Who is Josh Suire? Unfortunately, not nearly enough people know the answer to that question. Unfortunate because those who are unaware of this comic genius are seriously missing out. To know who Josh Suire is, first, one must know who Chris Seaver is. Seaver is one of the few remaining micro-budget filmmakers whose work really stands out. A comic genius in his own right, Chris Seaver is known for some of the weirdest, craziest, not to mention underrated/underseen Horror Comedies of the last decade plus. Putting out such trash epics as Teenape Goes To Camp and I Spit Chew On Your Grave. Both of which include Josh Suire. You could say he's been Seaver's go to guy. In fact, there's probably close to 30 of his films which you can find that stars Suire. And I've seen most of them. Trust me. You're missing out if you're not familiar with these low budget treasures. A few years ago, Josh Suire also gave gave directing a shot. Today, we're going to talk about one of his two movies. An Evening With My Great Aunt Bedelia, it's called. Oh, this has gotta be good!

An Evening With My Great Aunt Bedelia is very similar to the type of films Chris Seaver was making at the time. In fact, it was also part of the company they had going. Warlock Home Video, which specialized mostly in shot-on-video, 80's/early 90's throwbacks. Even being marketed as lost movies from the era. Warlock itself was portrayed as a company which went under years ago. In the spirit of the old S.O.V.s, Chris Seaver gave us such 80's homages as Stoinky Beach and Death-O-Lantern. Apparently inspired by these gems, Suire finally tried his hand at (bad) filmmaking, and in my humble opinion, managed to come up with something just as good, if not better... or worse. Depending on how you look at it.

An Evening With My Great Aunt Bedelia is set in 1993, and actually has the look and feel of some bad S.O.V. from the same year. Bedelia stars Josh Suire as Bedelia, and Amber Snook as her Great Niece, Edith, who recently lost her grandmother at the hands of the horrible Bedelia. Edith is summoned to the reading of the will, while her (obvious) homo boyfriend tags along. The lovebirds have hopes of using whatever money Edith inherits to start a Drive-In Theater. Even considering the obvious, as well as Edith's abusive nature, her and E.W. are actually kind of cute together. But that's neither here nor there.

We get the idea Edith and her Great Aunt aren't exactly tight. And this is confirmed once Edith arrives at the will reading. Unfortunately, Edith won't be inheriting her grandmother's estate due to Bedelia forcing her sister to change the will seconds before her murder. Bedelia ended up with everything, and Edith just got some dumb old book. But if we learned anything from Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark, that it's never just some dumb old book. As Edith learns of her grandmother's rivalry with Bedelia, she also discovers the jealous old hag is responsible for her death, as well as the Demonic assistance she conjured. Perhaps Grandmother knew what she was doing when she willed that book to Edith, because it happens to be her only hope to right this wrong, banish Bedelia, and keep the balance of good and evil intact.

And I realize none of that sounds too terribly weird. However, if you've seen Josh Suire in anything, especially in drag, then, you know this movie is just dripping with weirdness. Very similar to the LBP weirdness we know and love. And we'll just say the ripped off music from Return of The Living Dead, Troll 1 and Creedence Clearwater Revival is the icing on the cake. I should also point out what a fine job LBP/Warlock regular, Amber Snook, did in her role as Edith. She has come a long way since her debut in Terror At Blood Fart Lake. Although, Suire's boyfriend, who plays E.W. hasn't exactly come a long way since his role in I Spit Chew On our Grave, but goddamned if he's not every bit as hilarious. I'm totally up for more of that guy. As half assed as all of this clearly was, it's truly some of the funniest stuff I've seen in a low-budget Horror film.

Any fan of these movies may ask themselves why this Josh Suire guy never does anything else besides these movies, as he's obviously capable of branching out. And when it comes down to it, is ten times funnier than any of those dull fucks on Saturday Night Live, or whatever mainstream Comedies people like, nowadays. Well, I don't know the answer to that question. And as of now, Aunt Bedelia and a similar film, called Happy Helladays, are the only films Suire has directed. I guess all we can do is hope Chris Seaver keeps on making movies, and keeps on casting his weirdo friend, Josh. Because as long as he's in front of someone's camera, that's really all that matters. 8/10