DR. CHOPPER

Nick, a boy who recently lost his mother, inherits a cabin in the mountains at Totonka Lake. Strange rumors circulate about that place, the scene of frequent disappearances of people: it is said that the forest is inhabited by Dr. Chopper, a deranged former cosmetic surgeon with a passion for large motorcycles, and his three wives – assistants. Nick decides to go spend a weekend with his girlfriend and his friends at Totonka Lake, but they will discover for themselves that Dr. Chopper's story is not just a legend. For the series "The worst never ends," "Dr. Chopper" arrives directly on the shelves of video stores, another abominable direct-to-video, boring, predictable, and poorly made. The story is as predictable as it could be, drawing elements from the "Friday the 13th" saga (pastoral landscape on the shores of a lake; group of teenagers victims of the killer of the moment); "Dr. Giggles" (the crazy doctor); and even "That house next to the cemetery" (the need for other people's anatomical parts for regeneration). If the prologue could give hope to splatter lovers (the film opens with a bloody double operation), for the rest of the film not a drop of blood flows. The makeup effects are ridiculous: the wounds on the actors' faces are fake and it is noticeable from a mile away that they are simple prosthetics glued with glue. Dr. Chopper himself, an old man in a motorcyclist's suit, played by Ed Brigadier, in addition to being one of the most unlikely and ridiculous villains ever to appear in a horror film, is also poorly made up. If we add a less than school-like direction, by the unknown Lewis Shoenbrun, a ridiculous screenplay, anonymous music, and soap opera actors (including the very fake ranger with existential problems), the dish is served; poorly seasoned and indigestible like few! To be avoided like a tropical fever.