“And remember, like we always say here in the Splatter and Gore department, keep them heads rolling.”
Evil Ed is the story of Edward, an editor working in the foreign film department of a movie studio. After the editor from the ‘Gore and Splatter’ department is fired for going bat shit crazy and blows his own head off, Edward is drafted to the department as a replacement to rush through editing of the companies most popular series ‘Loose Limbs’.
Sent to a secluded house to edit, as there is no room in the offices for him, Ed is forced to work long hours to get the movies edited in time for European release by his sleaze ball boss Sam. Ed’s sanity slowly slips through his fingers from the lack of sleep and countless hours watching these splatter movies over and over. Ed starts to hallucinate monsters in the fridge, madmen and sexy stripping women. He dreams of a demon that tells him that what is on screen is the reflection of somebodies sick mind and he must cleanse the world of the people. Ed finally snaps (you can tell because of his cool new hair cut!) and he goes on a psychotic rampage.
There are so many references and nods to some classic movies I couldn’t tell you them all. I did pick out Night of the Living Dead, Legend, Gremlins, Evil Dead 2 and Taxi Driver. They are well tucked in and easy to miss.
Evil Ed is a very cool movie in the same vein as Bad Taste and Braindead. Some very cool deaths, lots of splatter, some great comedy moments and a great soundtrack pull Evil Ed together into a real sleeper movie that’s well worth a watch.
The sections of ‘Loose Limbs’ that are cleverly cut into the movie and the trailer for ‘Loose Limbs 5’ are fantastic. It would have been amazing if they had written and made them as their own movies. Even the audio clips from Loose Limbs you can hear in the background of Evil Ed are great! If one were to pop up on Indiegogo or Kickstarter, It would definitely be one of those “Shut up and take my money!” things.
Check it out!
