The Vagrant (1992)
9/10
This deserves to become a cult classic!
5 March 2021
A bum keeps breaking into Bill Paxton's house, eats his food, sleeps in his garage and won't leave him alone. There's the plot of the movie. HAHA!

I worked at a video store right out of high school. I would rent movies all the time, since it was free for us employees. This was the mid-1990's. I saw the box for The Vagrant VHS with a picture of Bill Paxton and the headline "He's NOT home alone". Hahaha! I immediately rented it. I've probably watched this movie 20 times over the years (roughly). I bought copies on Ebay (VHS) and gave them as gag gifts to a few friends. LOL. Very hilarious. Low budget classic. After about 20 minutes in... the comedy/horror combo really takes off! The restaurant scene. The courtroom scene. The deluxe security system. The paranoia...

Bill Paxton is at his absolute best. It's not a perfect film, but because no one on the planet has heard of it, and it's caused me to literally cry numerous times from laughter, I've gotta give it a 9. If you have an odd, very quirky, black comedy style of humor, you MUST check this out. Even the soundtrack is genius. By the way, quite randomly (but makes perfect sense), Mel Brooks is an executive producer on this film.
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