And I think a Baldwin brother is in it too?

August 17, 2008 6:52 PM

Help me remember the name of an obscure B-movie that came out around 2005.

I rented this on DVD in 2005, but I cannot remember the name of it, even with the help of Google and IMDb searches. Relevant details:

* The main plot revolves around a guy who's kidnapped and locked up in a shed and hit on the head with a golf club once a day until he loses his mind.
* He develops a goose egg on the side of his and starts hallucinating. Eventually he escapes. Implausibly, he retains most of his cognitive capacity, with the exception that he's now crazy/homicidal.
* There's a woman/love interest who the main character ends up killing (I think). She works at a homeless shelter.

It wasn't a movie I enjoyed, it just bugs me that I cannot remember it, even with aid of Internet searches (which never failed me before).

Thanks!

posted by wastelands to Media & Arts (9 answers total)

It's King of the Ants. IMDB
posted by aninom at 7:07 PM on August 17, 2008

King of the Ants? I can't find a detailed enough synopsis to know if that's right or not, but it sounds like it could be, and it has Daniel Baldwin in it. Complete guess based on Google-fu, though.
posted by joshrholloway at 7:09 PM on August 17, 2008

Okay, looks like I was right. By the way, I found it by searching Google for 'man gets hit in the head with a golf club every day baldwin'.

It's the first result.
posted by joshrholloway at 7:10 PM on August 17, 2008

Thanks! Ask MeFi continues to amaze me. I'm marking both of you as best answer because you were only two minutes apart.

joshrholloway, damn. I fail at Google. Is there a course I can take to brush up? :-)
posted by wastelands at 7:42 PM on August 17, 2008

....Out of curiosity --

"I found it by searching Google for 'man gets hit in the head with a golf club every day baldwin'."

How did you think to put "Baldwin" in the search string? I just noticed that it wasn't one of the original remembered details and was wondering whether you were just using the law of averages, say. (smile)
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 8:37 PM on August 17, 2008

@EmpressCallipygos: I first did a search for 'man gets hit in the head with a golf club every day' but did not find any significant results. Usually when searching for a movie or TV show, naming actors, characters, or locations helps narrow it down. He said he thought there might be a Baldwin brother in it, so I took a shot in the dark.
posted by joshrholloway at 9:05 PM on August 17, 2008

> How did you think to put "Baldwin" in the search string?

The OP mentioned "Baldwin brother" in the title of the thread, even though it isn't in the list of details.
posted by Jeff Howard at 9:32 PM on August 17, 2008

Sorry about the confusion, guys. I was only vaguely certain about the Baldwin aspect, so I didn't include it in the main details.
posted by wastelands at 9:34 PM on August 17, 2008

Oh, THERE'S the Baldwin mention.

Sorry, as you were.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:34 AM on August 18, 2008