SIFF 2013 Notebook: 100 Bloody Acres

In Cameron and Colin Cairnes‘ 100 Bloody Acres, the Morgan Brothers’ blood-and-bone organic fertilizer business has outgrown its roadkill roots. Runaway demand for their product has brothers Reg (Damon Herriman) and Lindsay (Angus Sampson) out prowling country roads for car wrecks full of potassium-rich corpses. Alas, little-brother Reg gets distracted from his body-snatching by a trio of college-age hitchhikers. Reg doesn’t get out a lot, so he’s a bit thrown by the winning Sophie (Anna McGahan), beaming with pride as he talks up the Cute Girl about his business and the brothers’ new radio commercial. Of course, when the Damned Kids stumble onto the secret ingredient, Reg turns to his big brother, the lumbering, cheerily malevolent Lindsay, who knows exactly what to do with the interlopers. From there, the movie soars on sharp objects, comic timing, and geysers of giddy, nervous energy. Obviously not for the squeamish, 100 Bloody Acres offers splatter-comedy fans a delightful trip through the meat grinder.