Eating Miss Campbell is the oddball combination of independent UK filmmakers and Troma.
Right from the outset this film feels like some sort of fever dream. I guessed this was what taking class A drugs was like.
If you accept its flaws, there is a loose narrative involving a teenage girl attending a take-no-prisoners school where shootings are seen as a tourist attraction.
Writer/director Liam Regan is taking aim in all directions, from Alec Baldwin, teenage shooters, toxic masculinity, cannibalism to nostalgia fiends. Admittedly, not everything works but it is interesting to see someone try to incorporate many diverse themes into a film.
In the lead role Lyndsey Craine flits between moody, antisocial Goth girl to mildly psychotic, in a performance that feels like it would be fun to film. Keeping with the Troma connection, we even get a cameo from Lloyd Kaufman himself.
A special mention too for the fantastic practical effects on-show throughout, which often outweigh the plot.
Eating Miss Campbell is bound to offend plenty, but it revels in its B movie aesthetic and I get the feeling it could acquire a cult audience across the festival circuit this year.
Eating Miss Campbell is screening at Paracinema Film Festival later this month.
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