Rot (1999)

Director: Marcus Koch

Writer: Marcus Koch

Starring: Billy Scam, Tiffany Stinky, Joel D. Wynkoop, Melissa Stinky, Lyle Hagelthorne, Amy Farma, Tim Leavey, Walter Meseda, Dane Maddison, Fritz Faulhaher, Marge Andrews, Garland Hewlette, Eric Dillon, Frog, Jeff Naile, Dustin Adversary, Pig Nuts

More info: IMDb

Tagline: Sex, Drugs, Formaldehyde!

Plot: Sarah has a surprise and gruesome announcement for Muzzy... she has contracted a deadly virus called the ROT which she got by sexing a dead guy from the local funeral home, and now she has passed it along to Muzzy. Slowly the two of them begin to ROT alive, spreading the insidious, flesh-melting disease to friends and foes and any unfortunate individual that comes in contact with them. But Sarah and Muzzy's problems don't end there. The man responsible for their living death and the horrifying epidemic is Dr. Robert Olsen - a deranged scientist who used to work for the government's germ warfare research division. As the plague of rotting flesh accelerates out of control, the FBI and other secretive governmental agencies become involved, and things are about to get even messier.

My rating: 2/10

Will I watch it again?  No.

It doesn't help that this flick looks like it was filmed on a crappy VHS camcorder but that's probably precisely what the writer/director wanted.  Anything nicer wouldn't have made sense given the material.  It's amateurish.  The acting is bad in the way that you'd get your friends together to make a movie as an excuse to hang out and do something different.  Any gore or gross out scenes in this picture are all in the trailer so you only have to spend a minute to see the best of what this movie has to offer.  As far as looking filthy, this film excels in that area.  Loud, obnoxious punk rock songs are all through this and I didn't care for any of them.  There's not even any nudity.  Sigh.  Look, I digs me some homemade movies because every now and again I'll find one that's pretty good despite the no budget or low talent.  This one's not for me at all.  The Cult Movie Mania DVD presents the film in fullscreen.  The extras are plenty.  You get a new behind the scenes video (this must be an updated DVD) (25 min), the original behind the scenes video (16 min), 2 commentaries (one with Koch and Wynkoop and another with Koch and Scam), an interview with Koch (17 min), Rot Goriest Minute (4 min) and two fullscreen trailers - one for this film and for LOST FAITH.  I must have picked this up at a comic con or something and on the cheap.  The DVD is signed by Koch.