Evil Bong
What a combination…Charles Band and a bong. Not just any bong, but an Evil Bong. If you put on a Charles Band or a Full Moon Entertainment movie, you know what you’re getting. Cheesy and fun. I’m more of an old school Full Moon fan (Trancers, Subspecies, and early Puppet Master movies) but I’ll still watch the newer stuff.
Photo Credit: Talos Entertainment
Released: Oct 31, 2006
Runtime: 86 mins
Director: Charles Band
Writer: Charles Band, Domonic Muir
Actors: David Weidoff, John Patrick Jordan, Mitch Eakins
PLOT
A straight-laced nerd moves into an apartment with a group of stoners. They buy a bong online, not knowing that this bong has magical powers, sending them to a strange drug induced world.
MY THOUGHTS
Unfortunately there aren't very many kills. What kills we get are not very graphic or bloody. But they are different. Anyone remember when Charles Band was selling the Monster Bra’s? Like the lips, shark teeth, and skulls? They are in or from Evil Bong. The strippers in the bong are wearing them.
The acting is pretty normal for Full Moon. It wasn’t an issue for me. We have John Patrick Jordan (known for Dr. Moreau's House of Pain, Killjoy's Psycho Circus, and most of the Evil Bong movies), who plays Larnell, one of the main stoner dudes. David Weidoff (known for just non-genre TV shows), plays Allistair the new, straight laced, non reefer smoking dude.
Mitch Eakins (known for mainly non-genre TV shows and several game voice overs), plays Bachman, the surfer stoner. And rounding out the four friends is Brian Lloyd (known for Doll Graveyard, Candy Stripers, and Dances With Werewolves), who plays Brian, the bro dude who used to be a baseball player but was kicked off the team for a positive drug test.
Rounding out the cast is Robin Sydney (known for Gingerdead Man, The Haunted Casino, Skull Heads, and The Dead Want Women), who plays Luann, Brett’s bitchy girlfriend. Despite Tommy Chong being in the movie, it’s not a big role as Jimbo who used to own Evee.
Four college guys get this huge bong in the mail. One night Bachman smokes a little too much weed and the bong pulls his soul into it. There, Bachman is in heaven with the strippers until he is attacked.
Back in the “real” world the rest of the guys discover Bachman dead and hide his body. Leann and her girlfriend are coming over to party so the guys clean the apartment up. Larnell, while alone, decides to take a hit off of the bong and his soul is sucked into the bong as well.
One by one each of the guys and girls end up in the bong and must fight their desires and Evee to return to the “real” world. Allistair, the only one who doesn’t smoke, teams up with Jimbo to save his girl and his friends.
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Overall Evil Bong is more of a comedy movie than horror, but it’s a fun movie. You can’t go into a Charles Band movie with high expectations…HIGH expectations. LOL Sorry, I couldn't help myself. If you like stoner movies with some cameos by previous Full Moon actors, then check this out. There are seven sequels, and a crossover movie. I will continue through all of them.
One more thing, the song Wicked Weed by 99 Cent Baby, is catchy. It’s the Evil Bong theme song and now I find myself humming or singing it all the time.
And now for your Forever Final Girl Exclusive…Did you know?:
The clock in the stoner's dorm always reads "4:20"
Sonny Carl Davis is the only actor to appear in all 8 Evil Bong movies. 9 if you include Gingerdead Man vs Evil Bong.
Several characters from other Full Moon Pictures films appear in Bong World. Visitors include Ooga Booga, Gingerdead Man, Jack Deth from Trancers, and Jack Attack from Demonic Toys. As well as Bill Mosely and Phil Fondacaro.
Several of the actors played on well known soap operas. John Patrick Jordan (Larnell): Days of Our Lives and General Hospital, Mitch Eakins (Bachman): Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless; Brian Lloyd (Brett): The Bold and the Beautiful.
Have you seen the other Evil Bong movies? Check out my other reviews here: Evil Bong Franchise.
Let’s get into the rankings:
Kills/Blood/Gore: 1/5
Sex/Nudity: 3/5
Scare factor: 1/5
Enjoyment factor: 5/5
My Rank: 2.5/5
IMDB: 3.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes: critics: –/10 audience: 3.8/10
Letterboxd: 2/5