Indican Pictures has tabbed May 21 as the DVD debut
date for Benjamin Ironside Koppin’s Made Me
Do It.
Fans of genre films — especially crazed serial killer/slasher tales
— who were unable to catch the film during its limited theatrical run, can
take time out to enjoy a marvelously spun tale of crazy at work!
The transition to the home entertainment arena
yields an ARR of just 39 days.
Thomas Berkson (Kyle Van Vorderen) has a
problem. His entire life has been one
of abuse and belittlement … the message, to him, which comes through loud and
clear, is that you are WORTHLESS!!! Now
it the time has arrived for him to do something about it!!
We are introduced to the “worthless” Thomas while
still a patient at the Saint Paul Psychiatric Hospital. His beloved aunt, Sharon (Elain Rinehart),
raised him, tormented him, home-schooled him and fed him a diet of garbage
(nothing healthy) and, sad to say, drove him crazy. If the truth were to be known, he may have
had a genetic head start, but his aunt made certain that the worst of Thomas
would someday surface.
What makes him especially creepy is that he likes to
draw faces on paper plates and then, with whatever is handy, tape them in a
crude sort of way to his face. At first
glance you can’t but think that he’s a pathetic loser, with some problems of
course. But this bargain basement
“Michael Myers” should not be — at your own peril — underestimated … he’s a
deranged killer through and through.
While Thomas is busy killing off his therapist,
escaping the happy farm and going on a murderous rampage, the action shifts to
sister and brother Ali (Anna B. Shaffer) and Nick Hooper (Jason Gregory London),
who are home alone and clearly future helpless victims … or maybe not.
Filmmaker Benjamin Ironside Koppin does a marvelous
job of establishing the character of Thomas, a creepy serial killer with a
Michael Myers mask fetish and then throws in some red meat in the form of a
Jamie Lee Curtis-like victim who proves to be a lot more resourceful than one
would expect.
Made Me Do It is a
nice indie twist on the slasher theme and well worth a look-see come May 21.
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