Blubberella (2011) User Reviews

An Uwe boll movie, what did you expect?

[hjalsayegh · 3/10 · 17 April 2018]

Lindsay Hollister is the lead actress playing a half human / half vampire living in 1940 Nazi Germany... in her perfectly normal 2011 apartment with a smartphone, net access, Mac computer and I do know what insert Apple product here... Yes it's that kind of movie.

The movie is a shot for shot parody of Blood Rayne 3. I think you can guess what the joke is from that horrendous title.

Sadly this movie only works as an inside joke as all the "funny" bits were simply to change one thing from the shot of the original movie. If you don't have that movie memorize or even bothered to see it then you won't get the joke... and see how anti humor it is.

Make no mistake. This movie is offensive and the director went that extra mile to humiliate the lead actress for being plus size because.... I don't know maybe he thinks pointing at people that aren't stick figures is funny? It's a shame because she's actually good and totally wasted in this heap of trash.

Then you have Willam Belli who is simply FABULOUS! but no, here he is made to act the typical 90's gay friend and then black face... there is an actor with black face in a 2011 movie. I'm serious!

This movie was bad, offensive and weird. If you know what you're in for then you'll get a few laughs out of it. Mostly for the wrong reasons but you can still have some stupid fun with it.

If on the other hand you are unfamiliar with this director's work or blood rayne then take out your electric fan and will the stench of this heap away. You WILL hate it .

Boll's worst and one of the worst films ever, too

[Leofwine_draca · 1/10 · 8 October 2016]

You know, I recently watched Uwe Boll's FAR CRY and thought to myself, Boll has actually made a decent film here. Perhaps he's improving as a director. I've subsequently sat through a kind of double-bill of AUSCHWITZ and now this, and I have to revoke that thought. Because AUSCHWITZ was bad, but BLUBBERELLA is by far Boll's worst film ever, as well as one of the worst films I've ever had the misfortune to sit through.

The joke is that Blubberella is a morbidly obese girl who fights Nazis in some kind of amateur WW2 setting. There's also some nonsense about her being half vampire although that has nothing to do with the story. Instead, what we get is a pantomime-style film with constant and offensive jokes about overweight people, different nationalities, and anything else. There's even a scene of blackface which has to be seen to be believed.

Lindsay Hollister as the main actress is humiliated throughout and I felt acutely sorry for her. Michael Pare must be wondering how far his fortunes can sink by appearing in this. The only decent actor is Clint Howard playing a creepy doctor in the usual Clint Howard style, but that's it. Uwe Boll's cameo as Hitler is the worst ever. The crude sexual jokes and the like take the biscuit and the film is too cheap to include any action, effects, or real storyline. It's absolutely awful in every way and I wish I'd never seen it.

"Blubberella" is without a doubt one of Uwe Boll's worst films... A tedious, unfunny "comedy" that is just hard to watch...

[TedStixonAKAMaximumMadness · 1/10 · 14 July 2012]

I love-hate Uwe Boll. That's the best way to describe my feelings towards him.

I absolutely hate the man, and I hate his films as honest attempts at art. However, I do love the "character" of Uwe Boll, and I love his films in an ironic, "so bad, they're good" kind of way.

So I came into "Blubberella" from a fairly open place, expecting if nothing else, an amusingly-awful film. The problem is, this is an attempt at a comedy. When a film is meant to be serious, and it fails, it usually works in that sort-of ironic way because it's failed drama ilicits unintentional laughs. However, a bad comedy just sucks, because it fails in every respect. A failed dramatic scene can work if it becomes so bad, it's funny. However, no matter what, an unfunny joke is never funny, even in an unintentional way. It's just painful.

And that's this film in a nutshell- painful and full of unfunny jokes.

For some background, this film was shot at the same time as another of Boll's films, "BloodRayne III: The Third Reich", which was actually one of his better films, because he understood that it wasn't a good movie, and simply tried to make it entertaining. Hence, it worked as mindless thrills with lots of blood and sex, like a 70's exploitation film. I'd actually recommend it, it's a lot better than the first two, which were just foul.

This film shares the entire same cast and crew as that film, and re-uses all of the sets, props and costumes. This film was basically made to be a cheap cash-in- Boll could film two movies for the price of one and release them separately.

