I’m a big fan of Ken Marino who is best known for his comedic start with The State TV back in the 90’s. He’s been making a bigger name for himself with his continued work in TV (Party Down, Children’s Hospital, Eastbound and Down, Burning Love) and more and more movie work. I think he’s one of the more under rated guys in comedy right now, but it looks like he’s catching on.

Ken Marino leads Bad Milo a horror comedy about Duncan and his intestinal monster. Yes, a monster that may or not have originated in the bowels of hell, but definatly lives in human bowels.

Bad Milo is a fun little creature feature about the ills of our modern day stress and anxiety. Duncan has a lot going on in his life. A terrible boss that puts him in high stress situations through manipulation and lies, an absentee father that he’s stressed about his entire life and the pressure of a newly pregnant wife. Duncan feels like the walls are closing in on him and the pressure builds up to such an extreme amount that he gets debilitating intenstinal issues. What starts as the need to spend some serious time in the bathroom urupts into Milo, a monster that actually has the best intentions for Duncan. It wants to get rid of all the things that bother Duncan. When the dead bodies start piling up, Duncan has to figure out a way to keep everyone safe around him.

Marino is great in this, he really knows how to sell the insanity of a butt monster. It’s a wild concept that works surprisingly well. It’s not a gory horror movie (much is left to the imagination) but the puppet work for Milo is well done. He’s kinda cute for a murderous monster and seeing a physical creature with the actors helps sell the believability of it all.

While it’s not a movie for everyone, if you can laugh at the premise it’s a good bet you’ll enjoy the hour and twenty minutes with Bad Milo.