FEATURE FILM: “SUBURBAN GOTHIC”
A likably wiseass horror-comedy, “Suburban Gothic” is light on the horror and the usual broader comedy strokes as well, instead sporting the kind of droll humor that springs not from gags and setpieces but from what seems like improvisational riffing from a cast of assured comic hands. Quite a shift from helmer/co-scenarist Richard Bates Jr.’s first feature, “Excision” (a queasy character study about a creepy teen obsessed with amateur surgery), this sly goof has stirred some buzz along the genre-fest circuit.
Man-child Raymond (Matthew Gray Gubler, “Criminal Minds”) has just completed his MBA. But his MTV-circa-1985 New Wave look and general bratty attitude suggest he’s not about to find gainful corporate (or any) employment soon. Thus, he reluctantly moves back in with the folks, to the delight of his ever-chipper mom (Barbara Niven) and the undisguised contempt of his boorish high-school-coach dad (Ray Wise).
Meanwhile, landscaper Hector (Mel Rodriguez) and his crew accidentally dig up a child’s skeleton in the family’s backyard, unleashing a vengeful spirit that first makes its presence known via visions and nightmares suffered by Raymond, who as a child used to experience “paranormal stuff.” He enlists a similarly caustic local misfit, goth-styled bartender Becca (Kat Dennings, of “2 Broke Girls” and “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”), to help him guide the ghost toward eternal peace before it wreaks total havoc.
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It was fun to play a redhead
As funky Mom on Suburban Gothic.
Between scenes with Ray Wise on Suburban Gothic.
With on-screen husband (Ray Wise) on set filming Suburban Gothic.
With Matthew Gray Gubler in Suburban Gothic.
With Matthew Gray Gubler, Kat Dennings & Ray Wise on set filming Suburban Gothic.
Always the bridesmaid….
With Sally Kirkland on Suburban Gothic.
With Mackenzie Phillips on Suburban Gothic.
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