One of the standouts includes the story One Time in the Woods. Here things go from bad to worse exponentially as a set of bumbling campers cross paths with one horrific scene after another. What starts as a pretty basic camping trip ends with a two-headed pile of sentient goo and innards bickering about who’s slime is whose. Yes, we hit some pretty absurd heights but that is the point. Horror has the propensity to exaggerate. This makes hyperbole look subtle as a way of celebrating the best and worst of movies made to terrify and repulse. In fact, the movie shrewdly uses the wraparound device of the video store to close on what is arguably it’s funniest, goriest, and most meta of them all. With kind nods to Cabin in the Woods and a cameo that will speak directly to the heart of any horror fanatic, we get a grand finale the closes things on a high note.

SCARE PACKAGE is easily worth the rental price. At times the meta-references and gore become a sort of numbing riot of elbow jabs but it is still one of the most satisfying horror movies of the year so far. Made with an army of talented horror fans, this is a love letter to schlock that is funny, clever, and a nightmare for any true fan of horror. Be sure to call up Chad’s horror emporium and ask if SCARE PACKAGE is in stock.  And don’t forget to rewind.