Ah man, remember those great old days when the FBI was convinced Juggalos were a gang - which was no fun for them - and we weren't worried about people standing back and standing by?
Look, if you don't know the Insane Clown Posse, well...hmm. Where to begin?
Originally known as JJ Boyz and Inner City Posse, the group that would someday become known as ICP introduced supernatural lyrics to create what some call horrorcore. Their albums have all been concept in nature, telling the story of the Dark Carnival, a limbo beyond our reality where lives are judged. The Joker's Cards that emerge are the albums of the band, designed to change the evil ways of the band's listeners. Beyond just being a band, they're a licensing juggernaut, even creating their own wrestling promotion and an annual event called the Gathering of the Juggalos.
So why not movies?
Here's the thing - for a movie made by a rap group that dresses as evil clowns, I was totally expecting this movie to be horrible. And the truth is, I laughed out loud several times and was kind of awed home much it took from classic cartoons. Sure, it's filthy as it gets, but there are moments of literal sidesplitting silliness.
Sheriff Sugar Wolf (ICP member Shaggy 2 Dope) has returned to Mudbug, the town of his birth, to find it in the grip of Big Baby Chips (ICP member Violent J) and his gang, which includes Raw Stank and Dusty Poot, who are played by Jamie Madrox and Monoxide of the band Twiztid. These evildoers have already killed Wolf's father (Ron Jeremy) and brothers. Now, they sent assassins after our hero.
Then, amazingly, the movie takes a page out of Django, with Wolf's hand being damaged - trust me, Franco Nero never had a gigantic cartoony hole in his hand that he looks through - and must learn all over again how to fight.
This film has plenty of actual actors in it, like Jason Mewes, Brigitte Nielsen, Jimmie Walker and Tom Sizemore, along with pro wrestlers like Jimmy Hart, 2 Tuff Tony and Scott Hall.
Most of the characters in this film are the ancestors of the characters in Big Money Hustlas, another ICP film. They have said that at some point, a third movie - this time science fiction - would be made called Big Money Thru$ta$. I mean, one of the killers in this movie has laser beams for eyes.
I kind of love the idea that this movie is a spaghetti western that just so happens to have two characters that wear clown paint, which no one ever mentions throughout the entire film, along with plenty of moments of sheer anachronism.
This movie goes best with Faygo. Pour it directly over your head.
Look, if you don't know the Insane Clown Posse, well...hmm. Where to begin?
Originally known as JJ Boyz and Inner City Posse, the group that would someday become known as ICP introduced supernatural lyrics to create what some call horrorcore. Their albums have all been concept in nature, telling the story of the Dark Carnival, a limbo beyond our reality where lives are judged. The Joker's Cards that emerge are the albums of the band, designed to change the evil ways of the band's listeners. Beyond just being a band, they're a licensing juggernaut, even creating their own wrestling promotion and an annual event called the Gathering of the Juggalos.
So why not movies?
Here's the thing - for a movie made by a rap group that dresses as evil clowns, I was totally expecting this movie to be horrible. And the truth is, I laughed out loud several times and was kind of awed home much it took from classic cartoons. Sure, it's filthy as it gets, but there are moments of literal sidesplitting silliness.
Sheriff Sugar Wolf (ICP member Shaggy 2 Dope) has returned to Mudbug, the town of his birth, to find it in the grip of Big Baby Chips (ICP member Violent J) and his gang, which includes Raw Stank and Dusty Poot, who are played by Jamie Madrox and Monoxide of the band Twiztid. These evildoers have already killed Wolf's father (Ron Jeremy) and brothers. Now, they sent assassins after our hero.
Then, amazingly, the movie takes a page out of Django, with Wolf's hand being damaged - trust me, Franco Nero never had a gigantic cartoony hole in his hand that he looks through - and must learn all over again how to fight.
This film has plenty of actual actors in it, like Jason Mewes, Brigitte Nielsen, Jimmie Walker and Tom Sizemore, along with pro wrestlers like Jimmy Hart, 2 Tuff Tony and Scott Hall.
Most of the characters in this film are the ancestors of the characters in Big Money Hustlas, another ICP film. They have said that at some point, a third movie - this time science fiction - would be made called Big Money Thru$ta$. I mean, one of the killers in this movie has laser beams for eyes.
I kind of love the idea that this movie is a spaghetti western that just so happens to have two characters that wear clown paint, which no one ever mentions throughout the entire film, along with plenty of moments of sheer anachronism.
This movie goes best with Faygo. Pour it directly over your head.