Family Home Evening Review from HardGore Core Productions!
Harry Collins, aka the HardGore Core man, is a geeza on the rise. Homicidal Harry (see review here) is out and about doing the rounds, however for this review, we’re turning to a 2021 short flick that he sent me, Family Home Evening by Nathan Hine, behind such films as The Sideling Hill (see review here). This reminds me of a short movie I reviewed years ago, Till Death Do We Rot (see review here). It’s going to be mutated and twisted into a full-on film someday, called Collins, Creepy (hehehe), and Company. Meanwhile, let’s indulge ourselves with it as a quickie and we’re in 1987…
The concept of Family Home Evening is the family sitcom scenario; laugh track, applause, that kind of thing. Collins (who talks like one of the Briscoe Brothers – R.I.P. Jay) walks in, the door hitting the head of his companion, a masked creature who is rather comedy fodder gormless.
Collins walks in the kitchen where his wife is frying up a load of meat, whilst his companion sits at the dining table. She gobs up a load of semen from swallowing too much, then spreads it out on the food as extra protein.
She asks who their guest is, it’s his friend from ‘nam (cue helicopter sounds – they’re both out of work veterans) and “We call him Creepy Bob.” “Why’d you do that?” she asks. Collins tuts, “Look at his face, stupid bitch!” To which Bob removes his mask revealing scars and burns galore.
Over dinner, Collins goes through his rather eventful and gory day, and all the bizarre characters that seemed to have strolled out of an early John Waters film. Awesome. As the meal progresses, so does the blood and insanity.
I cannot recommend this beauty enough. I do hope that we see the feature soon as within this 12-minutes of funk, there’s so many raw and juicy ideas. I loved the sitcom appearance; the characters are brilliantly realised and solid. I think what makes Family Home Evening far beyond its budget allowance and running time must be the quality of camera. The direction is excellent for all angles are covered in a rather stunning frame throughout, thus capturing the action plus extreme gore.
The effects are masterful. They are simple in parts but shockingly graphic in others. James Bell (he gets everywhere) supplied the mask and a few other bits) Also, if you get a chance to see it, wait till after the credits. There’s an extra scene that beats any Marvel additional.
So, onto the trailer for Collins, Creepy, and Company. My Dark God this looks fun. New characters and a fleshing out of the original story. The sitcom backing has gone too, which is cool because that wouldn’t hold up for a whole movie. Here it is in its full glory.
Directed by: Nathan Hine
Written by: Nathan Hine
Produced by: Harry Collins, Bob Vresilovic
Cinematography by: Matty Calhoun, Bob Vresilovic, Nathan Hine
Editing by: Nathan Hine
Music by: Will England
Special Effects by: Nathan Hine, Ashley Crewl, Bob Vresilovic, James Bell
Cast: Nathan Hine, Bob Vresilovic, Amber Sunshine, Ashley Crewl, Michael Todd Schneider
Year: 2021
Country: USA
Language: English
Colour: Colour
Runtime: 12min
Studio: HardGore Core Productions
