If you search the hidden depths of the free movies section on Amazon Prime for long enough, you will encounter masterpieces such as Llamageddon. This 69-minute film is exactly what it sounds like: a movie about a killer llama. The film depicts the llama’s murderous rampage during a “crazy college party” (4 kids sitting on a couch playing never-have-I-ever). Llamageddon began as a short film made by recently graduated film students, but it eventually “turned into a full-length passion project.” It is a fantastical waltz through low-budget absurdity. Purposefully attempting the “so bad it’s good” concept, the film embraces its own ridiculousness. Highlights include:
- A llama that shoots lasers out of its eyes.
- The phrase “front butt.”
- The most ungodly liquor/beer/soda mixed drink in existence.
- “Scholars are bad bitches!”
- An unexplainably, prolonged shot of two characters dancing to disembodied saxophone music for no apparent reason.
- Homoerotic hand shakes
- A llama electrocuting a hot-tub full of drunk college kids.
- “Hello? Yes, this is an emergency. There’s a llama out here shooting people!”
- Hand-to-hand combat with a llama
- “How’d you know how to kill it?”
“Like most living things, if you run them through a combiner, it’ll pretty much take care of it”
And the best end credits song ever to be invented.
In case you were concerned, the final lines of the credits read: “No llamas were hurt during the production of this film, just the dignities of all involved.” Since its release, Llamageddon has achieved a cult horror following. People love how the film doesn’t take itself, or anything, seriously. In fact, the director has announced plans for a potential sequel, Alpacalypse, following the cult success of Llamageddon.