MAD COW is a South African horror / comedy released through Troma. It's overflowing with idiot characters, absurd sight gags, awful jokes, and gushy, gory yuck.
Two factors raise it above the sum of its schlocky, cheeeze-filled parts: #1- Tanya van Graan. She's so very good at being so very bad, as the muddleheaded Charlize! She's funny and ties the whole mess together. #2- It's not typical of a Troma movie. At all. It's actually quite humorous in places, unlike the vast majority of Troma's sub-sludge output.
Is it a magnificent, classic masterpiece? Of course not! That would be silly! However, it is tolerable, even enjoyable, and, all things considered, that's a miracle!
Now, don't misunderstand. There are some stretches of dullness that boggle the mind. It's just that in spite of this, it somehow works!
The plot is best described as FRANKENSTEIN meets THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, mixed with dollops of AIRPLANE!, NAKED GUN, etc., all pickled in some unholy, bovine solution.
A killer cow-man is created through mad science, resulting in bloody mayhem, and sophomoric stupidity on a grand scale.
So, if you're in the mooood for udder nonsense, here you go!
WARNING: This movie contains a musical number, sausage bombs, and a full-on human / cow hybrid, zombie assault!...