Lindsay Hollister stars as the title character "Blubberella", whose hobbies include eating and killing Nazi's. She's a damphire- a half-human, half-vampire living in Nazi Germany during World War II. She spends her time killing Nazi's, mainly to steal their food it seems. (Her opening kill features her slaughtering a Nazi for his sub-sandwich)

Hollister, to her credit, at least tries, and is perky and fun, but the script is so sloppy, there's no enjoyment in her performance. Other actors include Clint Howard, Brendan Fletcher and Michael Pare, and they all give lukewarm-to-craptastic performances. Nobody really has their heart in this, and they're all about two seconds from looking at the camera and apologizing to the viewer for this filth.

There is a vague attempt at a plot, including a resistance group or something (I don't know specifics, I only watched the first half, and I wasn't paying attention, it was so dull), but it's all just a scam to cram a lot of bad stereotype jokes down our throat.

There is almost nothing to say about this film, good or bad. It's just bland. Also, a lot of the jokes are too random and have no structure. Despite taking place in WWII, Blubberella has a laptop computer and uses a Jewish dating website, there are passing references to Elvis Presley and George W. Bush, etc. Sure, anachronistic humor can be funny, but it has to have a basis within the reality of the film, and there is no attempt at setting up any internal logic here.

There's also a lot of horrible stereotyping of groups such as the obese, gays, etc, and it's really offensive. And not in the good way, where taboos are pushed and ideas are parodied, but more in a grade-school bully kind of way. There's no love or respect in the offensive humor- you get the feeling that Boll really is just very jaded and spiteful and hateful of everyone he makes fun of.

There's nothing to say about this film beyond that. It's 80-or-so minutes of unfunny, offensive stereotyping, and is extremely cheaply made. It's one of Boll's worse films (though from from his absolute worse), and isn't worth checking out. Skip it. A 1 out of 10.

Hysterically politically incorrect

[iamcraig · 17 March 2012]

An obese half-vampire bisexual living in WWII Nazi Germany with cell-phone service, internet access, a 2001 Apple clamshell iBook and a Segway.

Even though the lead actress Lindsay Hollister took pains to try to change the movie title, and she publicized that she only took the part because it was difficult for plus-sized actresses to find roles, she is an utter jewel in this movie with her comic timing.

Willam Belli is a stereotype chameleon (swishy queen, blackface mammy, blackface thug, etc.) playing off of Hollister so well, between them they make the movie.

The bonus in the movie was Clint Howard as the Josef Mengele analogue. Half playing it straight dramatic and half doing comic Nazi goose steps.

"Blubberella" is a lot of politically incorrect fun, and you'll get a lot of laughs as long as you know what you're in for.

The voting scale has no zero

[paaskynen · 1/10 · 10 September 2012]

German director Uwe Boll has a reputation for prolifically turning out films that are, shall we say, unsatisfactory. He has worked with reputable actors and sizable budgets, yet all his films fail to convey, if anything, the joy of film making. It saddens me to say that the flick Blubberella epitomizes this total failure.

I have seen many bad movies in my life; some so bad they became good, some bad in a campy way, some just plain crap, but Blubberella is none of that. It is uninspired, clumsy (and not in a quaint way), fake and most of all BORING. Uwe Boll must have had his sense of humor surgically removed to be able to produce such an utterly unfunny comedy.

I can rage against bad films when they have redeeming qualities, or when there was a start of an idea, a good intention. Blubberella is just absolutely nothing.

I wonder how some films get financed.

[brittprentice · 1/10 · 15 February 2012]

This film obviously had a budget. They filmed on location in Croatia, more sets than I can remember, and even paid Ron Howard's creepy bro to be horrible in it- but how does this film get made??? Set in WWII but there are laptops, they have sex with clothes on but it's supposed to be real with orgasm, they are slapping people as a running gag but it was never funny. The editing was so disjointed...or was it the actual plot. And just because you're fat doesn't necessarily mean you are funny. A fat dancing woman isn't always funny either. All these over-the-top characters aren't funny because the actors don't go all the way with them. They don't have the training and confidence so it doesn't fly. And people are drifting in and out of accents so you don't know if it's a gag or if they are just bad. I say it's all bad, an unfunny comedy with a terrible plot, horrid acting and disjointed filmmaking.

