The Taint – USA, 2011

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The Taint is a 2011 American comedy horror feature film directed by Drew Bolduc (Assassinaut; Science Team; special effects on Return to Nuke ‘Em High Volume 1 and 2) and Dan Nelson from a screenplay by Drew Bolduc. The latter stars, alongside Colleen Walsh, Cody Crenshaw and Kenneth Hall.

Picked up for distribution by Troma, The Taint has been compared to an over-the-top version of the early work of Peter Jackson (Bad Taste; Braindead), or Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case; Frankenhooker).

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Plot:

The water is tainted. The Taint poisons the minds of men. It turns them into raging misogynists: brainless monsters who want nothing more than to crush women’s heads with rocks (or other objects).

When society is transformed into a land of sadistic violence and horrible brutality, it is up to Phil O’Ginny and his friend, Misandra, to combat the horrible evil that is The Taint. Can they survive in a world brimming with castration and endless head crushing?!

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Reviews:

“Utterly crude and rude, if you’re looking for an unapologetic gross out film, you need to look no further than The Taint. The level of disgust this film achieves is truly epic. You’ve got to have a pretty iron constitution to stomach a lot of the stuff that goes on in The Taint, but I guarantee if you like gore, you’ll laugh so hard…” Ain’t It Cool News

“The Taint is micro budget bliss, a penis-driven, crotch-oriented journey through the broken minds of some truly warped individuals. Although it’s definitely not for the easily offended, I can’t help but recommend this feature to anyone with even a passing interest in grue-encrusted, 80′s-flavored cinema.” Todd Rigney, Beyond Hollywood

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” …for a certain type of viewer, it will be a completely winning gross out experience. The special effects are actually pretty well done for a film of this obviously lo-fi approach, and in fact there are several pretty gruesome shots which crop up with a fair degree of regularity that may have some viewers joining Bolduc in the real vomiting department.” Jeffrey Kauffman, Blu-ray.com

“What this movie lacked in acting and story, it more than made up for in overall character and technical production.  In that respect, it reminds me a lot of Rubber.  It’s impressive to see what can be accomplished with a low budget.” Terrible Movies for Terrible People

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“Scene after scene of manhood mutilation and absurd levels of gore —  all with no real context — begin to wear thin extremely quickly. If as much creativity was put into a coherent storyline instead of inventive murder methods, there might have been something that resembled an intriguing plot somewhere in The Taint.” Vile Reviews

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” …there is some serious talent behind the camera and that saves a lot of the movie. It’s not a great movie but everyone should see The Taint at least once in their lives, if anything, just so you can say that you’ve seen it. There isn’t anything out there quite like it…” Film Bizarro

Cast and characters:

• Drew Bolduc … Phil O’Ginny & Drew
• Colleen Walsh … Misandra
• Cody Crenshaw … Houdini
• Kenneth Hall … Ludas
• Gabriella Herzberg … Sandy
• Richard Spencer … Bob
• Ariel Canton … Gina
• Joey Tran … Boss
• Patrick Gaskill … Drew’s Dad
• Will Towles … Alligator F*ckhouse / Nazi Soldier / Caveman Misogynist
• Mister Lobo … C*ckzantium Spokesperson
• Giancarlo Agar … Machete Misogynist
• Mike Baker … Misogynist #1
• Natalie W. Baker … Morphina
• Frank Bergaeimer … Misogynist #2

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Technical details:

75 minutes

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