Tusk

Tusk is a horror comedy written and directed by Kevin Smith, based on an idea he came up with on his SModcast podcast. It stars Michael Parks, Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment, Génesis Rodríguez, and Johnny Depp. A hard movie to describe, here’s how the programmers at TIFF summed it up:

Wallace (Justin Long) co-hosts a popular podcast with his pal Teddy (Haley Joel Osment), focusing on cruel, mocking cringe humour as part of their mission to keep it “real and raunchy.” After his trip to Winnipeg to interview the “Kill Bill Kid” — a teen whose unfortunate samurai-sword video has gone viral — comes up empty, Wallace decides to make the trip worth his while and find a good story north of the forty-ninth parallel. A handwritten flyer he finds in a bar bathroom leads him to a grizzled old swab (Michael Parks) full of tall tales to share from his life of adventure at sea — and this is where Wallace’s voyage to the Great White North descends into straight-up madness.

What that synopsis doesn’t describe however is the old man’s obsession with walruses and his attempt to turn Wallace into one. Tusk has the body horror of The Human Centipede and Smith’s wit and humour from his films like Clerks; check out our thoughts on the picture, here.

Tusk is rated 14A.

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