Editors Note: This article was originally published on October 19, 2012 and has been updated to reflect new content and information.
Introduction
To begin our Evil Ed movie review, we enter the world of Evil Ed, a horror comedy from Sweden. Did you like Brain Dead a.k.a. Dead Alive? How about Bad Taste? I know those are both Peter Jackson films from his brief, yet memorable, time in splatter horror in New Zealand, but Evil Ed gave me the same level of entertainment as those did. This film was Swedish, but the film was in English and then they dubbed it over again in English for a funny effect. Dario Argento did almost the same thing in his film, using both Italian and English actors speaking in their native languages then dubbing the whole film in English. That must have been confusing, one actor speaking English, and then other response in Italian, but I digress. I must say, this film is a lot of fun to watch, great one liners and some great death scenes and makeup. The acting is about what you would expect, not horrible, but just bad enough to be part of the fun.
Evil Ed Story
The film opens with a man going completely insane in an editing room, screaming and stabbing film canisters. The door is finally opened, and this insane man puts a grenade in his mouth. It explodes, blood goes flying and the big boss proclaims, “YOU’RE FIRED!!”. Now enters Edward Tor Swenson, a timid soft spoken man working for a Film Production house. He is called upstairs to the Splatter and Gore department and given the task of doing the editing on a series of films call Loose Limbs which is a gigantic franchise of splatter films. Ed must seclude himself and dedicate his time to watching all the blood and gore scene in order to edit them for the censors. Soon after he starts, Ed starts seeing monsters and blood. From there, it just gets more wacky and violent.
Final Thoughts
The movie will never win any awards, but it has a cult following on the bases of the fun it provides. Bill Mosely’s voice is heard as the killer of the Loose Limbs films, but is never seen, he says some really funny lines throughout the movie. I would recommend it to those who like the campy and funny horror with its fair share of gore, but funny gore. If your into serious horror, I wouldn’t recommend it for you, it is not serious in the least. Remember, ” Like we say here at Splatter and Gore department…you keep them heads rollin, hear!”
