Gingerdead Man. USA 2005. Directed by Charles Band

Since most of us are now sick of Christmas 2005, guess how does it feel to watch Charles Band movie about a cookie that kills? Well, not that bad, actually!

Mad killer called Millard Findlemeyer shoots the innocent family and only the daughter Sara survives from the attack. Millard is sent to electric chair, but he'll be back: his mother mixes Millards ashes into gingerbead mix, and when blood is mixed accidentally to it... here comes the Gingerdead Man!

Movie with absurd plot like this can't be throughout waste of time. And when there's Gary Busey as Millard and the voice of killer cookie, you got a second strong point here as well. And what is not so great, is of course the routine plot with stupid young adults and series of not-so-clever killings. Gingerdead Man probably suites best for the people, who haven't seen too much of low-budget obscurities.

Charles Band keeps the pace going on, so there's nothing wrong about it. The characters are the type you would expect to - meaningless, dull and stupid minus the heroes, who are only meaningless and dull. The angry voice of Gary Busey and bloody murders keep the viewer out of remote control. Then again, Gingerdead Man could be perfect sunday morning film since it doesn't require too much of brain activity. Just don't show it to kids!

Wizard Entertainment's DVD release gives no particular reason to complain about its techical values (other than noise of the picture) - of course many would expect anamorphic transfer and 5.1 surround sound. Instead we got letterbox picture and stereo sound, which is fine by me. Extra material contains bloopers, Behind the Scenes-featurette, Action Figures announcement and the always respectable feature: Message from Charles Band.