Bad Karma (1991 film)

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Bad Karma
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Official DVD Cover
Directed by Alex Chandon
Written byAlex Chandon
Produced byAlex Chandon
Duncan Jarman
J. Karapateas
Starring Carmel
Alex Chandon
Dan Barton
CinematographyAlex Chandon
Edited byAlex Chandon
Music byCarmel
Distributed byShape-Shifting Films
Release date
  • 1991 (1991)
Running time
36 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£350 [1]

Bad Karma is a cult horror short film directed by Underground movie director Alex Chandon and stars Carmel and Dan Barton. [2]

Contents

Plot

When Dave Jackson celebrates with his friends a garden party, he crosses two bloodthirsty Hare Krishna followers on his doorstep. The two torches not long and provide for hefty blood flow, recently Dave called the emergency alert, which fortunately, run and walk in a SM-Studio the cult berserkers with the appropriate tool in the neck.

Cast

Production

Per Chandon, the film had a budget of £350, most of which was spent on the special effects. [1] [3]

Release

The film is part of the SOI Film Entertainment DVD, who was released with Chainsaw Scumfuck and Drillbit on one Disc. [4] [ dead link ]

Reception

Bleeding Skull reviewed the short, praising the gore effects and kill scenes, calling the monster designs "one part Etsy and three parts Dollar General." [5] HorrorNews.net also reviewed Bad Karma, comparing it to Peter Jackson's Dead Alive and stating that "The FX team uses every technique they can muster with paper mache heads and carefully planted body parts working on a level that still presents as impressive even with low budget trickery." [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Spotlight". SexGoreMutants.co.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  2. "Alex Chandon interview pt1 – MJSimpson.co.uk". Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  3. Monsters At Play: An Interview with Alex Chandon
  4. DVD Release – Cradle of Fear.com
  5. Choi, Annie; Carlson, Zack; Ziemba, Joseph A. (23 March 2021). Bleeding Skull: A 1990s Trash-Horror Odyssey. Fantagraphics Books. pp. 27–28. ISBN   978-1-68396-186-4.
  6. "Film Review: Bad Karma (short film) (1991)". Horror News | HNN. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2025.