Gnome
Alone
(2015/Lionsgate DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: C- Film: D
Evil's
In The House
Gnome
Alone
could quite possibly be one of the worst B horror movies released in
the past ten years - only second to Ginger
Clown
(which I reviewed elsewhere on this site). Starring Verne Troyer
(Mini Me from the Austin
Powers
films) as an evil Gnome - which much akin to Warwick Davis' turn in
the Leprechaun
films. The film features naughty lesbian sex education teacher, wild
parties, crappy makeup and effects, gracious nudity and gore, and
pretty much everything else you would come to expect from a film in
this genre except one thing: a good story.
The
legend of Troyer's gnome begins a long, long time ago, spawned when a
deceiving witch steals a leprechaun's treasure. After the leprechaun
hatches his own plan of revenge, the witch is marked with a scathing
physical marking, but she turns the scar into a protective symbol
through her own magic. Using her dark powers, she summons a
murderous gnome to grant the nastiest wishes of whoever carries the
brand, as the 'curse' is passed over once the previous owner dies.
Fast forwarding through a number of generations, Gnome
Alone
picks up as the newest victim, Zoe (Kerry Knuppe), struggles to
comprehend why all her enemies start turning up dead, and why a
creepy little creature is haunting her every move.
The
makeup on Troyer looks like it was done by a first year special
effects student along with some of the other lame attempts at special
effects. This movie is so bad it will have you groaning and moaning
in disgust for the entirety of its 94 minute run time there really
isn't much more to say except that it makes Leprechaun
look like a masterpiece.
The
presentation on the disc is fine for the DVD format and features a
standard definition transfer with an anamorphic widescreen aspect
ratio of 1:78.1 and a lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 track.
Extras
include:
The
Making of Gnome Alone
Trailer
Gallery
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James Harland Lockhart V
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