Director: Donald Farmer
Year: 2026
Country: USA
Alternate Titles: N/A
Genre: Slasher
Plot:
Trying to live her life, a woman and her sisters trying to make sure they all manage to get along with the others in their life is slowly driven insane by the idea that her sisters are conspiring to drive her boyfriend away from her, sending her on a vicious killing spree to stop them from disrupting her life.
Review:
This was an immensely fun and enjoyably silly genre parody. One of the better factors with this one comes from the rather egregious use of a parody-like storyline to allow this to come off with a hilarious tone that’s quite immersive. Spending a great part of the first half looking at the lives of the main girl and her sister, who are trying to help her prepare for a special day with her boyfriend like normal, creates a fun look at the lifestyle and alternate-style reality associated with it that allows everything to feel that much more unhinged as it carries on. The fact that they’re treated as dolls with human relationships is a lot of the joke with this one, almost as much as the silly characterizations and goofy interactions that take the joke far more intently than expected also manage to create a really engaging atmosphere here as the whole thing plays out.
On top of the fun setup, there’s as much to like with the wholly bizarre and silly series of encounters that take place because of the equally goofy series of attacks here. Since it takes the kind of setup it does where everything is set off due to the misunderstanding about the dinner party being turned into sexual conquests of her friends with zero justification or evidence, the whole psychological breakdown that occurs is justified enough to focus on the rampage that occurs, as these are immensely fun indie-style stalking scenes. Bringing about a kind of off-kilter approach to their behavior and attitude toward her, which makes everything that much more unhinged, the different scenes of her going around taking out her friends before realizing everything and sending up the final big chase in the same parody-style, lighthearted atmosphere are equally enjoyable and fun, which all come together to make for a fun time here.
There are some minor drawbacks present that keep this one down. The main factor going on here is that everything in the main story is a bit too far-fetched to be taken seriously as a starting point for the psychosis to come about, with this trying to present the idea that an innocent misunderstanding set off everything. With her sister trying to do good by alerting her that her boyfriend was cheating on her but not realizing that everything was the planning of a surprise party, this is a rather clumsy way to highlight her slip from sanity by just dropping everything we’ve known about her bubbly personality beforehand into just being a ravenous, psychotic killer in this manner without any kind of build-up. The idea is there, but doing this with a better build is a better concept, and with some rather obvious CGI blood and an obvious low-budget presentation, all come together to lower this slightly.
Overview: ****/5
An incredibly fun low-budget indie effort, there’s a lot of enjoyable factors to be had here, which have more than enough to hold off the few drawbacks this has that hold it down. Those with an appreciation for this kind of genre fare, who enjoy the type of presentation used here, or who are fans of the creative crew, will have the most to like here, while most others out there should heed caution.
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