All About Evil (2010)

When a mousy librarian inherits her father's beloved old theater, she does her best to bring it back into the limelight -- at whatever the cost. Utilizing her love for horror and a legion of gorehound fans, she quickly amasses fame creating seemingly fake shorts that she plays before classic horror films; but what her fans don't know is that the shorts are all too real!

All About Evil is nothing but camp from beginning to end; from over the top acting to ridiculous deaths, the film pays homage to many directors and films of the genres and has fun while it does it.

The film actually seemed older to me in the beginning, what with the low budget appearance, but once you get into the meat of the film, all of that falls away under the absolutely charming characters and ridiculous story. It took an obvious reference for me to catch Cassandra Peterson (Elvira) because I'm so not used to seeing her play a straight character, but she does it well!

Thomas Dekker was easy to recognize, but played the teenage hero pretty much perfectly. However, all the awards go to Natasha Lyonne's "DebORah," the main character who goes from inhibited shut-in to classy psycho.

This is honestly a film for horror and indie fans -- the gore might be a little over the top for regular folks, and the campiness is something you'll either find hilarious or utterly irritating. For me, I was laughing every five minutes because of Noah Segan's digusting homeless killer character and I loved the addition of the Wednesday Addams-esque twins in Nikita and Jade Ramsey.

Watching this whole thing unfold is a treat, especially since there are just not enough good horror comedies out there. I fully endorse checking this film out, and if you have, well, it's time for a rewatch!