It's impossible to describe how bad this low budget film is by just using words. It plays like a rerun of "Boys in the Hall" or a very poorly rated skit on "Saturday Night Live". It's a truly, certified waste of time and pixels! Might have been better as a 20 minute short on social media!
You're Killing Me
2015
Action / Comedy / Crime / Horror / Romance
You're Killing Me
2015
Action / Comedy / Crime / Horror / Romance
Plot summary
Joe just told his boyfriend, George, that he is a serial killer. George thinks that his boyfriend, Joe, is hilarious... and he just saw Patricia Arquette at Target!!! In the horror/comedy hybrid, 'You're Killing Me', we take a look at the life and death consequences of dating in the age of incessant chatter. Joe and George meet just as Joe is coming out to himself as someone who loves to kill. George, on the other hand, can't decide which wig to wear for his next YouTube video. As George's friends start disappearing, one by one, he must face the undeniable fact that Gretchen might not be coming back with crushed ice for his party #YouDontNeedIceForChardonnay.
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Words cannot describe how bad this is
Serial killing silliness...
Now this is just way too long.... Otherwise, it could have made for quite a fun story. "Joe" (Matthew McKelligan) has the ultimate in commitment issues - and when his boyfriend pushes to hard for sex, he discovers a penchant for ten things to do with the kitchen devil and some tarpaulin without spilling a drop... Then he meets gorgeous "George" - Jeffrey Self - and decides to eliminate anyone whom he thinks is going to get in the way or their idyllic happiness. Self is good and gels well with McKelligan, but the joke wears way too thin, too quickly and the last 20 minutes is just silly. It does raise the odd smile, but would have worked far better as a short film.
Films Like This Are Killing Me
I've seen many gay films throughout my life. I love films in general (my ratings page and lists page of films I own, I believe, proves that) and they're a part of the film family. I own some gay-centered films but mainly toward lesbianism. Now, one could conclude I'm a pervert and perhaps I am to some extent but that's not why I prefer lesbian films vs male gay films. Lesbian films, I find, are more sensual. I know this is a Comedy-Horror but you have the main character hooking up with guys and I didn't believe any of it. There was that one character who showed some kind of emotion in his car after his boyfriend broke up with him after a year long relationship but past him; where's the emotion? And what was up with the guy just standing there watching the main character kill him (the dude who just got dumped) and then he's seen and doesn't run or scream and just stands there to get killed? That was pathetic and unrealistic. That's what this film seemed to me: pathetic and unrealistic.
This was a fast-paced film, in my opinion. Not because of any action sequences or anything but because everyone seems to be talking a mile-a-minute (not actually saying anything with substance) and the scenes go by like candy. And what's up with all the people being stabbed and not making any reaction of going through any physical pain? I've been stabbed, it hurts like hell; I'm a tough guy and when it happened to me, I had a reaction. I didn't scream out in pain but I did have a reaction; there's no reaction here basically by anyone when they're being killed. First guy killed: no reaction. Guy in car being killed: only reacted when the main character was bludgeoning him with a wrench; being stabbed and having his intestines ripped out of his body: no reaction. Guy right after being hit in the head with wrench: just stands there with no reaction. Joe's mother had a reaction but the actress seemed as if she was overacting. Naked guy being stabbed over and over again: no reaction. His girlfriend has a reaction but is it from being stabbed or just the surprise of seeing her boyfriend dead and then the fact it was Joe who did it? I couldn't tell.
I did like the George scenes. He was humorous in a not so much humorous film. The dinner scene with Joe's parents was humorous (would've been better as a longer scene.) The most interesting scenes, for me, were the flashes and/or imaginings. Past that, it was a below-average film. The composition was okay but sometimes played in places unnecessarily. The acting wasn't horrible; seemed a bit plain throughout. The direction was okay, the script was blah most of the time. Overall: worth only a single watch; I'll forget it soon after. Well, that's the facts of life...