The Chainsaw Sally Show - Season 1 (2010)

- written December 22nd, 2010

Overall: I am reviewing the first season.           The story of Sally Diamon, her brother Ruby, and her unusual life living out her dreams, other people’s nightmares and her ability to teach people life-lessons in her library!           What I liked about it: Hey…can’t say it’s not entertaining! Boobs, books, and blood. What else do you need? Some nice acting performances and April Burril does her usual tremendous job switching from mild-mannered Sally Diamon, the librarian to her "at-home persona" of “Chainsaw Sally.” We get 11 episodes here so we watch Sally get the librarian job for the first time, end up with a kidnapped victim, Busy Bee, as her new house slave, and her brother constantly torturing and eviscerating the dead bodies. It’s beyond over-the-top with it’s gore and violence but they do a good job at keeping it looking realistic and still giving us an aura of horror as well. We also get some appearances by Nicola Fiore and Debbie Rochon as well! And don’t miss the extra short film, "It’s Groundhog Day” with an appearance by Dai Green!           What I didn’t like: Criticisms are minor here. I thought a few times, the dead bodies that Ruby was playing with, looked a teeny bit too fake. But for the most part it was still good work, considering the gore and violence effects at other times were phenomenal. Also, each episode featured somewhere between 1-5 minutes of story before giving us our intro-credits and theme song, before returning back to that week's episode. But at times there was no rhyme nor reason as to why the opening scenes ended when they did…once in awhile, it was at a very anti-climatic moment where it seemed better editing was in store. Finally…the theme song. The first time I heard it I was like “um...this is cheesy and corny and not very good.” But…11 episodes later, it gets to ya…it works, and it’s definitely catchy. So sticking with it, I was sorta digging it by the end.           But really, minor details, minor dislikes. Definitely worth a purchase for horror fans out there. The only catch I’d give ya is to watch the film first, then grab yourself the tv show!

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