From the director of Yoga Hosers and Cop Out comes this physique horror movie a few man who turns his visitor into a human walrus. Its Tusk, and it stars Justin Long as Wallace Bryton, a podcaster who's kidnapped by a cannibalistic Canadian walrus-obsessed nutcase.

Its a wierd turn for the Clerks and Red State director, whos extra accustomed to comedy, however this is an intriguing thought that would have been pulled off with some fantastic casting, some sharp path and a few better writing. Instead, we now have a giant number of a movie thats neither funny nor horrifying.

Tusk was conceived as a joke on Smiths Smodcast podcast, where he requested his followers to tweet #yeswalrus or #nowalrus and allow them to know whether or not he should develop the story into a full-blown movie. His fans responded in overwhelming numbers for him to go forward and do it, so he did, with one major caveat: he would only direct the film if he might star in it as properly. So he did, with Haley Joel Osment and Genesis Rodriguez joining him on this story of madness and mayhem.

The movie facilities on Wallace, a podcaster who travels around interviewing people and looking out out characters with fascinating stories to inform. On considered one of his excursions, he finds Howard Howe, who claims to have some fascinating sea and walrus-related adventures to share. Intrigued, Wallace flies up to Canada to meet him. But baan series doesnt simply have some fascinating tales to tell; he additionally has some other things in thoughts for his new host.

From there, the film becomes a horror story a couple of man who gets turned into a walrus. Its a weird, twisted tale that mixes elements of horror and humor and could be very very related to The Human Centipede minus the coprophagia. Its additionally fairly gory, with loads of blood and grotesque imagery.

The greatest a half of Tusk is its cast, particularly Michael Parks, who was the standout in Smiths different 2014 misfire, Red State. Hes just as good right here, taking part in an unbearable prick with the type of flamboyance that makes him a pleasure to observe. His preliminary scenes with Long are the spotlight of the film.

Unfortunately, as quickly as the film moves into the horror genre, it loses steam and feels like a gross-out gag. There are laughs to be had, however most of them come from the audience laughing at how bad all of it is. The movie shifts uncomfortably between horror and comedy, however its never clear which method the filmmakers meant to go along with this one..