Laughing at the grotesque is a good way to deflect our psyches from the harsh reality of the fragility of our corporeal bodies. However, the disturbingly hilarious short film Help Wanted by Waylon Bacon is an entirely different kettle of fish. A fetid kettle of rotting, decomposing fish, that is.
While Bacon’s films, in general, have a terrific sense of humor about them, that humor does not come from the easy place of most other horror comedies. Help Wanted is a physically gross film, featuring rooms literally stacked with corpses, and Bacon shows us these horrifying sights in a desperately serious, deadpan tone. Yet, the overall context in which these visions are presented is so outrageously absurd that it’s nigh impossible not to laugh at them.
James (Justin Lamb) is a clean-cut, earnest young man interviewing for his first real job as an adult. After a quick sit-down with the sweaty,...
While Bacon’s films, in general, have a terrific sense of humor about them, that humor does not come from the easy place of most other horror comedies. Help Wanted is a physically gross film, featuring rooms literally stacked with corpses, and Bacon shows us these horrifying sights in a desperately serious, deadpan tone. Yet, the overall context in which these visions are presented is so outrageously absurd that it’s nigh impossible not to laugh at them.
James (Justin Lamb) is a clean-cut, earnest young man interviewing for his first real job as an adult. After a quick sit-down with the sweaty,...
- 11/10/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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