Monster of the Day #3219

We opened this year’s spring T-Fest with The Brute Man, a neat efficient semi-horror starring the tragic Rondo Hatton.  Next we got our first monster film, the extremely weird anthology flick Horror and Hamsters. It delivers exactly what the title promises; short (if eventually not short enough) vignettes of horror with dollops of black humor, split up by the antics of two adorable, furball hamsters, Dumptruck and Porkchop. The horror segments, to their detriment, continue to grow longer and less impactful. I was also a bit weirded out when they started featuring nudity and simulated sex, given, you know, the cute hamster stuff. Even so, on the whole I thought it was fairly entertaining, although apparently most of the rest of us were harder on the horror stuff than I was. I mean, I know this is setting the bar VERY LOW, but I had recently seen Verotika. (And I will say the limited nudity in H&H, featuring real-looking women, was much more pleasing then the constant, literally overstuffed nudity of that film.) Anyway, I think it’s on Amazon Prime, and you could always fast forward through the horror and just watch the hamsters.

  • Beckoning Chasm

    That hamster isn’t very cute.

  • Kirk

    We started referring to the horror parts as “hamster interruptions”. #TeamPorkchop

  • The Rev.

    There was also a hamster named (I believe) Carrot, because we were all confused why that one set was listed as “Carrot’s Playground” or something.

    Anyway, the first and last horror segments were pretty good, and the one pictured above was (like most of them) too long for its story, but at least it was entertaining. I don’t know if I’d say any of them were bad, just mostly very mediocre. But the hamsters were definitely the crowd-pleasers, with Patty begging Kirk to get one (I’m sure their cats would approve) and pretty much everyone cooing over their adorable antics. I think the hamster obstacle course was widely considered the highlight of the movie. #TeamDumptruck

  • Gamera977

    I enjoyed ‘Crazy Safari’ but I’m not sure this one would be my cup of tea.

  • My brother is less than fond of hamsters. He used to work at Pet Smart, where the fuzz balls are sold. One day he came into work and found one of the little critters had become so bored she decided to eat her companion’s brains.

    According to him, did a pretty good job of it, too.

    Used to refer to the cannibal as Hamster Lecter.

    Moral of the story: If you have to buy a hamster, buy one. Or keep them well entertained.

  • Eric Hinkle

    ‘Ate her companion’s brains’. Nature is so charming and cute.

  • And hungry. Oh so hungry.

  • Eric Hinkle

    The first Law of Nature: Kill or Be Killed.