Director: William Bagley
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Supernatural Slasher; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
After a series of deaths in town, a slacker and his best friend decide to shift gears of their failing podcast to be a true-crime podcast on the murders to the annoyance of those around them, but when they realize a supernatural entity as the root of the crimes they race to stop it from spreading to their friends.
Review:
This was a rather decent genre effort but a somewhat lackluster comedy. This one is pretty much positively related to its genuine genre thrills which revolve around the mysterious supernatural entity running around town doing the murders. The being itself is a genuinely chilling entity that looks truly demonic and imposing, letting its sudden appearance from out of the shadows to attack victims out of nowhere create a suspenseful villain. That’s all helped admirably by the confrontations that all provide a slew of impressive scenes involving it attacking others, with the first attack on the neighbor in the backyard of their house or the stellar sequence at the cops’ house. Focusing on some genuinely chilling supernatural antics of the creatures’ power while incorporating some storyline beats about the dup trying to put their plan into motion while everything blows up around them is handled incredibly well. Combined with a high-energy finale that employs plenty of unique and wholly enjoyable tactics to stop the entity that’s filled with chilling action as well, these factors make it a lot of fun as the genre content is what holds this one up.
There isn’t much wrong here, and it’s basically reserved for the comedy at the heart of the film. While there are a few genuinely good chuckles to be had with the comebacks and situations present here, far too much of this one really misses the mark when it comes to the comedy attempted in this one. By focusing on the overused trope of slacker stoner types that are more concerned with disregarding reality to do their own thing which isn’t that original or clever. This type of setup is utilized far too often in the genre which doesn’t make this type of humor hit as hard as it should which really underwhelms this one in the first half where this tries to paint a picture of them as slackers trying to do as little with their life as possible outside of their podcast and their antics aren’t as funny as it thinks. This does grow out as the film goes on when the investigation into the incidents takes centerstage so the comedy gets toned down to where some of it’s far funnier than what came before, which is really the only thing that holds it back.
Overview: ***.5/5
A fun straight genre effort but lacks somewhat in the comedy section, that this is a horror/comedy that has the most issues with the comedy makes this a pretty tough one to look into. Those who don’t mind the style or approach of this one will have the most to like here while only those who don’t will want to heed mild caution with this one.
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