''Killer Rack'' is a 2015 American

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directed by

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and written by Paul McGinnis. The film, which was shot in

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, was screened at several

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s, and profits from promotional

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s were donated to the Lynn Sage Foundation, a

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organization.

Plot

After insecure Betty Downer receives

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surgery from a surgeon named Cate Thulu, who worships the Elder Gods of writer

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, her blood-thirsty new breasts seek world domination.

Cast

* Jessica Zwolak as Betty Downer *

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as Dr. Cate Thulu * Paul McGinnis as Tim *

Michael Thurber Michael Thurber is an American composer, songwriter, bassist and actor. He is a co-founder of CDZA, a YouTube music collective that performed at the YouTube Music Awards in 2013. Thurber has composed scores for theater productions such as ''Anton ...

as Mr. Raquel *

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as Dr. Foin * Brooke Lewis as the Killer Rack (voice) *

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as "Dutch" Roy Frumkes makes a

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Production

The film was shot in

. Make-up effects were created by Arick Szymecki and Stacey Book, while Brett Piper provided

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, and chroma key compositing was used. Director Greg Lamberson stated that the film "is a movie for fans of

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s, although we'll use CGI to enhance what we shot on set. Our DP, Chris Rados, had to do a lot of shooting behind

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Release and reception

The film premiered at the Scare-A-Con film festival on September 11, 2015, where it won best film, and played dozens of festivals thereafter, including many international, during which it took several awards including a Best Writer Award for Paul McGinnis. The film was released on

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by Camp Motion Pictures on December 13, 2016. Amy Seidman of ComingSoon.net called the film "a fun, no-brainer kind of flick". Scott Hallam of the website

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wrote that "you have to overlook a lot of the low-budget pitfalls that often haunt a film like this, but it’s indeed worth looking past the blemishes of the movie to enjoy tshumor and great spirit".

References

External links

* 2015 films American parody films American body horror films American comedy horror films American musical films American black comedy films 2015 horror films 2015 comedy horror films 2015 comedy films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language comedy horror films {{comedy-horror-film-stub