Die Schmuddelkinder (1987)
46KDie Schmuddelkinder: Directed by Rod Amateau. With Phil Fondacaro, Anthony Newley, Mackenzie Astin, Katie Barberi. Dodger must confront the struggles of life as he is visited by the Garbage Pail Kids and intimidated by some older bullies.
“Everyone involved in the making of this movie, from the coke-vacuuming, muckraking scum who financed it to the gafferu0026#39;s newest apprentice, is going directly to hell.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis isnu0026#39;t just a bad movie. Itu0026#39;s a psychotic, surreal journey into the realm of the profoundly grotesque. The Garbage Pail Kids themselves are terrible in their deformity, with exaggerated facial features and apparent elephantitis of the cranium making them hurtful to witness. Poorly-done animatronics make them all appear as if their facial muscles have been injected with lidocaine. They have a collective IQ of approximately 58.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s not pleasant to watch. Itu0026#39;s not funny, itu0026#39;s not kitschy, itu0026#39;s not camp. The dialogue is pat and smarmy, the characters stupid and forgettable, and the whole slimy mess reeks of greedy bastards trying to make a fistful of money on the flavor of the week. TGPKM is another example of how depressingly low the common denominator really is…and this was BEFORE the reality TV craze.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIt hurts.”
