Sunday, October 1, 2023

Third Saturday in October: Part V (2022)

It’s time for the annual football rivalry, which unfortunately in this town is also when Jack Harding comes back from the dead and murders people.  PJ’s parents are excited about the big game. Unfortunately for them, Jack dispatches them right after Maggie picks up PJ to spend the night at her place.

PJ wants to go to dinner at Catfish Cabin, but Maggie has plans to go to Peter’s to watch the game. Peter is a douche who is planning on hooking up with two of the girls at the small gathering. The surprise guests for the night are PJ and wheelchair bound Lester’s physical therapist Neil.

When everyone arrives, there’s various drama about Peter being a jerk, George’s ex not knowing he is interested in her friend Maggie, and there being no food to eat.  Maggie takes PJ and a friend to Catfish Cabin and Sharon picks up a pizza, which is cold by the time she’s back.

At this point Jack is in the house and killing people. Peter can’t warn anyone because he’s missing some toes and the girls tried him up after they were told what he was planning.  When Sharon decides to reheat the pizza, she takes individual pieces and places them directly on the rack, which is going to make a real mess as the cheese melts.  But Jack is more concerned about slapping hot pizza on her face and Sylvia Plath-ing her into the oven.  

This movie is made as if it’s part of a lost franchise where only part one and five have survived.  It is supposed to have been made in the 90s but you wouldn’t know that other than there are no cell phones. The hairstyles and clothing aren’t specific to that decade and neither is the decor.  When I looked at info on the filmed, it said to watch this one before part one. I’m not sure why since the other one is the killers origin story. It doesn’t seem to matter since the only constants are Catfish Cabin and Glamourpuss.  I watched this movie first and had no idea why PJ was talking to a painting of a cat that they called Glamourpuss. I still don't but part one has a news report on how the cat is twenty seven years old.

This is supposed to be horror comedy but it’s not really funny.  The only part that made me laugh was when one of the characters was mad at Peter stating, “Who doesn’t have a bathroom downstairs? Just like fucking Peter to put his bathroom upstairs,” as if Peter had commissioned the building of the house.


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