Director: Steve Rudzinski
Year: 2024
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher; Horror/Comedy
Plot:
Obsessed with the holiday season, a woman is desperate to win the man of her dreams and sets up trying to make him her next boyfriend, but when her psychotic behavior threatens to put everything in jeopardy forces her into extreme measures to set everything right for the holiday season.
Review:
This was a highly enjoyable and effective feature. Among the most entertaining aspects here is the generally effective setup that manages to bring together plenty of intriguing elements into a wholly engaging storyline. The central idea here of inverting the type of normal romantic/comedy formula of a woman managing to find a person she believes is her true love but is let down by her compulsive desire for perfection during the specific holiday season is a fantastic grounding to offer a hilariously meta-filled take on the genre. The whole core of what’s going on in here, with her obsessive fanaticism of the holiday, the meet-cute that paints him as the stereotypical perfect guy despite his current unavailable relationship status, and the ensuing ways she uses the holiday conventions with a horror bent creates a fantastic time mixing these elements together.
The other big factor here is when the film utilizes a select series of hysterical miscommunications to string things along. Using the misgivings about the genre where she tries to use her favorite film as a roadmap for how to set up her fantasy relationship, this allows for a series of interactions where she has to get rid of the sweet-natured girlfriend, the series of abductions with not just the house owners pretending to be her fathers but the burglars to be her sisters and the incredibly funny interactions with the rat spirit guardian who has her best interests at heart but the psychotic mindset she has won out. This lets the film get equally silly and funny alongside the graphic outbursts as the heartwarming central storyline plays its course, and with only the film’s budgetary limitations being the central issue here makes for a really entertaining time.
Overview: ****.5/5
An incredibly effective outing without any real flaws, this one gets so many enjoyable elements featured throughout here that it’s easily one of the most impressive entries in the genre. Those who are intrigued by the setup, appreciate the style attempted here, or are fans of the creative crew will absolutely enjoy this one while only those turned off by any of these factors should heed caution.
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