Mudhoney
In Depression-era Missouri, an ex-con's attraction to the niece of the farmer he works for draws the ire of her abusive husband, who enlists a preacher to help him drum up a lynch mob. In 1933, in the…
Mudhoney
In Depression-era Missouri, an ex-con's attraction to the niece of the farmer he works for draws the ire of her abusive husband, who enlists a preacher to help him drum up a lynch mob. In 1933, in the midst of the Depression and Prohibition, Calif, a stranger with a past, walks into Spooner, Missouri on his way from Michigan to California. He hires on with Lute Wade to earn some traveling money, but gets entangled in a bad family situation: Lute's daughter is married to Sidney, a good-for-nothing drunk who frequents the rural equivalent of a whorehouse, beats his wife, and is just waiting for Lute to kick the bucket to get his money. When Sidney and a local wacko preacher start to orchestrate a smear campaign against Calif, he struggles to conceal his past--and his growing affection for Sidney's wife. —Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com> Missouri, 1933. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, solitary wanderer Calif McKinney walks into Spooner, a lawless town brimming with sin. Freshly released from prison and yearning for a fresh start, Calif lands a job as a farmhand on the estate of ailing local Lute Wade. However, as Calif falls for Lute's beautiful niece Hannah, complications arise when Brenshaw, her sadistic husband, enters the picture. Now, forbidden passions will determine the fate of the farm. After all, Lute must not only accept his mortality but also ensure that his cherished property does not fall into the wrong hands. But with the odds stacked against him, can Calif confront Brenshaw and the townsfolk's shocking outburst of violent reprisal? —Nick Riganas
Mudhoney
Drama,Horror
Film Details
In Depression-era Missouri, an ex-con's attraction to the niece of the farmer he works for draws the ire of her abusive husband, who enlists a preacher to help him drum up a lynch mob. In 1933, in the midst of the Depression and Prohibition, Calif, a stranger with a past, walks into Spooner, Missouri on his way from Michigan to California. He hires on with Lute Wade to earn some traveling money, but gets entangled in a bad family situation: Lute's daughter is married to Sidney, a good-for-nothing drunk who frequents the rural equivalent of a whorehouse, beats his wife, and is just waiting for Lute to kick the bucket to get his money.
When Sidney and a local wacko preacher start to orchestrate a smear campaign against Calif, he struggles to conceal his past--and his growing affection for Sidney's wife. —Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com> Missouri, 1933. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, solitary wanderer Calif McKinney walks into Spooner, a lawless town brimming with sin.
Freshly released from prison and yearning for a fresh start, Calif lands a job as a farmhand on the estate of ailing local Lute Wade. However, as Calif falls for Lute's beautiful niece Hannah, complications arise when Brenshaw, her sadistic husband, enters the picture. Now, forbidden passions will determine the fate of the farm.
After all, Lute must not only accept his mortality but also ensure that his cherished property does not fall into the wrong hands. But with the odds stacked against him, can Calif confront Brenshaw and the townsfolk's shocking outburst of violent reprisal? —Nick Riganas.