When rebellious high school student Johnny Grissom is murdered, he returns from the grave as a revenge crazed supernatural creature.When rebellious high school student Johnny Grissom is murdered, he returns from the grave as a revenge crazed supernatural creature.When rebellious high school student Johnny Grissom is murdered, he returns from the grave as a revenge crazed supernatural creature.
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- TriviaSeveral of the songs featured in JOHNNY GRUESOME were created and performed by Canadian husband and wife Giasone Italiano and Marcy Italiano. The couple produced the songs as part of the Gruesome CD in 2007, a spin-off of Gregory Lamberson's novelization of his screenplay. Lamberson approached them about creating an Alice Cooper styled theme song to promote his book, and the trio decided to produce a full album instead. Lamberson directed a short film/music video based on two of the songs; the video starred Erin Brown, aka "Misty Mundae," an actress known for her work in erotic horror films.
- Quotes
Carol Crane: You're dead! How come you're not dead?
Johnny Grissom: I couldn't sleep
Featured review
Late discovery on Tubi!
I was looking forward to seeing this upon its initial release, but didn't for one reason or another and finally came across it on Tubi. I dig Lamberson's other films and know the limitations of budget, but this far surpasses any of those limitations. A few of the supporting cast fall flat here and there, but this is a minor gripe as the direction, story and acting from our main characters more than makes up for it. The camerawork and edit are just great and made the pacing in my opinion spot on. Lamberson and cast could have fallen into serious schlock film territory given the scenario, but manage to pull it all together in a realistic and believable fashion with just a touch of dark comedy to take the edge off. The film gave me real 80's vibes for films like Trick or Treat and even Creepshow with the subject matter and shooting style. The makeup effects are cool and didn't rely on gore as filler. You can feel Lamberson's honest intention to just make an entertaining and original fantasy film that has serious 80's genre vibes. Johnny is just a cool character and I'd love to see a sequel or other films in the series. Original, fun and endearing.
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- Budget
- $240,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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