And if you like sophomoric and tasteless parodies as much as I do... then you will love this movie. The comedic timing is spot on, the majority of satire is stable, and some jokes are down right hilarious... the title is a laugh standing on its own! I can see how some people might not like the film, but they are people that you don't want to hang out with anyway. On the other hand, people who can have a good time and laugh with their friends will add their new, bi-monthly catch phrase "Sh*t Snakes" to their vernacular in no time. Coons is an amateur's armature: a low budget attempt at a feature length film, and I give the young filmmakers a lot of credit. We aren't talking Oscar winning here; we're talking about a well put together spoof on a horror film. This one kept me laughing throughout... do yourself the favor and get this one... you won't regret it. Chin chin!
13 Reviews
One of the most horrible amateur movies ever!
lastdays6910 July 2007
I saw this movie at Ohio University. I couldn't believe how horrible it was. It was dreadful. Put it this way: it's no different than watching a bunch of high school boys get drunk and make fart jokes. Not funny, not scary, not good. Waste of time! Don't even bother with this mindless adolescent trash. If you really have a desire to watch high school students act like children, then just go to the mall. It's unbelievable that the producers of this movie didn't realize how horrible this is, unless they were children. This sets a poor example for young boys, and most importantly, it is a slap in the face to filmmakers who actually take their work seriously. For a better satire, go watch Monty Python, Mel Brooks, or David Zucker. "Coons" isn't satire, or parody. It's like being in the center of a really bad party. This is not a movie!
so sophomoric! yes, but also so awesome!
Quinoa19849 May 2009
Travis Irvine is a director to watch out for. Not necessarily because he might hit it big with the next Hollywood mega-hit, but just because he can make a damn good Troma movie. By that I mean more than one usually expects. Usually, for example, movies released by Troma don't have stories that one can actually follow or care to follow, and the pacing sucks like a Mega-Maid vacuum. Irvine's approach, not too unlike that of Trey Parker with Cannibal: The Musical, is to be a good storyteller while *also* taking to task everything he can in the most childish ways imaginable. God, this movie is funny and fun as hell, even if it's main gimmick are raccoons who fling their own poop and can fire guns and communicate in similar immature talk like their human counterparts. I should also mention they're all taxidermed raccoons who are puppeted like Jim Henson Creature Shop drop-outs.
Cool, huh? It's about the town of Independence, in any-state USA, where Ty and his friends are settling in to party hard at a campground (and, you know, maybe Ty will lose his virginity, see what happens with the hot girls around). There's lots of Beer (name-brand "BEER") and plenty of bad-fake mustaches, and also a very real menace: raccoons prowling and attacking people any chance they get, with the people either dropping dead or becoming rabid themselves. A Hippie and a Muslim named Al-Jazeera try to combat it and get the kids and authorities involved, but to not much avail - that is until the raccoons take lots of names. And there's blood, and intestines, and puke, and feces, tons of everything, and did I mention cheesy fake blood and attacks that include raccoons that swing into action from vines from trees?
So yeah, you should know it's not Antonionni going in (then again maybe rabid raccoons were just what his career was missing), and that it's chock-full of what I've mentioned above. And there's a little more though, like actually really hilarious stuff, not just unintentionally funny, like a musical number done by the camp teens about fighting the Coons with the end of song and the reveal of who these guys are pointing their guns at to be a perfectly timed satirical gag that would make Spike Lee pee himself laughing and/or in anger (and until the end it's the only real racial humor used at the expense of the title).
The raccoons themselves are super-cheap, but it goes with everything else- the acting, the jokes, the fx, the beards and mustaches and stock footage of planes flying and well-timed fireworks. No stone is left unturned when it comes to being as stupid as they want to be, but the difference this time as opposed to cheaper and dumber Troma fare (i.e. Cornman) is that there is a good sense of pacing from the director, and for everything that's as cheesy as Wisconsin it's always a good yarn thats main limitations are with cost and talent. Mr. Irvine could go places - at the moment he's living' the dream of low-budget horror-comedy filmmakers everywhere. Go wranglers!
Cool, huh? It's about the town of Independence, in any-state USA, where Ty and his friends are settling in to party hard at a campground (and, you know, maybe Ty will lose his virginity, see what happens with the hot girls around). There's lots of Beer (name-brand "BEER") and plenty of bad-fake mustaches, and also a very real menace: raccoons prowling and attacking people any chance they get, with the people either dropping dead or becoming rabid themselves. A Hippie and a Muslim named Al-Jazeera try to combat it and get the kids and authorities involved, but to not much avail - that is until the raccoons take lots of names. And there's blood, and intestines, and puke, and feces, tons of everything, and did I mention cheesy fake blood and attacks that include raccoons that swing into action from vines from trees?
