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Townies

1999 · 80 min

A grimy, absurd shock-fest that feels like a fever dream of small-town weirdos, equal parts repellent and weirdly funny.

Directed by
Wayne A. Harold
Genres
Horror
Starring
Lori Scarlett, Toby Radloff
Tagline
Schlarb, Ohio...a small town overrun by misfits, freaks and weirdos!
Overview
Welcome to Schlarb, Ohio... a small county seat overrun by misfits, freaks and weirdos! Dickie is a lonely dumpster-driver who finds companionship in his latest dumpster discovery, a young woman's corpse! Pricey is a mute retarded girl with a lookalike baby-doll. When she loses her doll after an unsavory encounter with a mean cracker, she replaces it with the next best thing, her neighbor's young son! Meanwhile, the enigmatic Caduceus sets out to cleanse a nasty high school girl of her wicked ways! You'll also meet The Clapper, William, The Licker, Crazy Connie and other wild and wacky Townies in this Magnum Opus of CineTrash from cult filmmaker Wayne Alan Harold.

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Directed by
Wayne A. Harold
Genres
Horror
Starring
Lori Scarlett, Toby Radloff
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • madness
  • isolation
  • death
  • obsession
  • crime
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour6
Realism4
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Wayne A. Harold
Written by
Wayne A. Harold
Starring
Lori Scarlett, Toby Radloff
Runtime
80 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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