Overview: Written by Sean Whalen and Jim Wald, Crust tells the story of a lonely laundromat owner, Vegas Winters (Whalen), who keeps the leftover socks from customers and uses them to clean himself. When he gets abused and weeps into the pile of socks, it turns into a creature who seeks revenge on Vegas’ enemies!

Blu-ray Verdict: In what is a blatantly camp, albeit not wholly absorbed throughout) black and white (with splashes of color) movie that is chock full of laughs combined with a smidgen of clinic-Noir, Sean Whalen’s directorial debut follows a former child actor down on his luck and himself contemplating a reboot of that childhood family favorite, Baker’s Dozen.

As we quickly discover, most of his fellow child castmates have followed the general tropes of child actors gone wrong, such as drugs, prison, early death and such. But somehow, Paul/Vegas has managed to avoid these pitfalls, but he now runs a laundromat and is the victim of bullies (for reasons that we gradually discover).

But then we have Crust, our monster (or, perhaps, he is nothing more than a valiant, most charming hero?), a fiend located on the right side of a friendly street. Which is great news for Paul/Vegas.

Ergo, this darkly-imbibed superhero of the story appears when required and as much as I won’t give anything away here, he is a rather brilliantly made sock puppet, whose facial expressions and little noises make you fall in love from his very first time on screen!

I would be very surprised if the creative team behind Crust don’t bring out a sweet line of these sock puppets for Christmas, as I can definitely see them being a huge success!

But I digress, for others that put in good acting stints here are lead actress, Rebekah Kennedy, who is just so sweet and caring in her role. I believe that every man would love to have her support and love and the relationship between the two leads brings a romantic twist to this fun and campy horror.

In closing, this star-studded cast will have you wondering who else will show up on screen, which is a nice drinking game all of its own and I believe this movie will be acclaimed for its originality, emotional scenes, and crazy moments down the line; and within a new generation.

Special Features:
Commentary with Writer / Director / Star Sean Whalen
DOROTHY: 50 YEARS LATER
DOROTHY: THE BUMP AND RUN
Q&A from CRUST Los Angeles Premiere

Crust [Official Trailer]