So yeah, you should know it's not Antonionni going in (then again maybe rabid raccoons were just what his career was missing), and that it's chock-full of what I've mentioned above. And there's a little more though, like actually really hilarious stuff, not just unintentionally funny, like a musical number done by the camp teens about fighting the Coons with the end of song and the reveal of who these guys are pointing their guns at to be a perfectly timed satirical gag that would make Spike Lee pee himself laughing and/or in anger (and until the end it's the only real racial humor used at the expense of the title).
The raccoons themselves are super-cheap, but it goes with everything else- the acting, the jokes, the fx, the beards and mustaches and stock footage of planes flying and well-timed fireworks. No stone is left unturned when it comes to being as stupid as they want to be, but the difference this time as opposed to cheaper and dumber Troma fare (i.e. Cornman) is that there is a good sense of pacing from the director, and for everything that's as cheesy as Wisconsin it's always a good yarn thats main limitations are with cost and talent. Mr. Irvine could go places - at the moment he's living' the dream of low-budget horror-comedy filmmakers everywhere. Go wranglers!
Good low-brow, low budget fun
ayxtgffmpcigxn22 June 2009
If you like low budget, genre mocking, self deprecating movies, I think you'll enjoy Coons! We saw it at a local screening and spent the rest of the day quoting it and laughing about favorite moments. For a group of people hanging out on a rainy afternoon, it was a great conversation starter. If you missed it, and this type of movie strikes your fancy, I encourage you to rent the DVD, pick up some beer and pizza, and have some friends over for a movie.
If the above does not apply to you, you will think the movie is terrible. But then, I thought Titanic was terrible some people saw it 10 times in the theater, so personal preference matters a lot. Enjoy!
I should add the preview for the director's next movie, about running for mayor of his home town, looks pretty entertaining.
If the above does not apply to you, you will think the movie is terrible. But then, I thought Titanic was terrible some people saw it 10 times in the theater, so personal preference matters a lot. Enjoy!
I should add the preview for the director's next movie, about running for mayor of his home town, looks pretty entertaining.
We will NOT be beaten by RACCOONS!
whammy66610 September 2008
This was some funny stuff. I watched it last night, and it is a hilarious horror spoof. It follows a group of dumb kids as they want to party, but rabid raccoons are killing them off! The raccoons look fake, although they are real, frozen raccoons I think I heard, but you can tell that they are not living. There is also a completely random music number, which is really, really funny. The special effects aren't great, but it adds to the humor, and the acting is awful, but again, it adds to the humor. A lot of college students dress up as old men by putting on Halloween wigs and bad mustaches. This movie is not for everyone, but if you want a so-bad-it's-good movie, this is a pretty good one. One of Troma's best newer releases!
Below sub-par comedy
farter_boy11 July 2007
The "filmmakers" have produced an awful film, but that's precisely the point. The high school actors seem to be winking at us,as if to say, "Yes, me in bad movie, and me proud of it."
This is a comedy in the tradition of "Date Move," "Epic Movie," and "Sleepover." Unfortunately, the director, Travis Irvine, fails to understand that true comedy works when it is taken seriously. That's why classic spoofs like "Airplane!" and "Cannibal! The Musical" work: because the actors act as if they are in a serious drama.
"Coons" was featured at the 2006 TromaDance. It was the worst film of the night. Perhaps the cast and crew had set low standards for themselves. One would guess, by the obvious lack of production value, that the only goal Irvine and his team had in mind was "Let's make a horrible movie!"
They certainly have succeeded. "Coons" is unfunny, and not only that, it lacks skill and professionalism. Even terrible comedies like "Epic Movie" at least aim for quality in cinematography and acting.
Take for instance the poor casting. Rather than casting professional, talented comedians, Irvine cast young men who look like high school students, dressed them up in wigs and costumes, and then made them recite raccoon jokes. It looks like the worst high school play you've ever seen.
But again, that was the point. "Coons" fails as a comedy but succeeds as one of the worst independent "films" ever produced. I'm sure Travis Irvine and his crew are out there somewhere, smiling as they read this, convinced that they have made the best bad film ever. Yes, indeed, they have.
This is a comedy in the tradition of "Date Move," "Epic Movie," and "Sleepover." Unfortunately, the director, Travis Irvine, fails to understand that true comedy works when it is taken seriously. That's why classic spoofs like "Airplane!" and "Cannibal! The Musical" work: because the actors act as if they are in a serious drama.
"Coons" was featured at the 2006 TromaDance. It was the worst film of the night. Perhaps the cast and crew had set low standards for themselves. One would guess, by the obvious lack of production value, that the only goal Irvine and his team had in mind was "Let's make a horrible movie!"
They certainly have succeeded. "Coons" is unfunny, and not only that, it lacks skill and professionalism. Even terrible comedies like "Epic Movie" at least aim for quality in cinematography and acting.
Take for instance the poor casting. Rather than casting professional, talented comedians, Irvine cast young men who look like high school students, dressed them up in wigs and costumes, and then made them recite raccoon jokes. It looks like the worst high school play you've ever seen.
