Movie Review: Repo! The Genetic Opera

Repo! The Genetic Opera is about a worldwide epidemic causing a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program. Pretty much the same as a car loan. You don't pay for your organs, the Repo men will come and make you pay for the surgery. It was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW, MOTHER'S DAY, 11-11-11, THE DEVIL'S CARNIVAL)with writers Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich. Terrance Zdunich also played the Graverobber in Repo!

Along with Terrance, the movie stars actors Alexa Vega as Shilio Wallace, Paris Hilton as Amber Sweet, Bill Moseley as Luigi Largo and Sarah Brightman as Blind Mag. I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed this movie. I watched it on FEARnet not expecting much from it. To my delight, it was awesome. The Cinematography was amazing, I loved the contrast of the colors in the movie.

This movie was a musical which is one of the reasons I didn't have very high hopes for it. A horror musical to me just sounds goofy and dumb. This was far from it. The music and lyrics were perfect. It almost had a beat that you could get up and dance to. The singing from a few of the actors (Alexa Vega, Paris Hilton & Bill Moseley) wasn't the greatest. The songs were still good and very well written; it just wasn't their finest moments.

Terrance Zdunich who played the Graverobber was the best part of the whole entire movie. His performance stole the show. The way he pulled you in and made you feel like he was talking/singing directly to you. He has a beautiful voice and he was the best singer in Repo! I know that his voice in the movie wasn't his real voice since I've heard him speak in interviews and it's completely different from his voice in the movie.

I also thought he was pretty good looking. I don't know why but I have always had a thing for guys who look like they're dead. I think it's from the crush I had on Beetlejuice when I was little. Gotta love dead guys. ;) The story line was amazing, the actors gave a great performance. Even Paris Hilton did a pretty good job. I really don't have a problem with her. Back when I was 15 I was obsessed with her, I thought she was the coolest person. Ha! Again, I wasn't expecting her to be amazing because let's face it, she's not very good at acting. I was pretty surprised that Darren, the director wanted her in the film.

Besides being a musical it does feed your need for horror. It has a horror atmosphere to it, the story line is horror and it has enough blood in it to satisfy any gore hound. I recommend this movie because it's fun, the songs are catchy and it's different. Remember, sometimes different is better. ;) I give this movie 4 1/2 of 5 Skulls.

This is my favorite part in the movie. Enjoy. :)