As long as you understand that Muckman is a comedy wrapped in the trappings of horror, this film delivers a surprisingly satisfying ride with plenty of laughs along the way. Just look at what the film promises on the DVD cover: beautiful bikini babes brawling, unspeakable violence and gore, and terrifying monsters run amuck. Throw in some good, old-fashioned stop-motion monster effects, and you've got yourself a darn good recipe for a good time.

Obviously, this film doesn't take itself too seriously, and neither should you. Just sit back and enjoy it for what it is.

So, once upon a time, there was a monster hunter who completely sabotaged his and his lovely co-host's careers by getting caught faking a monster called the Muckman -- on live TV, no less. Now Mickey O'Hara (Steve Diasparra) and Asia Buchanan (Anju McIntyre) want a shot at redemption. They're taking a film crew back to the deep woods of rural Pennsylvania to capture real footage of the Muckman. That crew includes a couple of clueless technical guys, some kind of personal assistant and P.A. Billie Mulligan (Alison Whitney).

Whitney really outshines everyone else in the cast, as far as I'm concerned; hers is definitely the most well-developed (and attractive) character, despite everyone else treating her as little more than the group's RV driver.

Anyway, our TV crew meets up with a local named Cletus and his two incredibly stupid cousins, and the hunt for Muckman begins. What appears early on to be a pretty simple and hackneyed plot takes a number of interesting turns along the way. Even Muckman is more than a few steps above your basic dude in a latex suit, thanks to director Brett Piper's monster-making talents. It's as if someone actually put some thought into a low-budget monster B-movie, and that's an all too rare occurrence.

The face of the would-be Muckman documentary is played by Anju McIntyre (aka A.J. Khan), who you may remember from such films as Lord of the G-Strings, Kinky Casting Couch and The Erotic Diary of Misty Mundae -- well, you may not remember her from those films, but I do. She doesn't take her clothes off and play around with other girls in this film, though (heck, she isn't even one of the participants in the impromptu bikini catfight that helps liven things up midway through). If you do happen to be familiar with A.J. Khan, though, you're probably also familiar with director Brett Piper, who has written, directed and/or done the special effects for such low-budget horror films as Bite Me!, Screaming Dead and A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell. If you have no budget and need decent special monster effects or a more than capable writer/director, Piper has to be on your short list.

This whole thing was reportedly cranked out for a mere $50 grand, proving once again that you can't judge a movie by its budget. I don't know about Muckman being "the terror you will never forget," but I know I won't soon forget the many laughs I enjoyed while watching it.