DIRECTED BY Brad Case
REVIEWED BY Mario Dominick
From Blood and Guts Productions comes this short film about a the vicious acts committed by a psychotic, backwoods religious fanatic.
We start out the picture by watching this old man burying a body with a shovel near a corn field. All the while he’s rambling religious quotes to himself. A couple out on the road at night run into some car trouble. Soon enough they meet up the old man who happens to run a garage and auto service station. Going back to his garage where they think they’ll finally get help with their car and be back on the road, this unsuspecting couple becomes privy to the horrible secrets this old man is keeping locked up in a tool shed. They are led into this room where both are brutally and gruesomely tortured and the old man makes good use of his pipe wrench, the implement of the film’s title.
For a short, roughly 15-minute movie, Pipe Wrench is a very entertaining and brutal story with a few cringe-inducing gore scenes. The old dude gives the best performance in the film while the lead heroine is moderately convincing for the most part as is her male counterpart as the geek boyfriend.
Pipe Wrench is overall one of the best horror shorts I’ve ever seen with good performances and effects and a very satisfying ending.
Blood and Guts Productions’ DVD release of Pipe Wrench contains a preview for Deadly Detour, an upcoming micro budget gorefest from the folks at Maniac Films, a preview for an upcoming gorefest from Blood and Guts Productions, a Pipe Wrench trailer, and an entertaining behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of Pipe Wrench. It’s clear director Brad Case, producer Shane Michaels and their crew had a blast making this film and it’s very evident throughout the featurette.
Go to www.bloodgutsproductions.com to order your copies of Pipe Wrench and B&G’s new short Living Dead.
