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‘Crumb Catcher’ Review: The Honeymoon’s Over Before It Starts in Black-Comedy Thriller
Chris Skotchdopole’s skillful if somewhat one-note 'Crumb Catcher' finds squabbling newlyweds home-invaded by an older, even more dysfunctional couple.
Even Mario Bava’s succinctly titled horror “Hatchet for the Honeymoon” 54 years ago did not imagine a more vividly unpleasant entrée to wedlock than “ Crumb Catcher,” Chris Skotchdopole ’s feature directorial bow. But ignoring their obvious annoyance, he won’t leave, windbagging his way toward a convoluted mix of crackpot salesmanship and blackmail that also involves his own pushily unpleasant spouse Rose (Lorraine Farris) — who initially waits in the car outside, and was also present at the wedding. Nonetheless, while divertingly nasty as far as it goes, “Crumb Catcher” hardly probes deep or says anything meaningful enough to support a press kit Director’s Statement that it provides a “cautionary tale” about the current state of “the American Dream.”
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