But again, that was the point. "Coons" fails as a comedy but succeeds as one of the worst independent "films" ever produced. I'm sure Travis Irvine and his crew are out there somewhere, smiling as they read this, convinced that they have made the best bad film ever. Yes, indeed, they have.
Coons! worth the while.....
mquandt238 May 2006
This movie is one of those surefire flicks to strike the humor cord amongst the generation X crowd. Extremely well done for the budget it was given, the screenplay and directing I thought was well above average. A select few characters make the film, such as the "Shane" character, whom acts as a gay park ranger, steals the show. I thought some of the development of the characters could have been better, though the film did not lack substance and kept the viewer wondering what kind of crazy, wild antics would happen next. A perfect rent for those who crave the "Scary Movie" type of genre- I hope these guys get together again in the near future to follow up Coons!
"Oh My God! It's Eating My Brain!"...
azathothpwiggins18 August 2020
COONS! NIGHT OF THE BANDITS OF THE NIGHT takes us deep into the dark underbrush, revealing the terrible truth about the suspiciously-masked critters of the title. These furry freaks have begun to attack and devour their human neighbors. Now, mankind must fight for the survival of the species.
Enter Ranger Rick Danger (Brian Kamerer), and a host of colorful characters including: A hippie, hillbillies, Jeezuz-hugging bible boys, and a rock band. How they will be of any use in the aforementioned struggle is anyone's guess.
This micro-budget horror / comedy makes up for its total lack of funding with a barrage of idiot humor. Just wait until you see the raccoon / human hybrid zombies!
Recommended for lovers of the blissfully moronic...
Enter Ranger Rick Danger (Brian Kamerer), and a host of colorful characters including: A hippie, hillbillies, Jeezuz-hugging bible boys, and a rock band. How they will be of any use in the aforementioned struggle is anyone's guess.
This micro-budget horror / comedy makes up for its total lack of funding with a barrage of idiot humor. Just wait until you see the raccoon / human hybrid zombies!
Recommended for lovers of the blissfully moronic...
Funny
xander349 April 2006
Coons! was probably the best thing about the 2006 Tartan Road Film Festival in Boca Raton. I just walked into the screening of this thinking it was going to be another annoying high school short film. While realizing that the high school films were an hour later, I decided to sit this one out. Every single person in this small screening was laughing at every other line in the movie, and the ridiculous raccoons just added to it. Hopefully this movie finds an audience with some good word of mouth, as it was hilarious, shot well, and acted perfectly for the type of movie it was. I didn't stay around for the awards, but it would be a huge mistake if this movie didn't win. Keep submitting this to more festivals guys.
One of the worst "movies" I've ever seen!
themovie_watcher29 August 2007
I thought maybe this would be a funny movie, but about 10 minutes into it I realized that I was dead wrong. I wanted very badly to leave the theater in which this dreadful movie was playing, but I was sitting in the center and didn't want to appear to be rude. I just felt like it was a waste of everyone's time, and afterwards discovered that other audience members seemed to agree. "Coons" is supposed to be a comedy, but it's really more like some kids playing pretend and wishing that they were funny. This movie got a lot of local press because it was made by some teenagers -- quite an embarrassment when everyone realized that they had made a big deal over an amateur high school movie! The kids who made this movie need to attend film school, because they just don't get how to do it right. They want to be like Monty Python but all they're doing is making Monty Python look like Shakespeare. Anyway, don't bother with this.
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sparvar22 October 2006
I must admit this is the first 'amateur' film I have seen but it is anything but. Absolutely brilliant, the film flew past and I enjoyed every minute of it. The one thing about this production is the little details, all of the extras they included to beef up the script which made it so much funnier - and some of the 'inappropriate' jokes were brilliant, had me laughing through out I am genuine impressed and can't wait for their next production!
I am sure they have a good career ahead of them. An earlier comment mentioned the originators of South Park and I know it's a real cliché but I do agree totally and understand where they're coming from.
Keep up the good work!
I am sure they have a good career ahead of them. An earlier comment mentioned the originators of South Park and I know it's a real cliché but I do agree totally and understand where they're coming from.
Keep up the good work!
Funny!
RebelBreeze23 April 2007
Loved every minute of this totally dumb movie!! Very much in the same vein as Reno911 !!....Loved the gay park ranger!! While the movie was a typical same budget, indie type film it should have a huge following amongst younger crowds of people! If you just want a laugh and are not looking for a deeper meaning to life, then this will satisfy! The premise is alittle hookie, but they film remains true to its basic storyline throughout! The actors were easy to understand and the emotions were hysterical! All filmmakers have to start somewhere and I think this should prove an excellent starting point for this young filmmaker! At least I hope so!Hope the same cast returns for the sequel!
Excellent Comedy
lanceslanier19 July 2017
This movie and these guys were just way too cute. It's truly worth the watch. They definitely added little touches which made this movie their own. On top of it all it was intelligent and tastefully done. They left nothing to the imagination. In the same fashion as South Park, Family Guy and the Simpson's, it was superb!!
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