Day 8 of my Halloween Film Fest. It has been real fun re-visiting these films this past week and this one is no exception. I have always been a huge fan of Mike Myers from SNL but when this film came out back on the 30th of July 1993, I will never forget it. This Horror Comedy classic was a sleeper hit and wasn't what I expected.
It really felt like a normal romantic comedy until the last 25 minutes of the film. It then turned so dark, so quickly, and it was so much fun to finally find out the "real" story.
Mike Myers plays a free-lance San Francisco poet who meets a quirky butcher played by the wonderful Nancy Travis when coming into her shop to get some haggis for his mother for family dinner. The rest I will leave for you. With a great supporting cast including Mike Myers doubling as his father, the wonderful Brenda Fricker, Amanda Plummer, Anthony LaPaglia, and great cameo's by the late-great Phil Hartman, Charles Grodin and Steven Wright.
This Horror Comedy defies all conventions of the genre, mixes in romantic comedy elements, and gives you a quirky and goofball movie going experience. It was so much fun to watch again. Do yourself a favor and watch this one!
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