Eating Miss Campbell [Special Edition]
(Blade Braxton, Charlie Bond, Emily Haigh, James Hamer-Morton, et al / Blu-ray / NR / (2022) 2025 / Troma Films - MVD Visual)
Overview: A vegan-goth high school student falls in love with her new English teacher and develops a problematic taste for human flesh.
Heavily Influenced by the work of producer Lloyd Kaufman, filmmaker Liam Regan has lovingly crafted a Troma film for the 21st century, where teenage crushes and cannibalism collide in a gut-busting and gore-soaked, comedy horror film that pushes just about every boundary socially constructed.
Blu-ray Verdict: In truth, Eating Miss Campbell was actually the best of a bunch of Troma movies I have reviewed recently, not only in writing and story contents, but most certainly also in production value and most likely thus also in budget. This was actually a proper movie whereas the other Troma projects feel more like home video projects.
Anyway, the story line here in Eating Miss Campbell, as written by Liam Regan, was strange and bizarre, but in an oddly dark, twisted and entertaining manner. There are just so many really far out there things taking place throughout the 84 minutes that the movie ran for. I enjoyed it immensely and was genuinely entertained by the contents delivered within.
That said, I think that a movie such as Eating Miss Campbell is somewhat of a rather acquired taste and it is not one that will easily cater to everyone thinking of undertaking the cinematic/small screen experience.
The only two performers on the cast list that I was familiar with were Laurence R. Harvey and Lloyd Kaufman himself. However, leading actress Lyndsey Craine really carried the movie quite nicely with her performance as Beth Conner. Visually, I will say that the effects in the movie were quite good also, with a fair amount of visceral graphic effects, which I definitely enjoyed.
Featuring a cast of genre favorites including LAURENCE R. HARVEY (The Human Centipede 3: Final Sequence), LYNDSEY CRAINE (Book of Monsters), VITO TRIGO (My Bloody Banjo), JUSTIN A. MARTELL (Shudder’s The Last Drive-In) and LLOYD KAUFMAN (The Toxic Avenger) with an original score composed by Academy Award®-winner JOE RENZETTI (Child’s Play, Poltergeist III and Frankenhooker). [P.H.]
Bonus Features:
7 Days of Hell: Making of Documentary
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
Gore Reel
Raw B-Roll
Cast Interviews
FrightFest Premiere
1 Hour of Raw BTS Footage
VFX Reel
Introduction from Lloyd Kaufman
Troma Trailers
Radiation March
Easter Eggs
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