The “Shopping Cart Theory” is a process used to determine a person’s moral character; people who return a shopping cart to its designated area are said to be able to self-govern, while those who leave them in the street (or otherwise don’t return them) are more self-serving individuals. We return carts not because it is illegal not to or because we’ll get something out of it, but because it’s the right thing to do — it helps society as a whole. What people won’t tell you is that those who don’t return their carts are adding to the ever-increasing debt against humankind. You see, carts are sentient, and the short Killer Kart shows us what happens when we abuse these tools.
Cass, the newly-promoted grocery store night manager, is helping the crew finish up the last few tasks before closing for the night. Unfortunately, she quickly finds out that the carts have something else in mind. As her workmates start disappearing then showing up bloodied, beaten, or dead, she is forced to join veteran grocery worker Hale in bringing down the homicidal shopping carts ravaging the store.
No one has taken such a silly idea and made it into a masterpiece as writer/director James Feeney did with Killer Kart. The story is simple yet effective and relatable. The villains (the shopping carts) are ridiculous yet believable. The kills are superbly outlandish but completely acceptable (and loved). This 15-minute flick packs a punch!
With blood-spattered vengeance on the shopping list, it’s no wonder Killer Kart remains a ScreamFest official pick and has an ever-growing 2 million views online — it’s even featured in 2019’s Hellarious! Killer Kart gives you all the campy goodness a horror movie can possibly give you in a bite-sized sitting. And it’s absolutely worth a second, tenth, and hundred-twenty-eighth watch.
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