Director: Cindy Sherman
Year: 1997
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
As the company begins downsizing, an office worker sent home to work while the others are concerned over what the move will do for the morale of everyone else in the company, starts to dispose of unproductive others around her and forces them to stop her before it's too late.
Review:
There wasn't much to enjoy with this one. Among the only positive things about this one is the slashing and its kills, as, despite there not being a whole lot of kills, the few in here are pretty graphic and manage to get a lot to like. This gets some decent attempts here, with there being a neck sliced open with a metallic food processor, an impaling with a knife in the stomach, a really severe electrocution that burns major parts of the body, and a great burning alive when set on fire. These are pretty much all the kills anyway, and they're the bloodiest and most brutal ones. The only other part to this is a few mildly interesting stalking scenes. The confrontation in the hallway, with the choking and being unable to see the stalker, makes it come off nicely, and the finale in the basement is fine, gets a little better when the lights go out, and overall is pretty tense and bloody. These few moments give the film its only good points.
There wasn't a whole lot wrong with this one, since there wasn't much to it. The mere fact that, outside of the gore and the aforementioned stalking scenes, it really happens. This one here is pretty dull, as most of the time is spent on running the magazine and everyone reacting to the ranting and raving of the boss, which is not all that interesting or leads to anything that produces any excitement. This mostly comes because this one doesn't really seem all sure whether or not it is a comedy, which several scenes tend to throw out, such as the gathering of corpses in the basement or the treatment at the office, missing only a laugh track to signal the humor. The black humor in here hardly gives us any big laughs. There are a couple of mildly amusing scenes, but nothing in here manages to really evoke the laughs it was going for, and it utterly fails as a comedy. These failed attempts at humor only succeed in making this one even more dull and boring than it already is, lowering it altogether.
Overview: **/5
Without much about it that really stands out for this one and a couple of major crippling flaws, there's not a whole lot to this one worth mentioning, as its potential is severely underutilized. This should really only be for those who understand or enjoy these kinds of slashers, while those who prefer other types of slasher should heed caution.
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