You might have some fun searching for the method to the madness that runs amok in the experimental WTF thriller Rizzcotti, the feature-length debut of filmmaker Luis Fernando Ferrer. In the city of electric lights, Jackson (Perry Sagliocco) has been tracking, over four decades, a little die-cast toy ambulance that is known as The Siren. Whoever comes across the toy has a horrible misfortune fall upon them. It all started in the mid-80s, when a reporter (Lynn Ines) discovered the carnage the little metal paramedic vehicle leaves in its wake. Now, in modern-day Los Angeles, Jackson is seeking out help for his obsession with the demonic toy.
He hires a Craigslist therapist (Cie Allman), who listens to Jackson babble on about how this toy delivers death to those who encounter it. New to town, Tawney (Lyric Kingxe) is going to be the next to fall into the Siren’s area of contamination. This is because her roommate, Mara (Alessandra Martino), has an ancient family connection to the toy truck. Mara also demands that, on top of rent, Tawny must donate some of her blood to Mara.
“Whomever comes across the toy has horrible misfortune fall upon them.”
Meanwhile, a parade dancer (Narayana Nancy Urbach) gets ready to do her stuff while Tiger Kung Fu (Lady Lallaine Medina Reed) battles DJ Bella Nocturna (Olivia Graham) in the street. And the little toy ambulance rolls on, harkening doom to all that crosses its little toy path.
This is an absolute mess, but it still manages to squeak by with a recommendation, so let me explain. I was drawn to this movie because I thought the concept was nifty. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to do a zero-budget version of The Monkey, as it would be hilarious to see a lot of people die because they got near a little toy ambulance. I was also drawn to the title, as it seemed to indicate this may be Italian, and I love Italian cinema.
"…takes high and low cinema at the opposite ends of the appreciation spectrum and welds them together."
