Dead Hooker in a Trunk (2009)

DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK is a typical indie non-horror/non-thriller made by a bunch of amateurs who moonlight as both cast and crew. They're no good in either role. This is the kind of film you see with positive reviews online, failing to realise that said reviews are written by family and friends (or the filmmakers themselves). The story has a group of friends discovering the body of a prostitute in the boot of their car - as you do - and trying to figure out what to do about it. It's very slow throughout, with unlikeable characters and an overly talky screenplay.

Dead Hooker in a Trunk (2009) * (out of 4) Badass (Sylvia Soska), Geek (Jen Soska), Junkie (Rikki Gagne) and Goody Two Shoes (C.J. Wallis) discover a dead hooker in their trunk and that's about it. The Soska twins directed, wrote and stars in this movie that seems to have gotten some pretty glowing reviews but I'm a little confused as to why because I found the film incredibly hard to get through. The film isn't a complete disaster so I'll start off with the only good thing. I think the vision of the film was actually quite good and it's hard to believe that this thing was shot for just a couple thousand dollars. I give the sisters credit for certainly having an eye because they've made this film look quite professional and that there is saying quite a bit considering how most low-budget horror films look. With that said, the rest of the film was pretty much dreadful with the story being the most annoying thing. I'm not really sure what the point of the film was except to come off like a Quentin Tarantino movie and mix countless genres together with quick dialogue, over-the-top violence and other bizarre matters. The problem here is that none of it works as the story never makes a bit of sense and the characters are all just annoying to the point where you're hoping they all die. The movie has one drawn out sequence after another and sometimes we get some graphic gore but more often than not it's just dialogue full of F-bombs. The performances aren't the greatest in the world but they are slightly better than we typically see in this type of picture. I know many are calling this a "terrific homage to grindhouse pictures" but I found the film to be far from that. I guess people will have to make up their own minds but while the Soska girls show talent here, the final result is quite horrid.

I read some pretty positive reviews for this film, and am always willing to support indy film.but seriously WTF! I just payed 7 bucks to rent this, I feel so strongly about it that I will ask for my money back from the store.I could only sit through 20 minutes of it. When the movie starts the first thing you will notice is just how terrible the audio is.quickly followed by the lighting, camera work. and editing.you will not know what the hell is going on.Then when the performances start you will face palm at the writing and execution.The thing that bothers me most is that the film makers have cast themselves in the lead roles, when really, if they cared at all about film making, they would have stayed on the other side of the camera, at least that way they could have attempted to limit the damage of every other terrible element at work.0 out of 10

i don't know where to begin... this movie is such a huge waste of time. thank god i did not pay any money to see this.i got tricked into watching it by reading a review on IMDb by someone who obviously is related to this flick somehow or is just some crazy feminist who is into this piece of *beep".if i had realized that the 2 girl "directors" are also acting the 2 lead roles, i would not have given it any chance.its just a cheap form of profiling themselves. they maybe think that the over-use of profane language (the f-word appears in almost every sentence and is just way off) and very, very, VERY cheap gore-effects are somehow funny, but they are not. this movie is not one of those movies that are "so bad that they are good again", its truly just rubbish.every male-role in this movie is portrayed by a "uber-feminist-lesbian-view" compared to the almighty girl-power of the three lead "actors". and thats what my girlfriend said about this movie, and she is very emancipated.this is my first review here, simply because it has been a REALLY long time since a movie "p*****" me of that much.the editing is crap, the dialogs are bad, it lacks any form of logic and is just a cheap shot at being funny by 2 man-hating women. i go as far as to say this is a movie for angry women, by angry women.