FDR: American Badass! (2012) Review: We’re All Going to Hell
“What has two wheels and kills werewolves? … This guy.”Synopsis: An outrageous, over-the-top spoof, FDR: American Badass is the untold true story of our country’s greatest monster-hunting president! | ![]() Watch now on Amazon |
Calamity Brains:
Okay, so FDR: American Badass! isn’t exactly a horror movie. But we’ve made exceptions before for movies that we don’t really feel fit the genre, and this one definitely deserves to be here: it has the spirit of a B-horror movie. It’s also got a fairly substantial plot point about werewolves trying to take over the world, so there’s that.
FDR: American Badass! is all camp. (In case you couldn’t tell from the name.) This gross and sassy look at history claims that FDR’s polio was inflicted by a werewolf attack, and just gets weirder from there. There’s a wheelchair with Gatling guns; hot dog-inspired sex play; vase pooping; Nazi werewolves. The movie is insane and over-the-top cheesy, and doesn’t pull any punches.
That being said: this movie will not be for everyone. The humor never gets more than borderline appropriate at best (what humor is appropriate?) and is heavy on content involving sex and bodily functions. This Entertainment Weekly Q&A with director Garrett Brawith should give you a thorough idea of what you’re in for. (Or maybe not. I’m still not actually sure there’s any way to prepare for this movie.)
Guys, if you like your humor to be drunk and disorderly and offensive – if you ever wanted to see Barry Bostwick fight werewolves and hit on Lin Shaye – if you want to take a drug trip with Kevin Sorbo dressed as Abraham Lincoln – then you need this movie in your life.
Calamity Brains’ Rating: A
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