I have been corresponding with a nice young man in Italy who is obsessed with bad films. He suggested I see this movie...so I can only assume it's awful. While it is pretty bad, I was not convinced the movie was 100% awful...just about 94%....not that is a glowing endorsement of this bad film. The acting is bad, the writing is bad and the film is just....well...bad.
Despite the title, "The Silence of the Hams", this movie is NOT a parody of "The Silence of the Lambs" but instead makes fun of many films. It especially focuses on "Psycho"...so the title is confusing.
The director of this terrible picture, oddly, is also the narrator and one of the main characters. I say oddly not because he's in the film so much (heck, Mel Brooks, for example, does the same) but because his accent is so heavy and his acting so bad. I can only assume he did it because of ego or perhaps no one with talent was willing to do the part or perhaps they ran out of money and it was a cost savings measure.
The film has no real plot to speak of. Instead, it's a lightning fast parody of a wide variety of thriller films and is similar in style to brainless films like "Disaster Movie" and "Epic Movie". However, while the style is similar there is one difference....a few of the jokes in "Silence of the Hams" actually made me chuckle whereas none of the jokes in these other two movies ever made me crack a smile! Now again, I am NOT saying "Silence of the Hams" is good....almost all the jokes fail miserably, they are often crude and brainless and the movie is a chore to finish. But, as it occasionally doesn't completely suck, I'm giving it a well earned 2 and can understand how it narrowly missed being on IMDB's infamous Bottom 100 list.
Despite the title, "The Silence of the Hams", this movie is NOT a parody of "The Silence of the Lambs" but instead makes fun of many films. It especially focuses on "Psycho"...so the title is confusing.
The director of this terrible picture, oddly, is also the narrator and one of the main characters. I say oddly not because he's in the film so much (heck, Mel Brooks, for example, does the same) but because his accent is so heavy and his acting so bad. I can only assume he did it because of ego or perhaps no one with talent was willing to do the part or perhaps they ran out of money and it was a cost savings measure.
The film has no real plot to speak of. Instead, it's a lightning fast parody of a wide variety of thriller films and is similar in style to brainless films like "Disaster Movie" and "Epic Movie". However, while the style is similar there is one difference....a few of the jokes in "Silence of the Hams" actually made me chuckle whereas none of the jokes in these other two movies ever made me crack a smile! Now again, I am NOT saying "Silence of the Hams" is good....almost all the jokes fail miserably, they are often crude and brainless and the movie is a chore to finish. But, as it occasionally doesn't completely suck, I'm giving it a well earned 2 and can understand how it narrowly missed being on IMDB's infamous Bottom 100 list.