[31 Days of Halloween 2015: MOTIVATIONAL GROWTH is now available on DVD, Blu Ray, and On
Demand.]
Review by Bob Ignizio
*Note: As with last year’s 31 Days of Halloween marathon of
horror movie reviews, we’ll be diving deep into the new release section looking
for modern horror fare, hoping for the best, but frankly expecting the worst.*
“His name was Kent. He was my television set. He died
somewhere around week 67. Odd, I always thought I’d be the first to go.” So
says Ian (Adrian DiGiovanni) when we first meet him sitting in the squalor of
his apartment in writer/director/editor Don Thacker’s MOTIVATIONAL GROWTH. Distraught over the loss of what was
essentially his only friend, Ian tries to kill himself by mixing chemicals in
his bathroom, but fails. It seems he’s doomed to continue his miserable
existence, but then he discovers a sentient pile of mold has taken up residence
on the side of his sink, and The Mold (the voice of Jeffrey Combs) apparently wants
to see Ian reach his full potential. Getting there may just involve a few
murders, though. Not to mention suckling black liquid from The Mold’s fungusy teat.
