King Frat (1979)

ridiculous rating

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

I watched this video when i was a kid. I was living at my moms, but i ended up bringing my dads copy home with me and watched it often. Always great for a laugh, even when i watched it recently, it still had all the magic that i remembered. That is rare. Most movies you see after 20 years are not as good as you remember. But this one is.It's stupid, it's gross, it's hilariously funny. The acting is actually quite great, and the humor is non stop and really corny.If you have never seen this one, invite your friends over, grab some beers or wine, and get ready to have a laugh.

Well, I'm going to have to be more careful when I buy these used VHS's in the future because the one I bought of this movie is really the pits! And no, I'm not basing that on the wretched print I just viewed but the fact that there wasn't much creativity in making this Animal House ripoff. I mean, sure, there were some scatological gags in that John Belushi movie but this one is full of them and none of them are remotely very funny! Though the one with the farts used to fuel some fires was a little amusing, ditto that woman getting stuck on a "gorilla's" erection, they weren't amusing enough to remotely save this movie though there was also a funeral scene that, come to think of it, was probably the most absurd thing in this picture though it really made no sense. Okay, I've written more than 10 lines so in summary, if you're curious about this badly-made, amateurish comedy, King Frat should satisfy it soon enough...

This is a film where the idea of comedy is a peeing statue with a huge penis. Later on in the movie, said phallus falls off. Hadehaha. Before that we were subjected to the delights of a fart contest where a dog goes airborne through its gas, guests forced to inhale a massive spliff at a funeral through a air shaft and some hijinx with a blow up doll who can talk very dirty indeed with a recorded voice. Said sex toy belongs to a disgusting, fat student aptly called Gross-out, who makes himself puke so he can drink more booze and moons passing deans and sorority chicks in a dump of a car. Believe me, one shot of his flabby ass is bad enough, but after the fifth peek at his posterior it almost burnt my corneas out. Overkill, anyone? I can imagine the makers wrote him in as someone the target audience could relate to because he 'rebels' against the system, but if that's what becoming a loose cannon turns you into, sign me up for Yale right now. Heard enough?No? Alright..Other completely un-hilarious characters include an Native American who insists that Yellowsteam University is so named because his ancestors peed in the water because of their contempt for the white man (Hodehoho) and the campus nerd complete with ridiculous haircut and glasses who is so smart you wonder why he hangs around with a bunch of losers. In between two plays of the awful theme tune and more toilet humour than you'd find in an entire season of South Park, you see a troupe of neophyte actors flailing against a useless script by mugging to the camera and humiliating themselves for laffs, and coming up short every time. Or more accurately, missing the target by a solar system or two. I s'pose you've all gotta start somewhere, but beginning your career in this movie akin to starting your first day at the circus as the guy who sticks his head in the lion's mouth. It's cheap, nasty, and only worth showing to a convention of masochists. I give it 1/10, now go while I expunge my head of all trace of this rubbish *REPEATEDLY BANGS SELF ON HEAD WITH FRYING PAN*

This movie severely thrashes all the other college movies out there. It tramples on the "PCU", "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Road Trip", although if you liked any of those you'd love "King Frat". Instead of being one continuous unbelievable story, like "Nerds" or "Animal House", "King Frat" is more of a compilation of vignettes about the frat boys, which, when you think about it, is really closer to what college life is really like: one prank after another. It pulls each scene off well, except the prostitution scene, and keeps themes running through the film. But what separates this film from the rest, and even bigger budget movies with a wider release area, is the characterization. I have never seen a film where the characters are as well portrayed and with such honesty. It's a gem, if you watch this film prepare to be amazed. I've actually had friends write term papers on this movie.Ok, some of the scenes do go nowhere, but that's not the point. It's a movie about college pranksters and if you're looking for Shakespeare, this ain't it. But it is entertaining in a crude, heart-of-gold kind of way. A lot like "Animal House" (John DiSanti plays the Budget Belushi well), of course, but unique and special in itself. It's a shame that "King Frat" didn't get a large theatrical release, or any publicity of any kind, because it really is a pretty good goofy movie. Everyone to whom I showed this movie loved it and I've heard it has a pretty good cult following (in Australia of all places).If you can find it, get it. It's not for everyone but it's a film everyone should give a good fair chance.