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"Truth or Dare?" - Treasure or Trash?Reviewed by The Phenomenon Truth or Dare? is simultaneously the best and worst horror movie ever made. I can give absolutely no praise to any individuals that helped in the production of this movie. From the acting to the special effects, everything is terrible. However, this is precisely what makes this movie a treasure chest of laughs. Written by Tim Ritter and directed by Yale Wilson, this 1986 film stars John Brace as Mike Strauber, a wealthy entrepreneur who realizes that his wife is cheating on him. His discovery of her infidelity also includes gratuitous nudity, which no great horror film could be without. Mike freaks out after seeing his wife banging another dude, and takes off in his gold sports car. Eventually he picks up a hitchhiker and heads to the nearest campsite. The hitchhiking whore begins hitting on him and suggests that they play a game of truth or dare. Unbeknownst to the whore, Mike had a traumatic childhood experience with truth or dare. Eventually, the game takes a sour turn when she uses a corkscrew to pluck out her eye while he cuts his finger off. Later, a dorky camp ranger obsessed with putting out late night fires stumbles upon an absolutely insane Mike. Crazy Ass Mike then gets placed in a mental hospital. Thirteen months later, Mike is released from the hospital due to overcrowding. As soon as he’s free, Mike determines that he must kill his wife and the dude she was banging. He succeeds with the boyfriend, but he fails to kill his wife and lands back in the mental hospital. Now we get to the best scene of the movie. You have Mike Strauber and two other dudes in a padded room. They begin a friendly game of truth or dare when Mike dares one guy to cut his hand off with a knife seemingly pulled from nowhere. The old man complies and hacks off his hand. With a miraculously appearing grenade in hand, Mike turns to the other guy and says, “I dare you to put this in your mouth and blow your head off.” The second dude then pulls the pin and places the grenade in his mouth. Then, Mike turns to the old man and says, “I thought I told you to cut your leg off. Now cut your leg off.” The old man, minus one hand, then starts carving into his thigh, all the while shouting, “When is it going to be your turn? When is it your turn?” Shortly after the second guy’s head explodes, Mike begins peeling his face off. After fashioning a crude copper mask for himself, Mike escapes from the hospital again with desires of killing his wife. With two of the worst actors portraying the typical hard-ass superior and bumbling detective hot on his trail, Mike goes on a murderous rampage that includes the following: a drive-by chainsawing of a young boy; running over a baby in a stroller and then giving the mother a little reverse action with a blood-splattering peel out; and gunning down three elderly people sitting on a park bench. Like I said, this is a great movie. Oh yeah, there’s also an earlier scene where the bumbling detective sets fire to a shed and burns the town drunk to death thinking he’d killed Strauber. Naturally, he suffers no consequences for torching an innocent man simply sleeping in a shed. The music, special effects, and acting are the worst for any non-porn movie I’ve ever seen. However, the insane murders and ridiculous dialogue make it freaking hilarious. I rank this movie as the number one best bad movie ever made. Of course, Jack Frost and its sequel are second and third respectively. Anyone who wants a taped copy can inquire via correspondence with thephenomenon@paperbagreview.com. |
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