Summary
A group of teens reunite at a remote getaway a short while after their friend killed someone because of a prank that went wrong.
No this film won’t win any medals for originality but when viewed from a brain switched off place it is surprisingly entertaining. I must state before I get into it that I have an affinity towards the slasher genre and can watch the same thing over and over again within it, as such I am more forgiving.
What I liked about this film is that it bothered to set up a mystery and build the world. When the film does reveal the killer at the end it won’t be who you are expecting it to be as the film does quite a good job of misdirecting you. The more I think of this misdirection the more I wonder whether it was a direct homage or parody of the first Friday the 13th, small spoilers there, if so bravo.
I also liked that this film had its female characters have personalities and have conversations rather than just strip off and be hacked up. When comparing this to the film from last month Kill Her Goats the two films do a similar thing yet the focus of KHG seems to just be getting the women out of their clothes for a shower scene rather than trying to set up a world or mystery as this film does.
Overall, to me this film felt like a warm mug of soup, familiar, comforting and at times a terrific parody.
3/5
Pros.
The characters and the world
The kills and the gore, even if the effects are bad
It feels like a knowing parody of other genre films in a good way
Cons.
It is overly familiar
The characters make dumb decisions
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