The Garbage Soil Kids Movie

Scream Factory does us the honor of unleashing “The Garbage Pail Kids Movie” on anyone brave enough to indulge in it. The gross-out fest from the golden age of the 1980s was directed by Rod Amateau and stars no one besides Mackenzie Astin and Anthony Newley anyone will remember. I have a hard time even using the phrase “written by” when referring to Melinda Palmer and Amateau, which both had a hand in bringing this atrocity to the big screen.

Urchins Windy Winston, Foul Phil and Messy Tessie help a shopkeeper's (Anthony Newley) helper (Mackenzie Astin) woo a fashion designer (Katie Barberi). That’s it. That’s all I can do to explain the plot (?) of “The Garbage Pail Kids Movie.”

“The Garbage Pail Kids Movie” doesn’t have a single redeeming
Their mouths sort of move up and down like old felt puppets from the 1960s. Body movement is reduced to the actors lurking about like a child with too many coats and clothing on. The whole movie is just one giant awkward mess unspooling before you.

“The Garbage Pail Kids Movie” is rated PG for crude humor, mild language, and violence. By today’s standards, it’s all rather tame. A few key scenes included scantily clad women at a fashion show. There’s a couple light sexual innuendos here and there, but nothing too shocking.

If you want a sneak peek behind the scenes at the people who brought this cinematic calamity to life, Scream Factory unloads a few special features. There are new interviews with Actors Mackenzie Astin, Arturo Gil and Kevin Thompson, Makeup Effects Creator John Carl Buechler, Makeup Effects Artist Gino Crognale, and First Assistant Director Thomas A. Irvine. A theatrical trailer is included as well.

I can’t think of a better time to use the saying, “Some things you can never unsee” than when warning viewers of the dangers in watching “The Garbage Pail Kids Movie.” I won’t even suggest it as a good way to waste a couple hours on a Sunday afternoon. There are so many other bad movies you could watch that are somehow