Director: Eliza Kephart
Year: 2021
Country: Canada
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
After a series of strange incidents, the staff at a high-end clothing store find themselves under attack by a murderous pair of possessed jeans controlled by the spirit of a young girl angry at the company she was working for and must find a way to appease it and get out alive.
Review:
There was a lot to like with this one. One of the brightest aspects of this one is the degree to which it manages to convince the ludicrousness of the setup as possible. As the first half here features the engaging setup of trying to focus on the contrast between her bright-eyed enthusiasm against their world-weary skepticism, the series of incidents and accidents that occur around the edges of this framework offers a rather engaging build towards the eventual discovery. That provides some rather tense scenes here with the slow-building revelation about the bodies being found and the reveal about the sentient pants being involved seem rather believable.
As well, there's plenty to like about the actual execution of the killer pants in action. Seeing the enchanted pants seduce and force everyone it comes across into being tempted into putting on the pants in order to be killed off in gruesome fashion gives this some fun cheesy moments early on. The revelations that continue with the gruesome left-overs provide a fine launching pad for the main massacre that follows which is exceptionally fun as the pant comes to life unexpectedly killing everyone it comes across leading to some wholly inventive kills. Given the series of stalking scenes generating some solid tension and some inventive means of trying to combat the deadly denim, this one manages to have a lot to like that holds it up overall.
This one doesn't have too much really wrong with it. The main issue here is a decidedly unnecessary and useless need for introducing a human antagonist into the story which isn't that clever or realistically added. The individual to become this is a cliche the second they pop up to be included in the twist later on, the motivation to be such a thorn in their side isn't that well-handled and the whole thing feels like a concession to the style as a result. Likewise, the film's premise seems to be awfully forced on the back-half hour to the series of random and somewhat uninvolved chasing that highlights how underdeveloped the characters in the beginning are since we know nothing about them or what's going on until then, leaving this section to fall flat. Still, there's not much else really wrong with this one.
Overview: ****/5
Without too much in the way of flaws and tons of fun stuff here with the generally enjoyable setup and tons of great action involving the pants in action, this one manages to get quite fun and enjoyable especially with the shorter run-time. Those who find themselves intrigued by the premise or looking for a fun horror/comedy will have a lot to like with the film, while only those who don't appreciate this style will want to heed caution.
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