It’s been a little while since we heard anything about Rob Schmidt’s BAD MEAT – almost a year, I reckon. It sounded promising, what little we heard about it, and I kind’ve like Schmidt’s work – at least what I’ve seen: WRONG TURN and his amusing MASTERS OF HORROR episode, RIGHT TO DIE.
ShockTillYouDrop recently caught up with Schmidt and got some juicy details, namely a plot synopsis and some of the cast! As far as the latter goes, Elisabeth Harnois (right and below), Mark Pellegrino, Dave Franco, and Tahj Mowry are all on board (you’re most likely saying who?! right about now).
As for the story, read on… A group of so-called “problem teens” are sent by their parents to a repressive Boot Camp in the middle of nowhere, in the hope that the strict regime will transform them into youthful model citizens that their parents can be proud of. However the kids refuse to play ball, and tensions emerge between them as they try to resist the guards’ sadistic methods.
Meanwhile, the camp’s down-trodden cook has also tired of the abuse meted out to him by the guards, and fixes them a meal of illegal, diseased meat…a final “screw you!” before he abandons the camp. But he doesn’t know that the meat is infected with a virus, which instead of simply making the guards ill as he intended, transforms them into flesh-crazed maniacs!
If our heroes are to make it to morning and survive the carnage, they must put aside their differences and work together. They’re going to learn the lessons of maturity and responsibility – the hard way…
Sounds cool enough, if not ready to set the world on fire with originality. You have to get your hopes up, though, when you read how the producer describes it (to Shock): “[It’s] an awesome mix of bloody carnage and smart comedy with some deviant sex thrown in.”