by donning diaper helmets and priming their Super Soakers with anti-diarrhea medication...law and ordure!). The acting is so very amateurish that it is quite a hoot; too bad they couldn't get actresses Alison Doody and Merrin Dungey to star in this thing...and Italian filmmaker Pupi Avati to direct, for that matter! So yes, on the criterion of fun, "Monsturd" does satisfy. And for those who are interested, I've got the perfect title for a possible sequel. Are you ready? "Humanure"!

Being a big fan of low budget, horribly made horror films (Troma Style), when I saw this at my local Blockbuster, I just had to pick it up. This is a movie about turds. Most would stop reading this review (and throw this movie back on the shelf) once they found that out. For those of you who are still reading, I recommend you see this movie. Along the same lines as any of the best Troma movies, Monsturd will have you in stitches. The sheer ridiculousness of the plot and obvious low quality is reason enough to give this one a try. Unexpectedly, the DVD of this movie has directors commentary which is definitely worth a listen. The director openly admits to not taking the movie seriously, so laughing at the "serious" parts is expected. this movie has all the campy comedy that you'd expect from a movie called "monsturd". Although the visual effects are laughably bad and most of the acting is sub-par, I'm giving Monsturd an 8 out of 10 for the good "seat of your pants" laughs.

I assume that, most of you posted the comments for another film or you acted/worked in this movie and just want it to be watched. Honestly, this was the worst movie I've ever watched. If you want to watch real comedy/horror movie simply try "DeadAlive"(Peter Jackson!) or of course the "Evil Dead" series.Well; Acting: -1 Directing: 0 Story/Scenario: 1 "Total: 0 points" for the film. Now you see why "OverRATED" is written above...Worst choice for having fun, if you accidently! rent this movie, just wait till the rent time's over and take it back to the store. That would be much much more amusing. Can't wait for the "MonsTurd 2" :)