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Trailer Park of Terror tells the tale of a busty blonde named Norma (Nichole Hiltz) who
is sick and tired of living in a trailer park which is overrun by three white-trash,
sleaze-bag rednecks. As she quickly packs her belongings to rush off to her beloved
boyfriend, Norma is followed by her trailer neighbours. Soon her beloved boyfriend is
approached by the three jealous rednecks who don‘t take kindly to strangers, and
demand Norma isn’t going anywhere, soon a fight breaks out and Norma’s boyfriend is
accidentally impaled on a old rusty iron fence. Norma, who is heart-broken and
devastated that she lost the love of her life, makes a deal with demon, only to return
to the trailer park and seek revenge on everyone in the trailer park.
Twenty something years later, a Christian youth leader named Paster Lewis (Matthew
Del Negro) is driving a busload of teenage degenerates (sex addicts, drug addicts,
compulsive liars, kleptomaniacs) to a Christian retreat to find salvation, he collides
head-on into a abandoned truck left in the middle of the road. Now stranded on a
deserted highway, they soon notice someone’s light coming from a nearby trailer park.
As the group make their way to the trailer in the pouring rain, trailer park owner
Norma invites them in for a hot cup of tea, allowing them all to stay in the vacant
trailers until morning. Throughout the night they find their faith put to the ultimate
test as hell bent Norma and her bloodthirsty trailer-trash zmbie/ghouls, wanting to
strip the teenagers flesh clean to the bones and make beef jerky out of them.
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The video is presented in a 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen presentation with English
subtitles for the Hard of Hearing. The image throughout most of the film is crisp and
sharp, but often at times during the nights scenes the image is darken to give a creepy
effect towards the zombie ghouls. This i found slightly annoying as it was hard to see
what was actually going on at times.
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The audio is presented in English Dolby Digital with a option of choosing either a 2.0
or a 5.1 track which provides a more solid experience, especially when it came to
building up a eerie atmosphere. A number of scenes have great surround use, where it
actually had me over looking my couch. The elements sound clear and natural, from the
music to the sound effects.
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Madman Entertainment's Trailer Park of Terror went a little lite on the DVD department
this time, as you only have a behind-the-scenes featurette and a interview featurette
called “Interviews with the TRAILER PARK zombies!” that obliviously shows you
interviews with the cast playing the Trailer Park zombies. You also have the original
"Trailer Park of Terror" trailer, along with a handful of other Madman trailers.
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Trailer Park of Terror is supposedly based on the Imperium Comics series, which
strangely I had never heard of or seen before. Directed by Steven Goldmann, Trailer
Park of Terror is pretty much a no-brainer treat which is highly recommended to
watch around the Halloween period. It’s not at all scary, too violent or once make you
cringe in your seat, instead you’ll find yourself chuckling, giggling at the excellent one-
liner jokes that stereotype trailer-trash rednecks, jocks, goths and bible bashing
Christians. Trailer Park of Terror isn’t at all a low budget cheese-fest that was quickly
made to cash in a quick buck, while the film uses both CGI and practical special effects
which did do the actually film a lot of justice.
The special effects are probably what saved this film from getting the axe. When it
comes to the kill scenes, there is nothing honestly to rant about as we have all seen it
before. While the zombie/ghouls themselves were pretty freakishly looking which
often sent goose-bumps across my skin when first appearing from a darken shadow
background. For the average horror fan there’s plenty of blood splatter to go around.
Trailer Park of Terror is basically a slapstick-tongue-in-cheek trailer park version of
2001 Maniacs (2005) while the storyline has a overpowering Rob Zombie “white trash”
style of cinema, as the scare factor is no higher than a Tales from the Crypt episode.
It’s not a film be taken seriously; it’s just a good way to waste the next hour or so with
a love one on a spooky occasion one weekend. So if you’re looking for cheap laughs
and a nicely shot film, then I highly suggest you check out Madman Entertainments
latest film Trailer Park of Terror.
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