Premiere:
January 15, 2026
Country
of origin: USA
Directed
by: Shawn
C. Phillips
Written
by: Shawn C. Phillips, Ethan Phillips
Distributed
by: Deskpop Entertainment
Genre:Comedy,
Action,
Horror
Runtime:1h40min
Starring:
Joseph Poliquin, Elizabeth Chamberlain, Nicole Butler, Michael B.
Moynahan, Robert LaSardo, Mason Reese
Let me tell you about Coolduder, the YouTube movie reviewer and filmmaker from the USA. Real name is - Shawn C. Phillips. All the way back from around 2006 when he started, he’s maintained a consistent, special flow in his movie reviews. I have been following his journey, checking in a bit now and then and over the years, he’s become friends with a lot of filmmakers and actors. Now he’s making his own full-length movies and his latest, Skate to Hell, just released and I got an opportunity to see it.
This was a crowdfunding project on Indiegogo in 2014. The goal was $15,000
and it was funded in three days. In the end, they got $104,107.
That’s insane!
The movie follows Kurt (Joseph Poliquin), a skater who ends up in possession of a skateboard that can teleport you to your own personal hell. When the news reaches what I like to call the mafia Devil in hell (Robert LaSardo, later also played by Mason Reese), that his son (Michael B. Moynahan) is on the surface and has lost his skateboard, all hell breaks loose. What follows is a full-on comedy movie with slapstick humor, gore, tons of sexual and… poop humor. Not my favorite, but it’s not bad. Some scenes were really disgusting though, but the gore was nicely done.
The movie takes you through a lot of different locations and features a huge cast, unknowns and some big names, including: Eric Roberts shows up as a guy in a homeless shelter (he’s been in almost 1,000 movies!), Jenna Jameson the famous former adult film actress, plays a nun in this one. There are a lot of others in this movie, the crowdfunding allowed people to buy themselves into it. That’s how these projects usually work, from producer/ thank you credits to appearances, which explains the massive cast. The end credit was fun, too. One perk let contributors make a vlog in the credits, a creative way to fill out a fair mile-long credit list.
The music in this movie was great, highlights are these songs:
Thundering Asteroids! – Swallow Your Soul
Kevin the Ghost – Break Free (This Machine)
Suicide Puppets – Death Note
Philippe Gerber – The Bone Cutter
Klark McIntyre – Drip by Drip
The soundtrack really adds energy and vibe, keeping the chaos fun and lively.
Some characters and actors really stood out. The devil and Kurt, both did a great job. Elizabeth Chamberlain as Ruby has a change of personality later on. Kat, the skate shop lady (Nicole Butler), she started minor but got a bigger role than I thought. Nice. Shawn himself did a cameo also, that was chill.
There were some surprisingly dark and sad moments. One subplot involving a guy and his stepdad got really heavy, almost too heavy for the otherwise comedic tone. It felt slightly out of place, but in a curious way, adding depth amid the absurdity.
I do not know for sure if this was the influence but saw some The Godfather, Skate or Die, Street Trash and even Back to the Future vibes in this one. The filmmakers clearly aimed to mix humor, chaos and drama, for the most part, it works.
6/10 - This was a chill watch with lots of laugh-out-loud moments. If you’re into over-the-top comedy, gore, insane cameos and wild music, Skate to Hell is a ride worth taking.
“…maybe a unicorn surfing a rainbow, with a pentagram on its
ass.”
Links:
- IMDb
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt29824649
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Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NAk9ATyIhY
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Streaming list -https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/skate-to-hell
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Order Dvd (American shipping) - https://shorturl.at/KORyR
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Order the Dvd (World wide shipping) –
https://moviezyng.com/products/skate-to-hell
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Original Indiegogo Campaign - https://shorturl.at/STQ4D
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Shawn
C. Phillips YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@coolduder
