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 BITE
ME! (Shock-o-Rama)
Horror/Comedy. 88 Minutes. Rated
R. Excessive nudity (big surprise), no real sex, drug content and tons of
bloody insect gore.
Things are business as usual at the Go-Go-A-Saurus: the wildest strip bar
out in the middle of nowhere. Club owner Ralph Vivino (Michael Thomas) is
on his way to ruin and if he doesn't come up with 50 large to pay off
certain debts, then the obnoxious Teresa Razzini (Julian Wells) gets the
club and with it in her possession, it won't be left standing for too
long. Ralph comes up with the
idea to sell some high quality pot to make up his cash flow.
Problem is the stuff is infested.
Infested with a horde of bugs that look like they have leapt from a
typical Outer Limits episode and a taste for blood.
Strippers are a great source of the crimson stuff and it doesn't
take long before it becomes a battle between babes and bugs.
Bite Me! is the second film that Brett
Piper signed on to do with ei Cinema.
The first was the remarkable The
Screaming Dead. While that
was a little creepier than this film, it is pure Brett Piper (A Nymphiod
Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell, Draniac, and They Bite).
Maybe he can complete the 'Bite' trilogy with something called BITE
THIS! But, I digress.
BITE ME! manages to give the whole ei Cinema studio a touch of
class. We get stop motion bugs
and great performances by the entire cast.
Erika Smith has just started with the studio, but she is the girl
to watch in the future. Misty
Mundae, ah, Misty. I am a
big Misty fan. As her career
progresses she gets better and this film is no exception.
As the stripper with a heart of gold, she comes across as
believable and when she becomes a pissed off bug smasher, she tears up the
screen. Julian Wells is always easy on the eyes and her role as an
obnoxious, Mafia wannabe is inspired.
I thought it was funny that the only lesbian scene in the film was
under a blanket for a change. It's
good when studios can make fun of themselves.
John Fedele as a nosy DEA agent is hilarious in the film.
Having been a die hard ei Cinema fan along with
its Seduction Cinema and Shock-A-Rama imprints, it's good to see what is
happening in the company. Production
values have gone up. The
scripts are funnier and better written.
The women have stayed gorgeous, but with more experience they do
better in front of the camera. Hopefully,
Brett Piper will stay with the company and give us more of the true
quirkiness that we come to expect from the director.
The DVD is chock full of goodies: three
documentaries, an interview with Misty, a video by the band CKY with Misty
in the video and a making of documentary for the music video!
This disc is loaded and makes the DVD a great value and well worth
the price.- Douglas A. Waltz
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