It’s been a while since we checked in with the team behind The Worst Movie EVER! — which is to say with Glenn Berggoetz, the actor/filmmaker/no-budget impresario whose gonzo epic set a record for box-office futility with an $11 opening. Things have been mostly looking up since then: There was a relatively well-received screening down in Virginia, and, according to Berggoetz, exhibition interest everywhere from a domestic TV syndicate to Brazil, Japan and beyond. But! There have been bumps along the road as well — ugly, anonymous, death-threatening bumps.
I caught up with Berggoetz on Monday, inquiring about a voicemail apparently left by a man claiming that WME! moved him to debilitating, homicidal rage. “I want to physically kill you,” he says shortly before flying off the handle about the “repulsive piece of filth” for which “I hope you die!” The caller, whose name and number were blocked, left the message on Sept. 23 — likely after seeing it on TV, Berggoetz said, adding he made a deal placing WME! on a few stations in a test run for wider syndication. “That’s the only place it’s been shown in the last couple weeks,” Berggoetz told me via e-mail. (Of course, there’s always the option of watching it online for $5, which, let’s face it, heightens the stakes dramatically.)
He forwarded the message to Movieline HQ, and we bring it you here (toggle CC on for captions; it’s only NSFW insofar as it features a guy ranting about murder and…
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