While Richard Donner's The Goonies is a childhood favorite for many, that didn't stop it from getting a hilariously dark Easter egg featured in Bloody Hell. This action horror-comedy flick includes an abundance of jokes, both self-deprecating and circumstantial. As the main character Rex (Ben O'Toole) hangs from the rafters in a Finnish basement, he is faced with a disturbing Fratelli-esque family and just like that criminal clan from The Goonies, Bloody Hell has its own version of Sloth named Pati.
Director Alister Grierson crafted Bloody Hell into a fun action horror comedy movie populated with unique characters. After Rex stops a bank robbery, his own conscience shows up in the physical realm - who also looks like Rex - to guide him on his adventures. When he's preparing to leave jail, fate pulls Rex in the direction of Finland where he will become a victim of a twisted family who lives to feed their son Pati. While Rex fights for his life, it is revealed Pati craves human flesh and relies on his family to get it. They actively hunt fresh meat for him, especially the devoted and ditzy brother duo of Gael and Gideon, both portrayed by Travis Jeffery.
Gael and Gideon's roles in the story almost directly mirror Jake (Robert Davi) and Francis Fratelli (Joe Pantoliano) and their mother treats them similarly to the matriarch of The Goonies' crime family, Mama Fratelli (Anne Ramsey). While the original Sloth doesn't crave human flesh - thankfully - Bloody Hell creates their own cannibalistic version with Pati and, in turn, crafts a hilariously gory Finnish Fratelli family.
Bloody Hell is unlike any other horror-comedy on the market, and it merges a John Wick action hero with a horrifying Hostel setting. However, that doesn't stop it from having some fun by perverting a childhood classic like The Goonies. Shortly after Rex takes down the Finnish family, Pati comes barging down the stairs to reveal his Sloth-like appearance. While the 1985 movie made him into something of a superhero as he yelled "Hey you guys," Pati poses a major threat to Rex and Alia (Meg Fraser) as they try to flee the house with all their limbs intact.
While The Goonies is more overt in its comic tone, Bloody Hell utilizes subtly to enhance its own hilarity. It is fair to say the similarities between the Fratellis to the Finnish family are enough to add an immense amount of comedy in itself to the action and horror that takes place. Bloody Hell offers a hilariously perverse take on The Goonies' Fratelli family while adding to its own horrors with the idea that, if Sloth were a cannibal, it would make Pati a contender for being his cinematic twin.
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February 08, 2021 at 04:55AM
