Marley’s Revenge: The Monster Movie (1989) (USA)

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Two bickering buddies attempt to smuggle in an aunt and uncle from Haiti but draw the attention of a small group of hick vigilantes with a murderous streak. Mistaking them for drug smugglers, the group of low IQ bumpkins take our two heroes to a small island for the purpose of murdering them in peace. When they kill the refugee aunt, her grieving husband uses his voodoo powers to wreak vengeance with the help of some zombified victims of the vigilantes and a big skeletal gator monster. A bit rough going in the first hour (if you are not accustomed to that endearingly lame kind of humor which resides in regional horror flicks) the film picks up considerable steam when Uncle Marley begins to fulfill his quest for vengeance. A lovely giant monster puppet, Coors Lite, CB radio, buttcracks, and a jagbag named Tater all make an appearance. No lost classic but it’s still a somewhat charming do-it-yourself bit of North Carolina horror.