Taeter City

Director - Giulio De Santi (Hotel Inferno)
Starring - Monica Munoz (Adam Chaplin), Riccardo Valentini (Hotel Inferno), and Santiago Ortaez (Adam Chaplin)
Release Date - 2012
Genre - Horror/Sci-Fi
Tagline - "Take a tour in the city of cannibal dictatorship"
Format - DVD (Personal Collection)

Rating (out of 5):

     There is always going to be a film that comes along and completely changes the game.  I'm not saying that these films will revolutionize the genre but they do bring about awareness forcing other directors to step up their games (and stop giving us shit). A few years back the Italian production company, Necrostorm, released the film Adam Chaplin.  The film was a blood soaked joyride that I loved from beginning to end.  They followed Adam Chaplin up with the horror/sci-fi hybrid Taeter City.  I loved AC but for some reason I never got the urge to order Taeter City until Necrostorm released their newest effort Hotel Inferno.  I ordered them both and after waiting forever I received them in the mail.

     The film is set in the futuristic city of Taeter City.  The city went through a "crisis" and a political figure known only as The Authority came in to save the day.  Now the Authority rules Taeter City with an iron fist resulting in a dictatorship.  The Authority is able to keep everyone in check by using technology known as the Zeed System.  The Zeed System targets murderers and serial killers and forces them to kill themselves instead of others.  They then use the corpse of the murderers as food at Taeter Burger.  However, the Zeed System backfires and mutates serial killer Trevor Covalsky (Giulio De Santi).  Trevor is able to use his vocal waves to kill people which he uses to build up his body count.  The Authority send in their version of a police officer, Bikers, to bring in Trevor but it looks like they bit off more than they can chew.

     What I liked the most about Adam Chaplin was that it did not try to scare the viewer.  No, not even once.  Instead, AC decided to try and make the audience throw up.  The film pumped more blood and gore than it did storyline and I fucking loved it.  Taeter City is very similar to Adam Chaplin in that aspect.  In fact, I believe Taeter City offers up just a little more blood and gore than AC did.  The acting in this one is the on the same level as AC.  The characters are over-dramatic and the dubbing is silly, however, that is half the charm these films have.  The story in this one is really fun and gruesome.  The film does have a lot of originality while paying tribute to the futuristic films of the 80s and 90s.  Finally, those looking for a film covered in blood, guts, and brain matter will find what they are looking for here.  The film has amazing practical and visual effects.  This film honestly rivals any film known for their great special effects and this is something I will argue with you for days about.  The film also offers up some great animation which was surprising considering I thought the film would be a straight forward gorefest.  Overall, Taeter City is an amazing film filled with everything vile that makes horror films enjoyable.  This movie honestly makes me excited for the future of horror...and it starts with this one.