• Pop Culture
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Comic Books
    • Video Games
    • Toys & Collectibles
  • Features
    • News
    • Reviews
    • Articles and Opinions
    • Interviews
    • Exclusives
    • Flickering Myth Films
    • FMTV
  • About
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Write for Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on Flickering Myth
  • Socials
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • Bluesky
    • Instagram
    • Flipboard
    • Linktree
    • X
  • Terms
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy

Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

  • News
  • Reviews
  • Articles & Opinions
  • Write for Us
  • The Baby in the Basket

Film4 FrightFest 2014 Review – Bad Milo! (2013)

August 23, 2014 by Luke Owen

Bad Milo!, 2013

Directed by Jacob Vaughan
Starring Ken Marino, Gillian Jacobs, Mark Kay Place, Claudia Choi, Toby Huss, Peter Stormare, Kumail Nanjiani and Stephen Root

SYNOPSIS:
A horror comedy centered on a guy who learns that his unusual stomach problems are being caused by a demon living in his intestines.

When describing Bad Milo! to someone, a fair few comparisons spring to mind. It’s like a 21st Century version of Basket Case, it’s the Tales from the Crypt episode they never made, it’s a big budget version of a skit you’d likely find on Youtube etc. But frankly there is no real way to describe just how odd and bizarre a movie like Bad Milo! is. After all, it’s about a man who has a demon living inside his anus.

Ken Marino plays Duncan, a man who is stressed with his whole life. His family is pressuring him to start raising a family, he is having horrendous stomach pains and his work has just relegated his office to the men’s toilet. But while having therapy, it seems his stress has manifested itself into a living being which shoots out of his back passage and attacks those who cause pain in his life. The creature, named Milo, is now a part of Duncan’s life – and he needs to start taking care of it.

Bad Milo! is a movie that tries to get by on very little just because it has a very wacky premise. But unlike something like WolfCop, there is something missing from Bad Milo! that just makes it a rather average affair. It has all of that Tales From the Crypt dark humour and bizarre joviality to it, but Bad Milo! just doesn’t hit every mark fully. The movie is funny, but it the jokes of Milo escaping from his butt get old quickly and once that is gone, there isn’t much else to write home about.

Perhaps Bad Milo! would have worked better as a short as there really is a lot here to like. Ken Marino is great and gives a wonderful physical performance, Peter Stormare is brilliantly wacky as his therapist and Stephen Root is awesome in the few scenes he’s in. And although it’s Kumail Nanjiani who steals all of the best comedy moments, Bad Milo! has good comedic performances all round, which you would expect with a cast this good. They all seem to believe in the movie and no one is half-arsing it, but the simple plot and lack of humour outside of the toilet fails to excite for the full runtime.

While this review has sounded quite negative, Bad Milo! is not a bad movie, it’s just not as great as it could have been. It promises a lot but delivers very little of it which is disappointing. It’s the sort of movie you would see on late at night on Channel 4 in the 1990s when you were a teenager and loved it, but in 2014 it just doesn’t quite cut the cheese. A few funny moments and good comedic performances aside, Bad Milo! just feels like a missed opportunity.

Flickering Myth Rating – Film: ★ ★ / Movie: ★ ★

Luke Owen is the Deputy Editor of Flickering Myth and the host of the Flickering Myth Podcast. You can follow him on Twitter @LukeWritesStuff.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

FMTV – Watch Our Latest Video Here

WATCH OUR MOVIE NOW FOR FREE ON PRIME VIDEO!

YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:

Movies That Actually Really Need A Remake!

The Most Obscure and Underrated Slasher Movies of the 1980s

The Prisoner: The Classic British TV Series Revisited

Ten Action Sequels The World Needs To See

Takashi Miike: The Modern Godfather of Horror

7 Forgotten 2000s Comedy Movies That Are Worth Revisiting

Maximum Van Dammage: The Definitive Top 10 Jean-Claude Van Damme Movies!

Are we about to see The Rocknaissance?

The Films Quentin Tarantino Wrote But Didn’t Direct

Cinema of Violence: 10 Great Hong Kong Movies of the 1980s

Top Stories:

Comic Book Review – Rick and Morty vs. The Universe #1

Movie Review – Saint Clare (2025)

18 Incredible 21st Century Films You May Have Missed

Feel the Heat: 10 Uncomfortably Hot and Sweaty Films

10 Great 1980s Sci-Fi Adventure Movies

James Gunn’s Superman soars with $217 million worldwide box office opening

Movie Review – Eddington (2025)

Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Red Shirts #1

STREAM FREE ON PRIME VIDEO!

FEATURED POSTS:

Ten Essential Films of the 1950s

20 Essential Criterion Collection Films

The Most Overhated Modern Superhero Movies

The Film Feud of the 90s: Steven Seagal vs Jean-Claude Van Damme

Our Partners

  • Pop Culture
    • Movies
    • Television
    • Comic Books
    • Video Games
    • Toys & Collectibles
  • Features
    • News
    • Reviews
    • Articles and Opinions
    • Interviews
    • Exclusives
    • Flickering Myth Films
    • FMTV
  • About
    • About Flickering Myth
    • Write for Flickering Myth
    • Advertise on Flickering Myth
  • Socials
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • Bluesky
    • Instagram
    • Flipboard
    • Linktree
    • X
  • Terms
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy

© Flickering Myth Limited. All rights reserved. The reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication of the content without permission is strictly prohibited. Movie titles, images, etc. are registered trademarks / copyright their respective rights holders. Read our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If you can read this, you don't need glasses.


 

Flickering MythLogo Header Menu
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Articles & Opinions
  • Write for Us
  • The Baby in the Basket