


It is hard to say which is the film’s biggest crime: not being scary or not being funny. Pic ends indecisively: It’s unclear whether Howdy is dead or kept alive for a sequel that no one will ever ask for. Howdy quickly extracts revenge on the would-be vigilantes, then re-kidnaps the detective’s daughter, leading to another limp face-off between Howdy and Gage. The hanging doesn’t kill him, and somehow the benign-looking Carleton Hendricks has a serial-killer makeover, compete with the facial tattoos, piercings and hairdo. It’s left open as to whether Howdy, properly medicated, is truly reformed, but it doesn’t matter: Within hours of his return home, he’s hanged from a tree by an angry mob led by a redneck (Robert Englund, trading in his Freddy Krueger claws for a beer bottle).

Unaccountably, the child-murdering Howdy, having traded in his bright-red dreadlocks for an Ichabod Crane-style ponytail, is released from the institution in less then four years. Despite his ineptitude, Gage finds the culprit and his captive daughter in the film’s first 45 minutes, resulting in Howdy being hauled off to a loony bin. Howdy, make a date and, before you can sing a line of “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” one of the girls (Linda Cardellini) is strung up by her wrists with her lips sown shut.Īny potential is quickly doused when story switches gears and becomes a badly staged police procedural documenting the bumbling work of detectives Christian (Brett Harrelson) and Gage (Kevin Gage), the latter of whom just happens to be the captive girl’s father. Dee continues to tease Chaz about being up so early, Dee tells Chaz about Beth’s wedding, clear channel banned song, Dee talks about Beth’s wedding guests, peep letter about loving Nick, wrong fitting clothes, buying suits online, Nick’s stinky shoes story, Michael Skakel, Dee’s friend who knew of a murder story, Beth, peeps responses to Mick Foley, lawyers, Taliban, New York Mayor debate, town wants to be fragrance free, cologne over smelly body, stock market, Sagen Zie Vas game, God Smack plays “Were Not Gonna Take It”, royalties, Mudbone future, worker falls to his death at casino, Michael Jordon, man sets fire to evil Teddy Bear, Taliban fighting, rumors of US funding terrorist, teenager’s penis bitten off, elderly nude calendar, Australian toilet map, System of a Down, peeps response to Mick Foley, peep requesting to be a co-host, Gary Condit at memorial, themed restaurants, P Diddy, Richard Hatch, spousal abuse, Charlize Theron, tennis stars auction, Drew Bledsoe, celebrity accidents, Dee mail, what we learned today, Sebastian Bach promo.Initial five minutes provide the only real scares: Two young girls innocently flirt in an Internet chat-room with someone named Capt. Dee talks about hanging out with Mick Foley and how Mick’s recognition factor puts Dee’s to shame, Mick’s wife, Dee’s visit home with Cheyenne’s broken arm, Candlebox, comments on other radio staff members, syndication requests, Sebastian Bach and his wife, TS royalties, peeps letter about new hick listeners, peeps response to the players guide, Dudleytown, Dee teases co-host Chaz about being in so early, peep calls in with more players guide idea, recap of teachers use stripping as punishment, Waterbury mayor, Mick upset a senator is dodging him, boys betting other online gamers sex with their girlfriends, Dee talking about groupies, Mick’s groupie list story, Mick’s family portrait story.