Uwe Boll delivers another abortion...

[mr_will001 · 1/10 · 17 March 2012]

I thought I've seen the worst of film. Yet Ewe Boll manages to take the title ONCE AGAIN. In a story that was written by a horny bi-curious teenager, "Bluberella" is a 90-minute failure that couldn't be enjoyed by a stoned 20-something college student (and they can enjoy A LOT). Not even fit for the independent venue, this "film" wouldn't get a "D" in an Intro to Fiction class. A mixture of ad-lib dialog tied with random shots and a C+ actor (Clint Howard), this film not only leaves much to be desired, but a basic foundation of cinema as well. If Boll wanted to fight me as he so often said he would to his "critical reviewers", I would gladly take the opportunity to put this so-called director in his place. Your move, Mr. Boll, Your move...

what the hell was this

[trashgang · 2/10 · 26 January 2012]

Uwe Boll, you love him or you hate him but this flick is utterly trash. I guess that they had a lot of fun making this flick. It features Nazis and let that be the most important part in Bloodrayne 3. So it's clear that they filmed it back to back with Bloodrayne 3.

The script doesn't go anywhere but the acting was by some okay. I kept watching it to see where something is happening and the few things that happen is one vampire attack, one corpse of a vampire being investigated by some kind of perverted doctor and some nude chicks walking around.

I didn't laugh a bit with the comedy or jokes or even situations. The only thing that saved this turkey is Lindsay Hollister (Blubberella) and Brendan Fletcher (Rampage). The idea was okay but what a mess it became.

Gore 0/5 Nudity 1/5 Effects 1/5 Story 1/5 Comedy 1/5

Almost made Bloodrayne 3 worth watching

[amiableshark · 4/10 · 21 June 2011]

A bit like an Aaron Seltzer/Jason Friedberg movie. Not really a superhero film although it realises that in a voice-over of the credits. Where should I start with this title? With Uwe Boll's rampage, I was hoping for something better, but was stuck with trash. Apparently this is a money making movie, as he fronts his own production company and shot this and Bloodrayne scene for scene. He mocks/parodies his own movie whilst putting in sex jokes, food, flatulence, and pop culture references. This movie was immature but made be chuckle at some bits. (rosebud, resistance fighter 1 ETC).

However, you have to see this as it is. Light entertainment for those with low IQ. It stands on its own feet as a film and contains some funny references to film making, which often breaks the third wall. Sadly too often, but if your a Boll fanatic this is worth a rent. Its use in title cards was effective, and most the time the wacky music set the tone perfectly. The actors were more suited to this than its counterpart, as the goofy feeling of the film even allowed Clint Howard's character not to annoy me. That being said there was an obligatory homosexual, and this film really felt to me like an attempt to follow a spoof formulae, as the film failed to live up to its premise (IE, the beginning which was of higher quality).

In conclusion, it was some funny moments, but they are over done for the dumb. By the way, the protagonist is a fat vampire. Its really hard to remember that throughout the film.

The worst movie ever made

[boatista24 · 1/10 · 31 March 2012]

I have seen a lot of bad pictures over my 50+ years, but this one absolutely takes the cake. I have seen all of Ed Wood's terrible movies, and even those are better than this. At least Wood's movies were laughable, albeit unintentionally. This movie tries to get laughs, gets none, and is possibly the most tedious, boring and useless movie ever put to celluloid. Rarely will I walk out on a movie less than a third of the way into it, but this movie is so bad, it was actually painful to watch. I feel bad for Ronny Howard's brother, who must have been desperate for work to have taken this acting job. This movie is a colossal waste of time. Even if you are bored to tears, this would only make it worse!

A concoction of pure trash

[kobe89 · 1/10 · 1 November 2011]

Apparently this steaming mound of horse manure was hastily compiled together from some improvised scenes a few people put together whilst working on another rubbish film about Nazis.

So imagine the half decent film set unused for the afternoon... the director thinks it's a good idea to make use of it (all the money he's already spent), and make a quick film on the side. He grabs a few of the actors (extras), including the poor girl shamefully cast as 'Blubberella' and so it begins.

