“It’s a homicidal confectionery treat.”
Here’s the thing. Would you go out and purchase a movie called Gingerdeadman? Would you then think, “I think I’ll watch the third installment of this amazing series!” Probably not, but I did, and you know what? I’m fucking glad I did!
At the Scientific Institute for the study of homicidal baked goods (You did read that right) The Gingerdeadman is imprisoned for his heinous crimes (committed in Gingerdeadman 1 & 2 if you hadn’t guessed) along with other homicidal confectionary. A young FBI agent visits the Gingerdeadman and we get a fantastic send up of the iconic Jodie Foster/Antony Hopkins prison scene from silence of the Lambs. After some misguided animal rights activists make the mistake of bursting in and freeing the evil baked goods, the Gingerdeadman finds his way to the Time Travel division of the institute (bear with me here!) and travels through time to the year 1979…
Beamed into a roller disco, a sub plot unravels that, to be honest, is your standard 80s style “raise the cash to save the roller rink/community centre/grandma’s house” situations. The Gingerdeadman doesn’t give a shit about this and just wants the killing to start.
We get some pretty decent gory deaths from here; a nail gun, a vat of acid (which just happens to be sitting in the car park), a butchers knife and a handgun all add some splatter to the mix. There’s also some gratuitous sex and a great porky’s glory hole homage chucked in for a few giggles.
If you think what I’ve described so far doesn’t make sense, just wait for Adolf Hitler, Charles Manson and friends to show up, just to prove they’re not such bad guys after all.
I’d say Gingerdeadman 3 might be one to watch after you’ve exhausted your other options. It had a few laughs, and a few good kills. I’ll be honest in saying there really isn’t enough to fill the 80-minute running time and keep the viewer hooked. A few good characters pop up along with the Gingerdeadman, but there is a lot of fodder introduced, then quickly killed off.
I would imagine this would be a lot more fun for the stoners out there!
