Director: Tomm Jacobsen, Michael Rousselet and Jon Salmon
Year: 2015
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
Still haunted by a vicious killer, a man's twin pledges his dead brother's fraternity to find out what happened to him, and when they arrive at a secluded house in the woods for a party his quest is interrupted by the responsible killer out to finish the job and must save his friends.
Review:
This was a rather fun if slightly troubling effort. When this one works best, it's due to the highly impressive and enjoyable body count here which is one of the selling points. By featuring so many deaths throughout here, ranging from the opening massacres that supposedly depict the previous rampages where the brother escaped the multitude of attacks launched against him by the deformed killer throughout his life which allows for the recapping of previous faux incidents which generate plenty of gory highlights in the wild decapitations, stabbings, slit throats and bashings that are quite frequent in the first half. The second half, where the killer arrives to finish knocking off the group which has a lot to like here with the different random attacks including the ambush in the tent on the screwing couple, a fun surprise appearance at a trap in the woods where a victim is pulled out from under a tree by pulling them in half or the rampage through the house in the last half which has plenty of fun chasing and gory highlights amongst the endless round of stalking to be had. These here hold it up over it's main flaws.
The main aspect to this one that really holds it back is the most obvious feature in that it's really not that funny at all. For what is supposedly a parody of these kinds of films, there's no real sense that this is a parody at all for the situation is played mostly straight and doesn't really provide this with any kind of sending up the genre that's required for these kinds of features since it just has stupidity replace that type of content. Instead of generating the laughs present in this kind of situation, it just generates frustration as their too stupid and utter morons as the characters aren't endearing or sympathetic which makes them unlikable to follow so their antics aren't enjoyable. On top of that, to stick with hanging out with these people for as long as we do makes the slasher setpieces held off until the end of the film as it takes about an hour to start killing off the cast in earnest as the first half is dragged out with plenty of lame humor and attempted skits which isn't the point of the kinds of films. The final half is rushed as a result, filled with the revelations coming one after another as a result of putting so much lame humor and jokes instead of the setup of the killer's rationale which is just lame and makes no sense. On top of some silly special effects work that gives away the prosthetics of how they were created, these here are what hold this back.
Overview: */5
With only a few positive aspects to be had here and just a large amount of negatives to be featured here, the film is a really big disappointment which may or may not appeal to all. Give this a shot if you're into these kinds of silly supposed parodies or find the type of positives intriguing, while those that aren't won over by these kinds of films should heed massive caution.
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