Blu-ray Review: Skinned Deep (2004)
The Rockwell clan are making with the cross-country vacay bag when they suffer some static with their vehicle and are forced to stop at a remote country store in the hopes of getting some repairs post-haste! Well, instead of getting their SUV fixed, they wind up guests over at Granny’s (Liz Little) place where the grotesquely suburban Rockwell’s meet the just plan grotesque members of Granny’s family… mutants one and all, and each one is more out of their skull and crazed for blood than the last! What could have been a simple stalk n’ slay picture turns into a demented fever dream thanks to the absolutely off-the-fuckin’-charts sensibilities of writer/director Gabe Bartalos (who’s probably best known for his work in the make-up department of the Leprechaun series and the Basket Case sequels). Every single sequence is filled with odd close-ups and camera placement, maniacal use of image distortion lenses, bizarre mutants, and surreal sets… often all at the same
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