KABOOM

Year: 2010
USA: IFC Films
UK: Artificial Eye
Cast: Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Chris Zylka, Roxane Mesquida, Juno Temple, James Duval, Andy Fischer-Price, Brandy Futch, Nicole LaLiberte, Natalie Alyn Lind, Kelly Lynch, Brennan Mejia, Carlo Mendez, Jason Olive
Director: Gregg Araki
Country: USA
USA & UK: 86 mins
USA Rated: Unclassified
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language, sex and sex references
USA Release Date: 28 January 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 10 June 2011 (Limited Release)


Synopsis

A wild, witty and sex-drenched horror-comedy thriller, KABOOM tells the story of Smith (Thomas Dekker), an ambisexual 18 year-old college freshman who stumbles upon a monstrous conspiracy in a seemingly idyllic Southern California seaside town.

KABOOM shares key touchstones of Araki’s early films, including scatological and absurd Valley-inflected dialogue, elements of campy gore and Araki’s troupe of arrestingly sexy guys and girls. With his sophisticated synthesis of various experiments in tone and cinematography, Araki has reached a new level of artistic maturity.