Hobo With a Shotgun: This year's "most quotable"?

Now, I know this movie isn't technically a horror film but I feel it's the type of film that should be covered on this blog. It may not be "horror" but there are certain films on here that may not fall directly under the horror genre but certainly are not far from it. This is one of those films.

Anyone who saw Grindhouse a few years back is probably familiar with the name Hobo With a Shotgun and the fake trailer that told the story of, well, a hobo wielding a shotgun. Unlike the other Grindhouse trailers, it wasn't created by a big-shot director and featured no one you've ever seen before. This is because Hobo With a Shotgun was the winner of Robert Rodriguez's fake trailer contest, and was therefore featured in the film as a result.

Fans loved the trailer, to the point where now, in 2011, Hobo With a Shotgun comes to theaters this May!

Much like both Grindhouse films and fellow trailer spin-off Machete, Hobo With a Shotgun is a film that knows it isn't supposed to be taken seriously, and constantly pushes the limits of the ridiculous and the absurd. 

So, of course, I invited all of my friends over, bought some snacks, and watched Hobo With a Shotgun, which is the best way to watch any film, especially schlock-fests like this one.

The story, sticking to the general idea of the original trailer, although bringing in some more recognizable talent and expanding the plot, begins with The Hobo (played by Rutger Hauer), a new resident of a town filled with crime, murder, and the homeless (just like Detroit!). He is disgusted by the things he sees after arriving via train, in classic hobo style. Soon after he gets there, he witnesses a grisly public murder at the hands of Drake and his two psychotic sons, Ivan and Slick. The sick trio run this ass-backwards town and will easily do away with anyone in the way of their plans. The Hobo wants to clean the town up in the most peaceful way he can think of: mowing the lawn! He heads to a local pawn shop after obtaining money in some less-than-respectable ways to buy the lawn mower, but is caught in the middle of an armed robbery. The Hobo fights back by grabbing a nearby shotgun and defending the victims. He goes on a killing spree, attempting to fix the crime in this city, that brings him all the way to Drake himself in the film's climactic final battle.

To put it lightly, this film was insane, and I loved it. It piled on the gore, tossed CGI out the window in favor of more 70's style special effects, and was definitely a true grindhouse movie. If you're like me and you love the ridiculous nature of old 70's and 80's horror and slasher films, Hobo With a Shotgun is the movie for you this spring, as long as you go into it knowing that you're about to see a self-aware, vintage-style, blood-soaked gore-fest that's so quotable you'll be laughing your head off while yelling lines like "MOTHER TERESA IS A SAINT!"