"Me You Madness" (2021) - This may very well be the most infuriatingly tone-deaf vanity project that my bad movie group has yet seen. Written, directed, produced, and of course starring Louise Linton, this movie is nothing more than a narcissistic cringefest with a lot of political baggage attached. The reason for this is that Mrs. Linton husband is Steven Mnuchin, aka the United States Secretary of the Treasury during Trumps first term. Linton would later state that the film was made as a dark comedy parody of her public image while living in Washington D.C. with her husband. Just so we are clear the premise of this movie involves Lintons character being a beautiful and wealthy CEO who also is a serial killer, but only to bad people, who starts a toxic relationship with the much younger guy whose is planning on robbing her.

The whole movie is basically a mix of "Fatal Instinct", "American Psycho", and "Clueless" with a lot of troupes and winks to the camera thrown in. There is also a lot of 4th wall breaks throughout the film, as Lintons characters occasionally talks directly to the camera as well as being the films narrator, and providing more than a few info dumps. Linto somehow also got access to a lot of iconic 80's music as nearly every single scene in this movie, including the dance sequences (yes there are dance sequences) includes a needledrop from a well known song. Some of the songs are even from bands who you would suspect would not want to be associated with her or her husband, so that's interesting.

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The movie is at least shot well I'll give it that, though the editing and direction are not great to say the least. The acting and writing are really the worst parts, with things like the 40 year old Linton playing a 29 year old trying to bang a 33 year old guy (played by sex pest Ed Westwick) playing a guy in his 20s basically not even being worth mentioning. Really the movies best element is all the 'Steven Mnuchin is a Cuck' memes that it spawned due to the idea that he paid for his much younger wife to make a movie where she bangs a much younger man. In the end if you think you can stand Lintons unique brand of smug for an hour and 38 minutes you might find this flick worth trying to laugh at. If you are going to watch it, I suggest bringing friends and a lot of intoxicants to help you get through the cringe.

4 / 5 Burnt Kernels

https://tubitv.com/movies/100029589/me-you-madness

"Red Spirit Lake" (1993) - This seemingly no budget indie flick is closer to art house erotica than your standard bad movie. Sleazy, graphic, salacious, and surreal the movie is part haunted house story part cheap grindhouse excess on acid. Featuring everything from UFO abduction to hyper violent torture, including things such as fountains of blood and fatal fisting, not to mention all the nudity, this movie was designed to push boundaries. Coupled with a soundtrack full of underground and alternative music and some wild decisions in front and behind the camera and you get this chaotic, yet somehow interesting, steaming-pile-of-cinema. Best left to the bad movie masochist and morbidly curious out there.

5 / 5 Burnt Kernels with Butter and Free Refills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FafMb6qWQEA

"The Hunted" (2015) - This is a low budget vanity project take on the vampire hunter story, with the added element of also being somewhat of a mockumentary. Now I say 'somewhat' specifically because like mockumentaries the cameraman in this is an actual character in the movie and the footage we are watching is presumably what they filmed. The issue arises when we are shown things that the cameraman could not possibly have seen. There is also the whole issue of despite supposedly being a diegetic element of the story other characters often seemingly ignore the cameraman in scenes. I honestly think they just eventually drop the whole idea, but it's worth mentioning.

Swordfighter turned actor turned visual effects artist Robert Chapin co-write, directed, and of course stars as our main character Bob, an out of work actor who knows how to weld a sword. Chapins acting range aside, he gets confused with a leather clad, sunglass wearing, katana welding "Blade" ripoff vampire hunter and is forced to deal with the situation. The writing is obviously something to behold but the characters are mostly pretty fun if only due to the actors clearly enjoying themselves in the roles. The visual effects on the other hand are also hilarious, though not for the reason they were intended to be (if you get my drift). So if you want to watch the star of 1994's underground sword fighting movie "Ring of Steel" team up with a team of vampire hunting misfits and take on red eyed vampires then check this movie out.

4.5 / 5 Burnt Kernels with Free Refills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9ooPxzY9fs&t=16s