Director: Lucas DiSparrow
Year: 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
Getting together for a special trip, a group of friends decide to head out to the woods for a special get together and begin catching up, which soon brings about a series of dark secrets and truths about their relationships that are further hampered by the appearance of a deranged clown killing them off.
Review:
This was a truly dire effort without much going for it. The main factor to like about this one is the sheer demented energy and glee that come about from the series of sloppily executed stalking scenes. None of these scenes is remotely interesting or effective, but the outlandish nature of the scenes being carried out makes for an interesting time, with the clown’s utter glee and joy at what he’s doing going a long way toward making this one engaging during these moments. From the disheveled appearance, tattered wig, and gnarled make-up creating a distinctly memorable impression, the cackling laugh that immediately becomes a cruel taunt, and the means of manipulating the surroundings to create a distinctly bizarre experience, there’s some rather weird sequences on display that provide some cheesy scenes with equally cheesy effects to match the enthusiasm from the clown. It’s really the main thing to like about this one.
There are some big issues with this one. The biggest drawback to this one is the immensely painful storyline that tries to be a loving homage to the past but is so awfully hamfisted that there’s nothing about it that comes off as clever or humorous. The openly targeting of genre cliches involving the group meeting someone mysterious but letting their guard down because they’re a clown and supposedly friendly, splitting up in the middle of the woods to look for someone they were just with after mentioning the idea of not going their separate ways, or constantly trying to bring up leaving only to run around in circles with constant mentions about getting away to get to safety, tries to make things funny yet just comes off as ludicrous. That’s similar to the way the killer acts with the strangely supernatural attitude that comes about for no reason, as there are either mysterious disappearances to come about somewhere else for the sake of making the scene work or creating outlandish scenarios that make no sense. With all these eroded either further by the cheap special effects and production work, there’s not a lot that works here.
Overview: *.5/5
A generally lackluster indie slasher effort, there’s not much to this one that keeps it going, as the multitude of flaws here manage to drag it down to the bottom of the genre collection. Those with an interest in this style of indie feature or the most ardent low-budget slasher will have the most to appreciate here, while the rest out there should heed extreme caution, if not outright avoid it.
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