Truly Dreadful Film

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Two years ago a guy convinced me to finally watch the ridiculously titled movie 'Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter'. I was glad I finally watched it. (As an aside, it was supposed to be a freebie movie in some DVD review mag I was buying in 2001 or 2002, but my copy of the mag contained the US version of the DVD instead of the Canadian version and had a 'Species' DVD instead...grrr.) This 'movie' clocks in around 30 minutes and NEVER takes itself seriously. Bananas, robozombies, Mexican wrestler super spies (teaching youngsters how to wrestle on the beach), double crossing women, and fight scenes to ridiculous to believe...all make this a funny enjoyable flick.Don't expect 'The Matrix' style pizazz or effects. Don't expect Jackie Chan fight scenes. Just enjoy the low budget goodness that is Hairy Knuckles.

My biggest qualm about this movie is that it is just a 'short'. As it is, it qualifies as an eetsie-weetsie gem.'Harry Knuckles' is a kitchen sink comedy that alternates between parody and pastiche of various B-movie genres, such as kung fu flicks, zombie movies, and third-rate Bond wannabes.Throw in a fresh approach to banana jokes, and you've got a winner. Lee Demarbre directs, doing justice to an inventive script by Ian Driscoll.

Lee Demarbe does an amazing job writing and directing this cool film. It's hilarious through-out and joyfully disgusting. The irony and stupidity of the jokes are great. Harry Knuckles' charm will take Demarbe to the top of Hollywood.

It's horrible, absolutely horrible, and it's *supposed* to be. It's a rip-off of every bad Spanish, gangster, B, monster, kung-fu-fighting movie you've ever seen.It's hilarious, and it'll never, ever be in a video store near you. Too bad.