Director: Jt Kris
Year: 2025
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
Taking a road trip together, a group of girls head out into the woods against their parents’ knowledge and are shocked to find the legend of the Pigman Killer is real when they come across the hulking, pig-masked being, forcing them to try to get away however they can.
Review:
Overall, this was a decent enough if somewhat frustrating genre effort. Among the films’ positive points here are the series of interactions and confrontations that take place involving the girls as they encounter the titular creature in the woods. The presentation of this one, focusing on a singular chase through the woods filled with multiple stalking scenes and encounters that build on each other as the relentless killer comes after them, makes for a chilling series of encounters, the longer they’re stuck in the woods together. This variation of the formula has very little respite once it starts, as, after the group takes the ride out there, which is ambushed by the killer performing his usual routine and bringing them into contact to start off the eventual chase, this doesn’t let up afterward as the sisters are stalked throughout the woods by the killer. The constantly squealing and grunting pig-sounds of the killer as this goes on make for some tense scenarios, and with some decent enough indie gore for the kills make for some likable points.
While that keeps the film going along as the sisters are constantly hunted by the vicious killer and require a series of confrontations along the way, this has an immensely unsatisfying structure that raises multiple issues. The age range of the friends means that there’s never going to be a high body count with the minor deviances from the duo resulting in obvious and inane fodder simply there to do what he can’t do to the girls, so their presence is hardly all that important. Moreover, since the killer can’t effectively kill them, the constant escape attempts and last-minute savers to keep the girls alive and continue the film render the killer frighteningly ineffective and clumsy instead of the unstoppable monster that he’s portrayed as, which lowers this significantly. Even the one-note repetitive nature of the storyline becomes obvious over time and feels like a short stretched out and padded to feature length for little reason, all of which come together to hold this one down.
Overview: **.5/5
A likable enough if somewhat flawed indie slasher, there are some worthwhile elements to be had with this one, while also being let down by enough big drawbacks to be nothing more than it really is. Those who are curious about this one or who are hardcore fans of this style of indie film will have the most to like here, while most others out there should heed caution.
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