Little Corey Gorey

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Summary: Oddly compelling and humorously twisted
Review: For some reason I cannot really grasp, I really enjoyed the travails of poor Little Corey Gorey. The movie is just strangely compelling, combining both humor and a dab of horror in an odd way I found fascinating. Who is Little Corey Gorey? There's a very faint Michael J. Fox quality to him-I say this only because he sometimes appears to be about 35 years old to me, yet his character is a ninth-grader. With his family background, it is more than possible he was left back a few years in school, though. He apparently grew up with a nice father who made the disastrous decision to marry an overweight, obnoxiously loud, thoroughly disgusting woman and then died, leaving Corey with the stepmother and older step-brother from hell. Corey is basically a slave, forced to do all of the work at home in between prolonged bouts of awful physical and mental abuse. When his step-brother steals his Ozzy tickets and then brags about showing the object of Corey's affections a really, really good time after the concert, Corey gets mad and finally has a go at the guy and, quite by accident, dear step-brother's hand is sliced off as pretty as you please (the camera cuts away pretty quickly, so you might have to watch the big moment a couple of times in order to fully enjoy it). Corey then decides to hog-tie his mother to the couch and starve her to death, and he is so happy with this decision that he dances around the house with a pair of panties on his head. Things get a little weird at this point, as Corey's dream girl moves in temporarily, a magical pound of cocaine is searched for endlessly, some killer weed is smoked, a dealer shows up demanding money, and a few people basically beg to be murdered. The ending is quite acceptable, although somewhat predictable.

The funniest thing about this movie is the way that everyone ignores the step-mother as she lies gagged and tied up on the couch. When Corey and his girl throw a party to raise money, they just stick a sign behind mom's head saying something like "Do not untie me, or I will call the cops." Two girls do take notice of her, but the only action they take is to give her a makeover. As for Corey, I couldn't help liking the poor dumb guy, even after he turned to a life of ill-thought-out crime. He basically just lets a bad situation spin further and further out of control, but the laughs inspired by his mistakes and the wonderful temper tantrums that duly follow turn this movie into a dark comedy well worth watching. This is the cinematic equivalent to Frankenstein's monster-its individual parts are rather unseemly if not rotten; put all of these parts together, though, and you get an ugly, fascinating creature that you can't take your eyes off of.

I guess this would be considered a horror movie, but I would call it a dark comedy. Oddly enough, the movie does seem to make an important statement, and herein lies the real horror of this story. The film goes out of its way to show neighbors up and down Corey's block shake their heads and carry their children indoors whenever the Goreys are going at it. The terrible things said and done to Corey by his really loud step-mother are no secret to anyone within a one-mile radius, yet no one takes the initiative to contact authorities in response to such obvious evidence of abuse. Herein lies the lesson imparted by the tragic story of Little Corey Gorey.

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Summary: More like LITTLE COREY WHOREY
Review: I should tell you right off, Corey ain't no saint! As he goes through life watching his father, Rolphe the butcher hack cows and pigs, he tends to get a knack for the obvious. Thus, while on a date one night with Rucinda, Corey desires more than just the usual lust and thrust...he uses not only his "tool", but pulls out a box of tools from the trunk of his car and bludgeons beautiful Rucinda to death. Everyone knows Corey to be the town geek and extremely passive and nerdy, so they turn their suspicions toward the local jock, Tony Zanini, and make him the main suspect of this brutal slaying. Tony is jailed and the killings continue. This movie is the typical horror/slasher flick, but in the end has a bizarre twist. WATCH and find out. You'll be pleasantly surprised and scared out of your wits in the process!

Rating:
Summary: More like LITTLE COREY WHOREY
Review: I should tell you right off, Corey ain't no saint! As he goes through life watching his father, Rolphe the butcher hack cows and pigs, he tends to get a knack for the obvious. Thus, while on a date one night with Rucinda, Corey desires more than just the usual lust and thrust...he uses not only his "tool", but pulls out a box of tools from the trunk of his car and bludgeons beautiful Rucinda to death. Everyone knows Corey to be the town geek and extremely passive and nerdy, so they turn their suspicions toward the local jock, Tony Zanini, and make him the main suspect of this brutal slaying. Tony is jailed and the killings continue. This movie is the typical horror/slasher flick, but in the end has a bizarre twist. WATCH and find out. You'll be pleasantly surprised and scared out of your wits in the process!

