A grind-house movie with a cast of
horror titans. A non-stop visual bombardment of entertaining cornea
burning pleasure. A thinly veiled plot about government overreach
and justification for legalized weed. Gets ground into this blood
stain of cinema marvel.
Sid Haig is Big Daddy, a small town
farmer with jungle fever and hankering for kind bud. Joe Estevez is a
small minded pig who treats his hangovers with whiskey. If only they
could have smoked some sticky icky together the movie could've had a
happier ending. Ellie Church plays the mystic who can see through the smoke Mary Jane a DJ throwback to Vanishing Point's (1971) Supersoul played by Cleavon Little.
It's funny how low budget movies with
blood and boobs get treated by rating sites. IMDB currently has this
movie at 3.7/10. Other movies that are much worse rate much higher;
'The Dead Don't Die' (2019) 6.0/10, 'Shed of the Dead' (2019) 5.4/10
(Liked this movie rating was spot on), 'The Domestics' (2018) 5.7/10.
But if the movie has an abundance of gore and boobs it doesn't matter
the quality or entertainment value of the film, the points disappear.
High on the Hog is more entertaining than any of these other ones.
The Dead Don't Die is a humorless take of the zombie apocalypse done
in a dry British humor style, but once again they forgot the humor so
really it's just dry British style that's BORING!
High on the Hog isn't to be taken too
seriously. It's a wonderfully easy way to kill an hour and a half
with your friends mimicking MST3K and if you're passing a 'J' around,
Remember to pack it tight!
