“Old MacDonald had a farm . . . and on that farm, he HAD a goat”
Billed as “a farmyard farce like no udder you’ve ever seen”, this execrable film stars Michael Balfour as drunken farmer Gyles MacDonald, the head of a crude and grotesque family living on isolated Gomorrah Island off the coast of Cornwall.
Old MacDonald’s appalling wife, Gretta (Jackie D Broad) keeps house while his two daft sons are good for nothing but getting into trouble.
This is a family with disgusting habits. When grandad dies at the dinner table, they first fight over his food and then dump his body on the dung heap.
One night, in a fit of drunken lust, MacDonald has his wicked way with his prize goat, only to be surprised sometime later when it gives birth to a half-human, half-goat creature.
Gyles’ daughter Ronnie (Samantha Perkins) – whose mainland boyfriend, grocers son Lance Allott (Dean Williamson) dreams of owning a store that sells pencils – adopts the baby, naming it Billy. But it grows at an alarming rate into a hideous man-eating beast and sets off on a killing spree. The isolated island is suddenly no longer a safe place to be.
Unfortunately, much of the horror is lost by things happening too fast or scenes being too dark. The concept is definitely better than the finished product.
Made over the course of three-and-a-half years – and undoubtedly one of the weirdest British comedy horror movies of all time – Revenge of Billy The Kid is not for the squeamish or those who are easily offended.
The film flopped on release and was barely even released on video outside the UK. It received a belated one-star review in Empire magazine.
Gyles MacDonald
Michael Balfour Ronnie MacDonald
Samantha Perkins Gretta MacDonald
Jackie D Broad Ronald McDonald
Bryan Heeley Ronald MacDonald
Trevor Peake Mr Allott
Norman Mitchell Lance Allott
Dean Williamson Old Pub Local
Michael Ripper Will
John Gugolka Tom
John Abbott Rowan Morrison
Elaine Ives-Cameron PC Bob Peel
Derek Ware Barman
Danny Davies Lyle Slipper
Frank Scantori Grandad MacDonald
Tim Dennison Artist
David Read Susan Pickering
Portia Booroff
Director
Jim Groom
Video
Related Posts
Reckoning, The (1970) "If I can get away with that, I can get away with anything" Michael "Mick" Marler (Nicol Williamson) is a…
Castle, The (1997) "Tell 'em they're dreamin'" The Castle was the first feature-length offering from the creative team behind the hit Aussie comedy TV…
Raging Bull (1980) Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull is based on a book by fighter Jake LaMotta, who also acted as technical adviser - which is…
Cape Fear (1991) Martin Scorsese's surprising remake of the 1962 Cape Fear affords a masterly demonstration of his technical virtuosity but eschews the creepy realism…
Return to Paradise (1953) This James Michener tale has Gary Cooper as Mr Morgan - an American drifter and soldier of fortune who stumbles…
Analyze This (1999) Robert De Niro gives one of his best comedy performances to date in this feel-good Mafia tale from Groundhog Day (1993)…
Addams Family, The (1991) Hollywood's plundering of classic TV series has produced its fair share of turkeys, but this is a glorious exception. This…
Total recall (1990) Cult science-fiction author Philip K Dick's short story We Can Remember It For You Wholesale is impressively translated onto the screen…
Old MacDonald’s appalling wife, Gretta (Jackie D Broad) keeps house while his two daft sons are good for nothing but getting into trouble.
Unfortunately, much of the horror is lost by things happening too fast or scenes being too dark. The concept is definitely better than the finished product.
