Product Description

Inspired by the classic cult films comes this delightful B-movie musical biblical epic horror comedy! Four actors (a Black revolutionary, a bisexual hippie, a neurotic Jewish guy and a woman with sexual issues) audition for the role of Jesus. When they are all rejected, they hit the road on motorcycles to find on-stage glory in New York City until a fateful roadhouse run-in with a gang of Elvises strands the unlikely quartet in the town of Jackville. Will our would-be saviors fall prey to evil small-town conspirators, flesh-eating zombies, or save the world from the Apocalypse?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #109148 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-10-31
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 89 minutes

Review
Before seeing Gory Gory Hallelujah, I had heard good things about it. Of course, I ve also heard good things about a lot of indie horror flicks that I watched and just went, What?! This movies starts off by introducing us to four actors competing for the stage play role of Jesus Christ: a black militant, Rahim (Jeff Gilbert, channeling Samuel L. Jackson); a hippie, Sky (Tim Gouran, channeling Val Kilmer); a principled Jew, Joshua (Todd Licea, channeling Paul Rieser); and a free-spirited redhead, Jesse (Angie Louise, channeling Geena Davis). The former strangers become fast friends and decide to hit the road on hogs, ala Easy Rider. The quartet find themselves stranded in the evangelical town of Jackville (a burg straight from a John Waters movie, secretly populated by characters right out of a Russ Meyer girl-on-girl fantasy). To say much more would give the game away. You probably noticed I ve made a lot of comparisons when talking about Gory Gory Hallelujah, but unlike most movies that remind me of other movies, it s not derivative. It s a hard film to pigeonhole. Even though it is not strictly a musical, it conjures up the look and feel of spoofing (and giving homage to) movies like Tommy, Jesus Christ Superstar, and A Chorus Line. Even though it is not strictly a zombie movie, it definitely conjures up sense-memories from Dawn of the Dead. One thing Gory Gory Hallelujah is, and what it shines at, is divine comedy; it feels like a vague mix of Eating Raoul, Hairspray, and a movie Mel Brooks hasn t made yet. Now, I am probably heaping the praise on too high. I don t want you to be disappointed when you see it. Gory Gory Hallelujah is not the Second Coming, but it's fun and has a bang-up ending. I have to give kudos to the writer and director team of Angie Louise and Sue Corcoran, aka The Von Piglet Sisters as they succeeded on every level. Even the look isn t cheap; somebody knew about lighting, thank god (this is almost never the case in these low-bud --Staci Layne Wilson, Horror.com

Review
Top 10 Movies of 2003. 2003 will be remembered as one of the best years for movies in recent memory. #5 Gory Gory Hallelujah. A bawdy, surreal art-musical with zombies that also happens to be the most intelligent film about Christianity in ages. Loved it! --Jonathan Lampley, Nashville Rage

Review
Black Power Jesus, Female Jesus, Bisexual Hippie Jesus, and Jewish Jesus (I know, but this is modern Jewish Jesus) set out from Seattle on a madcap road trip to audition for Jesus Christ Superstar in the Big Apple. Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke, right? Well it is, in a way. A fun, rollicking cinematic abomination. Like a cross between Wizard of Oz and Rocky Horror Picture Show, this slippery, gaudy toboggan ride to hell will leave you asking yourself, "Did they just do that?" Given the right audience seeing this film could make you feel nine kinds of ridiculous and laugh so hard you pee your pants --Portland Mercury

Customer Reviews

this wild movie settles down; perhaps a little too much
Another entry in the long tradition of Jesus Motorcycle Gang movies, Sue Corcoran's GORY GORY HALLELUJAH is the groovy tale of four actors who try out for the role of Jesus in "The Greatest Play Ever Written." The quartet approaches their roles from different perspectives. There's Rahim the black revolutionary (Jeff Gilbert), Sky the bi hippie (Tim Gouran), Joshua the mensch (Todd Licea), and Jessie the feminist (Angie Louise). When the four Jesuses run into a pack wild Elvis impersonators things get all shook up. On the run from the law after one of the King of Kings lays low one of the Kings of Rock `n' Roll, the group happens upon the wrong backwater Podunk town.

It's about here where this wild movie settles down; perhaps a little too much. Our four Jesuses become prisoners in Jacksville and are placed with various pillars of the community, only to find that they're not everything they pretend to be. Unfortunately, this was about the time that I lost interest in the movie. I could have done for more hysteria and less histrionics. It's a shame that this flick didn't live up to its potential. Even the zombie-filled finale can't save the tepid second act.

A Gas
This film is a hell of a lot of fun. I picked it up at Best Buy and love it! Great, great fun. It's a mix of Zombies, musicals and Evil Dead. Any Sam Raimi fans out there will find this fun! Plus it has some coked out Elvis's that you've got to see. Very clever and I highly recommend.

Bravissimo !!
In these days of sequels and remakes, Gory Gory Hallelujah is a breath of fresh Artistic air and a hoot to boot !!
5 Stars