Director – Richard Griffin (Exhumed, The Sins of Dracula)
Starring – Johnny Sederquist (Future Justice, Dead Bounty), Elyssa Baldassarri (Murder University, Normal), and Aaron Andrade (Seven Dorms of Death, They Stole the Pope’s Blood!)
Release Date – 2015
Musical comedies are a sub-genre that I rarely venture to because they are usually filled with songs and music that I typically don’t care about. Sure, a few have popped up here and there that were fun but most just don’t hold my attention.
Last year director Richard Griffin announced he was going to be working on a musical comedy titledAccidental Incest. I was curious how one of my favorite filmmakers would turn a story like that into a musical comedy. I was also concerned. I was afraid that this would be my first Griffin film that I did not like. However, I refused to let this style of film prevent me from checking it out so I reached out to Richard and he was nice enough to send me a link to check it out. Thanks Richard.
**Spoiler Alert**The film follows a young man and a young woman that leave their spouses for a more sex-filled life. They both meet their guardian angels who inform them that they will meet someone and the child between the two will be special. They both move into an apartment building where their rooms are free as long as they fulfill the owner’s sexual fantasies.
The two finally meet and fall head over heals for each other. Their sex-capades knows no boundaries and the two plan on becoming life-long partners. That is until they discover they are actually brother and sister. This does not stop the two from hitting the sack but the news does make its way back to her family and they kidnap her while he is asleep. Some time passes and he has become the forced lover of a bigger man until he decides to get up off his ass and look for his one true love, his sister!**Spoiler Alert**
It is no secret by now that I am a huge fan of Richard Griffin and Scorpio Film Releasing. His horror films are always fun, stylish, well written, sexy, and at times campy. I was a little nervous about how his musical comedyAccidental Incest would turn out but deep down I knew Griffin would knock it out of the park and I was right.
The acting in this one is phenomenal which is what I would expect from a Griffin film. The two leads, Johnny Sederquist and Elyssa Baldassarri, were amazing in their roles. The two of them have amazing chemistry on screen and their interactions are what make this film so damn fun. Both characters are fun to watch and shows how much talent the two have. The remainder of the cast did an outstanding job as well and we even get a small role from the always amazing Michael Thurber.
The story for this one is as fun as it is taboo. The story is one we have seen in a few films before featuring a young couple that fall in love only to discover they are related. With that being said, there is no film with this same story with Griffin’s style and that is what sets this one apart.
Finally, the film does have several funny moments along with just as many “what the fuck” moments. The film packs the laughs in deep with this one and I’m sure we have playwright Lenny Schwartz to thank for that. Overall,Accidental Incest is one gutsy film that is full of laughs. This film is twisted, perverse, and full of fun. Please do yourself a favor and check this one out!
