Kevin Smith's 'Tusk' is super-freaky and gross.

Kevin Smith's latest is a bizarre mix of podcast jokes and "The Human Centipede," as an obnoxious comic takes a trip to Canada where he falls prey to... well, that would be telling. But this bloody, sick joke of a movie is one for Smith diehards only.

Even if Clerks (1994) feels a century old, you can't help but root for Kevin Smith, still a good-natured motormouth. One imagines the scariest thing to him woul

“I am walrus, hear me blubber” might be the mantra of Kevin Smith’s “Tusk,” an utterly bizarre, weirdly compelling story of manimal love that stakes out its own brazen path somewhere between “The Fly” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.”

It's not surprising that Smith's characterizations and dialogue lack subtlety given the type of broad comedy that Smith has practically made his brand. But somehow, watching him fail to make something interesting of "Tusk" is more disappointing than any of his other post-"Chasing Amy" misfires.

Kevin Smith's 'Tusk' is super-freaky and gross.

“Tusk” review: From Kevin Smith (“Clerks”), an intentionally Z-grade horror parody about a guy (Justin Long) who gets turned into a walrus.

A wrongly moustachioed Justin Long plays an insensitive podcasting sensationalist whose trip to Manitoba doesn’t go as planned

Tusk (R) (100 min.) — Kevin Smith whips up a shaggy walrus story, a horror comedy that's weird and wobbly, but winds up being pretty good, sick fun. And, yes, Fleetwood Mac's creepy song...

Toronto Review: Kevin Smith's 'Tusk' is Completely Insane

It's Kevin Smith's most personal film.

Kevin Smith's horror-comedy turns a snide podcaster into a chubby sea mammal and lets Depp sport a goofy French-Canadian accent

Tusk is a mesmerizing mess that will make Joe Popcorn yak. Jay and Silent Bob will love it.

There’s a fine horror film inside “Tusk,” but it’s only 20 minutes long. The rest is just blubber.Michael Parks is chilling as a backwoods loner...