Llamageddon (2015) Review
An evil Llama with glowing red eyes terrorizes a farm.
Llamageddon, directed by Howie Dewin, is a low-budget 2015 film about an evil alien llama who terrorizes a group of young adults at a ranch. Make no mistake, this is a bad movie, an intentionally bad movie, but it is full of so many quirks and charms that I unironically loved it. I wasn’t even going into this movie expecting much; I just wanted to watch something stupid while under the influence and what I got was glorious. Would I have loved this as much if I wasn’t inebriated? Who knows, but I know I had a blast watching it.
Mel and her brother Floyd, a man who acts like a child until sex turns him into a man, go to stay at their grandparent's house after they are murdered. They are murdered under mysterious circumstances, but the audience knows the true culprit, an evil llama from outer space who shoots lasers from its eyes. These aren’t just lasers that incinerate or melt their victims, but lasers that make the victims explode like fireworks filled with gallons of blood. Mel decides to have a party at her dead grandparent’s house, and Floyd, the man child, isn’t thrilled with the idea. At the party are some stoners, Mel’s boyfriend Dan, and Mel’s ex Trent. Dan is the best of the bunch, with the magical ability to randomly change shirts from scene to scene. Trent also gets a memorable scene where he is sprayed with some green llama spit that begins transforming him into a llama. There are plenty of memorable kills, with people exploding from the killer llama rays to people suffering electrocution by the llama in a hot tub. The hot tub scene also features one of my favorite moments; two girls come in after the llama has electrocuted the victims already in the hot tub and proceed to step in, unaware, even though their friends are convulsing and dying from the electricity.
Llamageddon is so much fun! Not only does this film feature some of the most inept effects I have seen in a film, but it also features a cool animated opening that looks better than anything that was put in live-action. You can tell that the creators were having fun making a stupid film, the director is credited as Howie Dewin (an alias for sure), and that fun and enthusiasm infects the film with charm and hilarity. If you are looking for a bad movie to watch, I would highly recommend grabbing a few beers, maybe smoking a bowl, and throwing this on. It’s barely over an hour and a hell of a time!
Rating 5/5. I stand by this rating, now and forever!