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Summary: The Evolution of Introversion
Review: Life hasn't been the nicest mentor for poor Corey Gorey's fragile self-image. Recently, his father was killed in a car wreck and his face was scarred, giving him an ego debilitation of sorts. Worse still, he is forced to live with his stepmother, a drunk of the highest caliber and food-eaten extraordinaire, and his stepbrother Biff after this incident, finding them fountains of verbal and physical abuse him that knows no boundaries. Still, things seem to be on the upswing in a grand way as Corey finds himself hopelessly infatuated with one of his fellow classmates and with his hands on the bait to copes her into loving him; Ozzy Osbourne tickets. Yes, Corey understands that the best way into a woman's heart is by feeding her infatuations, so he buys her the best ticket he can find - right beside his own-and begins his thoughts of swooning. Before he can act on this, however, Biff manages to mangle all those carefully laid plans and Corey, reacting out of rage, births an accident of the worst type. Well, this begins a bloody landslide as person after person either finds themselves accidentally falling victim to a chain-of-events that spiral helplessly out of control or targeted by someone becoming more and more hardened to the plight of the suffering.

I found Little Corey Gorey entertaining, but it did have its flaws that a potential viewer must be warned of in advance. First, the movie isn't of the highest caliber and the DVD is also in the low-grade ballpark, so the picture is a little fuzzy and the sound is a little off. Second, the budget seems to have had its limitations and, accordingly, the actors aren't the most talented cast and the effects are cheaply suited. Third, the storyline has its faltering moments, trying to keep pace with the frantic mind of a panicky teenager, so it doesn't always flow through the clearest streams of thought. That said, however, there are some redeemable points that include a few funny points in a some dark comedy, the entertainment in watching things spiral further and further down as people get what they have coming to them, and the joy of counting how many bad things can happy to one person in a set period of time. Besides, watching the degeneration of someone who potentially wants to be good into something a bit more cold-blooded is, in many ways, fun.

If you aren't too terribly concerned with your movie having a plethora of effects, the benefits of a sub par cast, and you like to see movies set in the 1980s that have to deal with someone's bumbling to and fro, then this movie would be something to watch. It doesn't have all the fixings to be a full-course mind meal, but it doesn't provide a little bit of entertainment to melt away the dull days.

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Summary: Throw Momma From The Couch...
Review: Poor little Corey Gorey! He's just moved into a new house in a new neighborhood after losing his dad in an auto accident. If that's not bad enough, his stepmother and stepbrother (Biff!) are the sadistic torturers of his life! They routinely humiliate, hit, kick, bludgeon, bind, hang, and generally terrorize him. Corey is their slave and scapegoat. Mom lays on the couch all day, guzzling beer and barking obscenities at Corey. Biff rides his motorcycle around town, looking for dope. And Corey does everything else (cooking, cleaning, etc.). One day, he meets a girl at school named Jackie, who couldn't care less about him. Of course, Corey is hopelessly infatuated with her and MUST have her. Well, he gets tickets to an OZZY OSBOURNE concert for Jackie and plans on taking her. Unfortunately, stepbrother Biff steals said tickets and goes instead of Corey. Enraged, Corey attacks Biff, ending up in the bathroom, where Biff goes through the sliding-glass shower door! Unhurt, Biff reaches out for Corey, just as a piece of glass falls and cuts Biff's hand off! Gotta love these wacky siblings! Corey goes ahead and finishes the job, then loads Biff's pieces into the garage freezer. Next, Corey ties hellmom to the couch and begins starving her. Jackie happens by, looking for Biff, only to join with Corey in a search for a pound of cocaine that Biff had told her about. Suddenly, there's a knock at the door! Oh no, It's the local drugdealer, and he's come for the $125 that Biff owes him! What can these crazy kids do? Why, throw a party of course! During the bash, mom is given an extreme makeover by some girls, and secretly takes a nailfile to free herself (no one unties mom due to the sign above her head saying: IF YOU UNTIE ME I'LL CALL THE COPS! no one feeds mom either, because another sign says: DO NOT FEED THE FATTY!). The drugdealer crashes the party, demands his money, and mingles. Meanwhile, Jackie has taken the procedes from the party and left with some Dave Mustaine look-alike! So, naturally, Corey kills the drugdealer guy and stuffs him in a nice cozy closet across from Biff's freezer. Ah, youth! Jackie comes back the next day and Corey attacks her with a power saw and then strangles her to death, while telling her how much he loves her. Meanwhile, mom cuts herself loose, grabs a machette, and goes after Corey. Just then the police burst in and... Try and guess what happens next! I liked this bloody little gem! There's not one redeemable character or wholesome quality in this movie. Still, it's got a sick sense of humor about it that I like. Recommended as a double feature with PIECES or CHRISTMAS EVIL...