I can imagine Uwe Boll, the 'director' must of hastily scribbled down his 'script' on the back of some rolling papers. It's quite obvious that he tries to squeeze in everything that will make the uneducated film fans amongst us fall for - vampires, Nazis, zombies, sword fights, explosions etc.. without giving any thought as to how they remain relevant to the story.

So I imagine he put all these ideas in a bucket, used the bucket as a toilet and then tried to stitch the elements loosely together to make the snooze inducing script.

And so Blubberella ("Half human, half vampire, Mostly dough") is born like a giant fart.. and unfortunately for this already sick planet it shall remain lingering around poisoning the eyes of viewers for years thanks to DVD and Blu-ray and the internet.

It's much harder to erase a film from history than it is to make it but I may just spend my life trying to destroy every copy of Blubberella. One day you'll thank me.

In a nutshell, this movie stinks.

Genuinely FUNNY!

[detroitrockscene · 10/10 · 12 April 2013]

This is the sort of low budget movie that normally goes nowhere but on the strength of its comedy alone, it's actually fun to watch! Perhaps the only movie made out of another movie (except "What's Up, Tiger Lily", this film is a parody of "Bloodrayne: The Third Reich" using the same cast and crew but is eminently more watchable. Less ridiculous than the "Naked Gun" movies, it's a farce but a very clever one. It shows just how much you can do with a sense of humor and some "good" writing. The star shows a very rare ability to make fun of herself in an age where "fat" jokes and every other sort of politically incorrect humor has been banned by the "culture Nazis". Enjoy!

Clint Howard Dancing in the Dark and Into Our Hearts

[daniel-mannouch · 4/10 · 14 June 2021]

Boll parodied his own movie. Beyond Cringe, but there are few films like it.

The Blub in Boll

[Michael_Elliott · 7 March 2012]

Blubberella (2011)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

Uwe Boll's latest centers on an obese superhero known as Bubberella (Lindsay Hollister) who joins a Renaissance to kill as many Nazis as she can. Along the way it turns out she's also a half-vampire and likes to search the internet for guys to have sex with. It's really funny that Boll has become one of the most hated targets in cinema right now yet those who hate him most continue to watch each new movie he comes out with. I love bad movies and bad filmmakers but I've yet to dig into Boll's filmography but with a title like BLUBBERELLA I just had to check this one out. There's no question that this is a pretty bad movie but at the same time I at least give Boll credit for trying to deliver one laugh every ten seconds even if the majority of them don't work. It's also clear that Boll wanted to offended as many people as possible as there are jokes aimed at all races, gays, fat people, women and we even get some blackface moments. One of the highlights of the film is a spoof of the movie PRECIOUS and I must admit that it was just so tasteless that I couldn't help but laugh. The blackface jokes in a movie made in 2011 might seem shocking to some but this is an exploitation movie after all plus it's Boll so I guess it should be expected. Even though the film takes place in 1940 that doesn't stop the director from talking about current situations like Dancing with the Stars, Corey Haim, Michael Jackson and countless other celebs. Clint Howard plays a crazy doctor in the film and we're told he was also the doctor to Haim and Jackson so you know where that joke is going. There's a gay character who gets quite a few jokes aimed at him and they seem to have been written by some teenage boys as they're so childish. Hollister isn't too bad in her role and Howard offers up some mild entertainment. Boll himself plays Hitler but I won't comment on that. BLUBBERELLA could have been a fun camp movie but the screenplay just doesn't have enough going for it to work. There simply aren't enough laughs and in the end this is just a pretty silly movie.

Horrible and Offensive

[taylorlautner7910 · 1/10 · 10 January 2015]

As I said this movie is not only one of the worst movies to be ever released into the world first off this movie is so offencive to over weight people and world war two survivors and people with weight problems the fact that Bubberella creates explosions by taking footsteps is probably the most offencive i know its probably just for laughs but some people might not take it as a funny matter but in a very offencive on such as me this movie is just for very cheap laughs but overall very poor comedy my advice next time is to think a movie like this through or you are going to get people like me writing these kinds of reviews

So cheesy it's fun...

