Dead Hooker in a Trunk (2009)

best movie i've ever seen.

Best movie ever!

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

DEAD HOOKER IN A TRUNK is a typical indie non-horror/non-thriller made by a bunch of amateurs who moonlight as both cast and crew. They're no good in either role. This is the kind of film you see with positive reviews online, failing to realise that said reviews are written by family and friends (or the filmmakers themselves). The story has a group of friends discovering the body of a prostitute in the boot of their car - as you do - and trying to figure out what to do about it. It's very slow throughout, with unlikeable characters and an overly talky screenplay.

I cannot fathom why this home movie, an attempt by teenagers with not an ounce of skill between the entire production crew, to make a horror film. This scattered, non-directed, non-acted, completely uninteresting, obviously home-made piece of garbage has nothing going for it except a few occasional funny cornball home- made special effects, most of which are just over-the-top cartoon gore. There is literally nothing else about this movie that's worth sitting through.Are you one of those people who ever picked up a camera and tried to make a movie over a weekend with your friends when you were a teenager? That is this movie. I have no idea why this got distribution, and I definitely have no idea why there are people posting here that they actually enjoyed watching this miserable, self-indulgent teenage crap. Maybe they're all friends of the filmmakers, that's the only thing I can imagine. Every character is a cardboard stereotype, like you'd find in a movie written by a kid who didn't know how to write. The editing is abysmal, the camera-work seems like they just had someone running around with a super-8 camera. In sunny scenes you can see they didn't even think to wipe the dust off the lens. The acting - well, there isn't any acting. These people have obviously never acted before in their lives, and they aren't here. I don't know what you call their stiff, phony hamminess, but it's not acting.I know the Soska sisters did go on to become good directors and make watchable movies. Their next movie, American Mary, was great. That does not save this.

All right... compared to "Citizen Cane" or "Mutiny on the Bounty", it might be a couple of stars... but it's not supposed to be a serious grand epic.To think the Soska Sisters made this movie in film school for $2500, IMHO, they deserve an academy award. Warner Bros or Universal, couldn't even get a van on location for that! What the hell do you haters & whiners expect?Yes, it contains gratuitous, cartoonish, over the top gore and violence, BUT THAT IS THE NATURE OF THE GENRE! I found the movie hilarious, fast paced and extremely entertaining.When rating a movie, I believe it is only fair to consider such factors as budget and genre. To really dog a movie like this, is like dogging a 1963 VW Bug compared to 2014 Porsche. It just ain't fair. For these reasons I rate "Dead Hooker in a Trunk" 8 out of 10 stars...

I liked the title, sounds a bit like those good old exploitations but what a terrible thing this was. Once started I thought, yes, this is going to be good but once the girls are watching the trunk I knew what I was getting. Trash.Written by the Soska sisters and even played and directed by them it is obviously a ultra low budget. There aren't any real effects to see because it's done off screen, well, most of them. But there is a lot of red stuff that I can confirm. Sadly, it's the script and a lot of talking that made it almost unwatchable. I must admit that I grabbed the remote and had the fast forward button ready to push. Some parts are really okay but to many scenes are ridiculous and boring.Maybe I they had a lot of fun but I rather should let this flick in the trunk straight to the bin. Gore 0,5/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 1/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5