Stump the Band

Starring largely unknown actors and even featuring its co-director in a major supporting role, Stump the Band is the sort of DIY indie slasher film that might have been a drive-in hit in a bygone era. It concerns an ambitious all-girl punk band on the road when they run into serious problems when their van breaks down in the backwoods and their anticipated rabid fans turn out to be a pack of bloodthirsty psychos. Appropriately bloody, lewd and vulgar, it also boasts (unlike most similarly budgeted affairs) decent and notably outrageous original songs, which are delivered with gusto by real-life musician Dominique Davalos, daughter of actor Richard Davalos of East of Eden fame.

Shelf Talk: A good-humored, yet pervy horror entry that already has positive word-of-mouth among genre followers, Stump the Band should appeal to interested newcomers, who can safely judge this DVD by its girl band and bloody machette cover.