[paul_haakonsen · 5/10 · 17 December 2023]

I've actually had this 2011 movie lying around for many, many years, and never did get around to watching it before now in 2023. I always put off watching it, as there was always something else to watch, and the movie's title just was screaming low budget.

However, I didn't know who was in the movie, and had I known that, I would definitely have sat down to watch the movie way earlier than 2023. I mean, with the likes of Brendan Fletcher, Michael Paré and Clint Howard on the cast list, then you should have some sort of idea what to expect from the movie.

And I did not know that it was Uwe Boll who had directed the movie. And had I known that, of course I would have watched the movie far earlier.

The storyline in "Blubberella", as written by Uwe Boll, Michael Christopher, Lindsay Hollister and Willam Belli, was actually a funny and oddly enjoyable and bizarre one, as you would indeed expect from Uwe Boll. And that works well in favor of the movie.

The acting performances in the movie were actually fair enough. And I have to say that it was definitely nice to see Brendan Fletcher in this movie. And while I am not familiar with Lindsay Hollister, I will say that she carried the movie quite well. And the role that director Uwe Boll portrayed in the movie was just a stroke of genius for him to portray.

Visually then "Blubberella" was actually good. The props and costumes were quite nice, and it definitely looked like something from World War II. And I have to admit that I was surprised with that in a movie such as this.

If you enjoy off-beat movies, and perhaps also enjoy Uwe Boll movies, then you definitely have to sit down and watch the 2011 movie "Blubberella". "Blubberella" is exactly the kind of politically incorrect stuff that you would expect from Uwe Boll.

My rating of "Blubberella" lands on a five out of ten stars.

So incredibly boring

[borgolarici · 2/10 · 24 February 2022]

Quite possibly the most boring parody I've ever seen. Some jokes are mildly funny but it's too long for what it's worth. I probably would have liked it at 13, but not as the adult I am.

I like trash movies and surreal humour but this one is just very bland and plainly stupid.

A transcendental experience

[mister_bateman · 10/10 · 17 April 2020]

Uwe Boll is a visionary. He treats the world that gave birth to a unique character such as his and certain parts of history that influenced his development and artistic direction with the seriousness they truly deserve. I am convinced one day he will complete the system of German idealism.

Better than 12 Years A Slave

[bigchowdah · 8/10 · 3 August 2014]

This was a cheese fest. Ridiculously low budget, stupid storyline and obnoxious acting. It was however fast paced, had great comic timing and did not take itself seriously. I actually laughed a lot. It currently has about 1 and 3/4 stars which means it has only been reviewed by pretentious self acclaimed movie critics who wouldn't know entertainment or creativity if it teabagged them. Really you people rated this movie lower than so called works of art like "12 years a slave" (Boring, boring, boring, and lacking any creativity at all. Oh here is a new idea let's make a movie about slavery and how sadistic every white person in history has been. That wasn't already done to death or anything.). LOL! Seriously this movie is fun. Pull the stick out of your ass and watch it for fun. Plus fat girls are funny, political incorrectness is funny, gay stereotypes are funny, potty humor is funny and everything else that offends (Sorry, makes pompous douchebags pretend they are offended because that is hip in today's society) is funny. Give it a chance and if you really want to see what a 1 and 3/4 star movie looks like turn on SyFy and watch anything. E.G, "Skeleton Man." Or rent anything deemed Oscar's best picture. E.G, "Brokeback Mountain."

HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!

[plasticmask · 10/10 · 26 June 2021]

Go in with your eyes open and you'll LOVE this film. Lindsay Hollister MAKES the movie; if they'd hired anyone else, it would have been horrid. She took a movie that will offend several different stereotypes and made it super hilarious anyway.

If you're a Democrat or one of those Social Justice Warriors, don't bother with this GEM of a film, it will only hurt your widdle feewings. But if you're a normal person who just wants to relax and laugh, snag a view; it's available on Amazon RIGHT NOW and you WILL LAUGH YOURSELF OUT OF YOUR CHAIR AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL THE MOVIE ENDS, and then you'll be so disappointed that the movie wasn't longer.

Oh, and no spoiler but let the credits roll, there are some out-takes and things like that, adds to the fun of it all.

WORTH WATCHING, ONE OF THE FUNNIEST I HAVE SEEN ALL YEAR.