Spice, a form of synthetic marijuana, is deadly … a
killer. The story of just how deadly —
in more ways than one — the distribution of “designer” drugs are plays out in
Indican Pictures’ Feb. 4 DVD release of writer/director Chris Alonso’s Not for
Human Consumption.
Jay (Nick Thurston — Dawn of
the Planet of the Apes, First Person: A Film About Love) has
just done a three-year jolt for manslaughter and is now back in the real
world. Things begin to look up for him when
he is given an opportunity to have a piece of a lucrative Hookah Bar.
Meanwhile, his father, Tony (played by Michael
Rispoli — Kick-Ass, The Taking of Pelham 123, Invincible,
etc.), cautions him to avoid any trouble that might land him back in the
joint. Stay clean, stay sober … stay
straight.
It is good advice, but when Jay discovers a stoner
smoking incense in the club — because it gets you high — he hits upon a
money-making scheme that seems too good to be true.
They will make “Magic Flame,” but label this
synthetic marijuana blend as “not for human consumption” (wink wink … nod,
nod). It will be strictly for incense
burning, but of course it sells like hot cakes for illicit use and the money
comes rolling in.
Based on actual events, in Not for
Human Consumption it doesn’t take long for sinister
forces to zero in (muscle in) on Tony and his associates with deadly
results. His girlfriend, April (Maddy
Curley — Chalk It Up, Starting from Scratch),
has been kept in the dark about the danger … and his father’s advice of stay
clean, stay sober ... stay straight has been ignored. Jay’s options are not looking good!!
Also on the release calendar from Indican Pictures is
director Hank Leigh Hump’s terror in the woods thriller, 100 Acres
of Hell, which will making the
transition from its theatrical showcase run to the DVD marketplace on Jan. 28.
After opening at the New Jersey Horror Con and Film
Festival in March of last year, 100 Acres of Hell
proceeded to work the genre festival circuit pulling in wins (Hollywood South
Film Festival, New Jersey Horror Con and Film Festival, Philadelphia
Independent Film Festival … and more), great reviews and audience raves. Indican Pictures pulled off a major coup with
the acquisition of the domestic distribution rights, while studio powerhouse,
Liongate, only got the international markets.
For the record, a brief theatrical showcase yields
an ARR of 109 days.
At the center of the story is Buck Severs (played by
WWE superstar Gene Snisky — Bikini Girls vs. the Surf Wolf,
Morning Star, etc.), a professional wrestler
who has suffered a career-ending injury. His buddies want to get together for a weekend
of shooting, drinking and fooling around in the woods … this is not your traditional
“victim pool,” these guys are packing!!
We also get a traditional warning when Buck and his
buddies — Trent Masters (Jeff Swanton — By the
River Rye), Morgan Childs (Ernest
O’Donnell — Jay and Silent Bob Reboot, Gone for the Weekend) and
Bo McKeever (Jim Roof — Zombie Strippers!, House with 100
Eyes) — stop at a remote country store to stock
up … don’t go anywhere near Foggy Creek or the infamous Jeb Tucker (a prologue
shows us why this warning should be taken to heart) and his clan will hunt you
down and kill you!!!
So where do these good ole’ boys go. Come on, Foggy Creek of course! Game on!!
Also of note, Indican Pictures released on DVD this
past week director Barry Anderson’s The
Lumber Baron, a throwback family dynasty
story starring Joseph Bezenek as the wayward son who is suddenly thrown into
the center of the family’s lumber business when his father is murdered.
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