Review: Incident at Loch Ness (2004)
By William Pattison
For Horror Bob’s Blog…
This time I got a film by the eccentric filmmaker Werner
Hertzog…
This is a mockumentary within a mockumentary. The ensemble
cast is a Who's Who of modern filmmaking, from Werner Herzog, independent
director (Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Grizzly Man (2005), Rescue Dawn (2006))
playing himself directing a documentary, to cinematographer Gabriel Beristain
(of the Blade movies) playing himself, to Sound Recorder/Mixer extraordinaire
Russell Williams II (of Independent Lens (1999), Moesha (1996), Training Day
(2001)) playing himself, to.. well you get the idea. Throw in the legend of
Nessie and you've got a totally hilarious thriller mockumentary directed by Zak
Penn.
This is an interesting film that crosses the line between
precieved reality and fiction. It successfully tricks you into thinking that
you are watching a behind the scenes video of a tacky made Nessie documentary.
What I really found amusing is Herzog got well know members of the film
industry to enhance this fiction.
Of course once the monster gets involved all hell breaks
loose and you are literally sitting and shaking your head at the complete absurdity
of the situation. It was actually entertaining in that Oh, no you didn’t way.
So with this said, and yes I’m not talking about the camera work, acting, or
FX. This is one movie that all this doesn’t matter. This is Werner Herzog being nuts and
it is a blast. This is the guy who did a movie about a group of guys moving a
boat across the Amazon to get to the river on the other side. This guy is wacko
and he is doing a fako movie about him pissing off The Loch Ness Monster and
getting members of his crew killed in the process…Fucking right I’m going to recommend it. Have a party. Get
messed up and enjoy… You can find it exclusively on Pluto TV in the On Demand Halloween
Hits. Fuck man, you can’t find it on DVD
or anywhere else…
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