Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust is set at Cheatum Studios where they are filming Tiny Terror's 9, lunch-woman Polly (Michelle Bauer) arrives with a box full of food for the crew including the Gingerdead Man who is in the box for some reason. The Gingerdead Man wants to transfer his soul into a human body & needs to sacrifice six people to do so, with lots of actor's & crew around there's no shortage of potential victims. Meanwhile terminally ill Tommy (Joseph Hines) is on a guided tour of the studio who himself is in fact a failed screenwriter & wants revenge for all the bad films Cheatum Studios have made...
Directed by Silvia St. Croix this is less a sequel to the comedy horror film The Gingerdead Man (2005) & more of a send-up of the goings-on on the set of a low budget horror film which you get the distinct idea is a fictional account of the real-life struggles & experiences of Charles Band & his numerous production companies & attempt to get low budget horror films made. In that regard Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust is quite fun for it's first half as all sorts of behind the scenes mishaps & incidents happens with respected actor's lied about the content of the film they have been talked into appearing in, directors who read the paper during takes & as long as the shot is in focus he thinks it's great which includes a cameo from low budget film director David DeCoteau to a rather bitter speech about how internet reviewers kill the films the studio makes which is an obvious dig at numerous sites who trash these sorts of films & I think it's a little unfair since no-one goes into a film wanting not to like it & it can work both ways, for instance look what the internet did for The Blair Witch Project (1999)? To be honest the internet is good since hopefully it forces people like Charles Band to make better films which surely is what everyone wants. The Gingerdead Man character himself plays second fiddle to the low budget film send-ups & he doesn't feature that much in the film anyway.
There's a bit of gore, there's a headless body, a chopped off hand, an eyeball hanging out, a ripped out heart & a bit of blood splatter. The sets are cheap but suit the feel of the production & there's loads of nods & references to other Charles Band productions including Re-Animator (1985) & Dolls (1987). The opening credits feature various poster designs for fictional horror films for some reason. Some of comedy evil puppets that are brought to life at the end include sh!t for brains & the haunted dildo which feel like one time gags & are maybe used a little bit too much & of course they look incredibly silly. The Gingerdead Man effects are average at best & his one-liners aren't particularly funny. In more horror film references a character is clearly seen reading a copy of Fangora.
I would have thought the budget for this would have been pretty low, perhaps even lower than the original. A few familiar faces turn up in cameos from director David DeCoteau & Michelle Bauer, the acting isn't that good but everyone seems to be up for it & no-one takes it seriously.
Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust is fun when it's poking fun at low budget film making & the constant reference to it but when the story kicks in it loses something. Apparently Charles Band has announced Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver but the IMDb doesn't list it, even as in pre-production.
Directed by Silvia St. Croix this is less a sequel to the comedy horror film The Gingerdead Man (2005) & more of a send-up of the goings-on on the set of a low budget horror film which you get the distinct idea is a fictional account of the real-life struggles & experiences of Charles Band & his numerous production companies & attempt to get low budget horror films made. In that regard Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust is quite fun for it's first half as all sorts of behind the scenes mishaps & incidents happens with respected actor's lied about the content of the film they have been talked into appearing in, directors who read the paper during takes & as long as the shot is in focus he thinks it's great which includes a cameo from low budget film director David DeCoteau to a rather bitter speech about how internet reviewers kill the films the studio makes which is an obvious dig at numerous sites who trash these sorts of films & I think it's a little unfair since no-one goes into a film wanting not to like it & it can work both ways, for instance look what the internet did for The Blair Witch Project (1999)? To be honest the internet is good since hopefully it forces people like Charles Band to make better films which surely is what everyone wants. The Gingerdead Man character himself plays second fiddle to the low budget film send-ups & he doesn't feature that much in the film anyway.
There's a bit of gore, there's a headless body, a chopped off hand, an eyeball hanging out, a ripped out heart & a bit of blood splatter. The sets are cheap but suit the feel of the production & there's loads of nods & references to other Charles Band productions including Re-Animator (1985) & Dolls (1987). The opening credits feature various poster designs for fictional horror films for some reason. Some of comedy evil puppets that are brought to life at the end include sh!t for brains & the haunted dildo which feel like one time gags & are maybe used a little bit too much & of course they look incredibly silly. The Gingerdead Man effects are average at best & his one-liners aren't particularly funny. In more horror film references a character is clearly seen reading a copy of Fangora.
I would have thought the budget for this would have been pretty low, perhaps even lower than the original. A few familiar faces turn up in cameos from director David DeCoteau & Michelle Bauer, the acting isn't that good but everyone seems to be up for it & no-one takes it seriously.
Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust is fun when it's poking fun at low budget film making & the constant reference to it but when the story kicks in it loses something. Apparently Charles Band has announced Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver but the IMDb doesn't list it, even as in pre-production.