Friday, April 19, 2013

Sloppy the Psychotic

All Mike wants to do is put greasepaint on his face, don a pair of big floppy shoes and make people laugh. When he is accused of inappropriately touching a child at a kids’ birthday party, though, Mike finds himself out of the only job he was really any good at. So he starts drinking and then he starts blacking out. He also starts waking up covered in blood, often with a dead body next to him. Instead of getting freaked out, though, Mike starts to enjoy getting drunk and seeing what his alter ego, Sloppy the Clown, will do next. Directed and co-written by Mike O'Mahony, who also plays Sloppy, this low budget film may not be the most stylish horror movie you’ve ever seen but there’s a raw energy to it that helps the material rise above the minimal production value. O’Mahony does a pretty good job of making Sloppy psychotically entertaining.

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