Unsettling. Sickening. Revolting. And that’s just to describe the make-up used on an actor in the first scene! Help Wanted is another thoroughly demented short film by master of the macabre, Waylon Bacon. James (Justin Lamb) is a fresh faced young kid looking to land a good job. Unfortunately, he interviews to work in the most vile warehouse on Earth. Yes, Help Wanted is creepy, gross and ghoulish — but it’s also absolutely hilarious.
This is Bacon’s most epic undertaking yet, in terms of scope, concept and execution. In his previous, shorter films such as Poster Boy and My Worst Nightmare, he’s always been great at combining the grotesque and absurd, then presenting those elements in an uncomfortable, deadpan style to create extremely original, humorous visions.
But, it’s nice to see the filmmaker push himself to see if that vision can sustain a much more complex scenario,...
This is Bacon’s most epic undertaking yet, in terms of scope, concept and execution. In his previous, shorter films such as Poster Boy and My Worst Nightmare, he’s always been great at combining the grotesque and absurd, then presenting those elements in an uncomfortable, deadpan style to create extremely original, humorous visions.
But, it’s nice to see the filmmaker push himself to see if that vision can sustain a much more complex scenario,...
- 5/25/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Laughing at the grotesque is a good way to deflect our psyches from the harsh reality of the fragility of our corporeal bodies. However, the disturbingly hilarious short film Help Wanted by Waylon Bacon is an entirely different kettle of fish. A fetid kettle of rotting, decomposing fish, that is.
While Bacon’s films, in general, have a terrific sense of humor about them, that humor does not come from the easy place of most other horror comedies. Help Wanted is a physically gross film, featuring rooms literally stacked with corpses, and Bacon shows us these horrifying sights in a desperately serious, deadpan tone. Yet, the overall context in which these visions are presented is so outrageously absurd that it’s nigh impossible not to laugh at them.
James (Justin Lamb) is a clean-cut, earnest young man interviewing for his first real job as an adult. After a quick sit-down with the sweaty,...
While Bacon’s films, in general, have a terrific sense of humor about them, that humor does not come from the easy place of most other horror comedies. Help Wanted is a physically gross film, featuring rooms literally stacked with corpses, and Bacon shows us these horrifying sights in a desperately serious, deadpan tone. Yet, the overall context in which these visions are presented is so outrageously absurd that it’s nigh impossible not to laugh at them.
James (Justin Lamb) is a clean-cut, earnest young man interviewing for his first real job as an adult. After a quick sit-down with the sweaty,...
- 11/10/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
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