Director: Conor Boru
Year: 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
Attempting to find a new outlet in his life, a wannabe serial killer enlists a documentarian to follow him on a quest to find enough followers to lead a cult of like-minded killers through a home invasion, forcing him to question his interests in continuing his career to follow the psychopath.
Review:
There's a lot to like with this one. One of the finest efforts here is the rather strong sense of comedy injected into the setup that keeps this one going quite nicely with the darkness of the material present. The formula of the cameras following the killer around and showing the various attempts at going through with killing someone features a rather nice amount of commentary on the nature of being a serial killer since this goes for the odd turn of having the women be the more bloodthirsty while the men are the more hesitant to carry it out. This gives the first half quite a lot to enjoy about it as the goofy atmosphere established at this point carries on throughout this one here that gives everything a solid touch.
There were only a few issues to be had here, with the film feeling incredibly odd with the glamorization of a serial killer. The fact that this one tends to focus so heavily on the idea of trying to gain fame for being able to commit these gruesome murders tends to really come off in the wrong formula. This comes off quite oddly in the sense of generating a strange fascination with the killers which feels counter-productive to how this is expected to play out. Still, there’s plenty of fun to be had here in the final half where it turns into a bit more of an obvious slasher film with the rampage being carried out in a goofy atmosphere that’s all carried along with the same type of comedy repeated throughout here.
Overview: ***.5/5
A fun mockumentary attempt on the serial killer formula, this one does get turned down by a few rather minor problems that don’t even mean much in the grand scheme of things with the positives holding it up anyway. Those who enjoy this kind of style or are intrigued by the concept will have a lot to like here while most others who don’t should heed caution.
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