Nerds That Geek Movie Review: ‘Caesar and Otto’s Paranormal Halloween’

Written by Scott Edwards

One of the things that I love most about horror movies is the comedy that is sporadically added in to make light of what is happening on the screen. Now don’t get me wrong, I love the blood and scares, but you have to have something to laugh at in these movies since you are seeing the worst of the worst on screen. I am new to the Caesar and Otto movies and I must admit that I am now a bought in fan after watching their Paranormal Halloween. Shall we just jump right in then?

Caesar is an out of work actor that wants to make his impression on Hollywood, but until he is able to get some money, he is taking whatever job he can find. Finding a job being a babysitter, he is sticking to the script that he has seen in movies, especially when it comes to being a very attractive babysitter. When Otto comes over and finds his half-brother dressed up as a young woman, he wants to stay and chill, but with no boys allowed in the house, he is forced to make the transformation as well. When watching the news and hearing that a mental patent of the same name of the house owner’s has escaped, the boys are ready to get out of there, but their fear has come to life, the mad killer is in the house with them. Being able to make it out of the house, the boys see their father pull up to take them to safety, but what he does not see when he pulls up is that he has run over the killer, putting everyone’s fears to bed.
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Being given a key to the city for their efforts in taking out the madman, the boys are looking to make a couple of extra bucks, but the mayor will not let them sell the key since he has a different task for them. Needing someone to watch his summer home, Caesar and Otto along with their fathers have a house to live in with all of the perks that they could have ever wanted. With a gardener and a cook waiting to serve them at their convenience and ex Playboy bunnies living next to them, life is good, but there is something strange about the house itself. With everyone that has stayed in the house going crazy and killing their families, the boys think little about what could drive them crazy, they just need money and a roof over their heads. Trying to think about a way to make money while watching the house, the two see strange things happening all around them, but Caesar will not admit that the house is haunted, he just wants to get his new screenplay written and be done with it.

When Gilda warms up to him, Caesar is on top of the world and comes up with his idea for a great horror movie, but his old psychiatrist comes to him and tells him the story has already been done, and now Caesar has to find a way to come up with a better movie altogether. Talking with his neighbors about what is hot in the genre, Caesar tries to work on a found footage movie that will scare the pants off of anyone that watches it, but nothing happens while the cameras are on and he is in need of more action. All the while, the dads are digging in the basement and finding old bottles of wine that could net the family a small fortune, but they continue to drink their cash cow and it may cause more of an issue than just getting them drunk. When talking to the mayor about their find, it comes out that there is a hallucinogen in the bottles that make people believe they are seeing strange things, but at the Halloween party, all hell breaks loose as guests are being taken out by an unseen killer. 

It is hard not to find something that you really like out of his movie and there are many more storylines that I did not hit up in this. It is just good old-fashioned fun and you get countless cameos of your favorite horror icons. I will have to catch another one of these movies in the series since it did leave quite the smile on my face when it ended and even though it is hokey, it has plenty of scares and a story that you have pay attention to make sure you did not miss one clue. It’s really a fun movie and you are not disappointed when the credits start to roll. Stay Scared.

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