This film annoyed me for a while...There were a few dumb lines, clichés & odd scene jumps but after a while I realised I was being way too harsh on the movie...It's a slasher movie...It's supposed to have dumb lines & clichés! Not sure about the scene jumps - eg: when the police suddenly appear behind their car at the gates of the house (after following the group down a looooong straight road with no one noticing them???)...Where did they come from?? The scene would've worked better if at least one person looked behind and said 'oh no it's the cops.' Another negative is the fact that it seems to borrow from soooo many other movies (esp. Scream - The whole phone call thing, 'I can seeee you', 2 killers, victim/killer twist, etc. My MAJOR gripe about this movie was the dumb DUMB bimbo who decides to turn down the lights to 'set the mood for the killer at the door' (not her exact words, but almost) which then pretty much let the sfx guy off on a few of the murders - couldn't see a thing.... Although those murders that I could see were well done. The twists at the end (there are a few) came a bit tooo thick and fast for my liking - Give us time to take in one twist before you throw the next at us! ha ha...I did guess part of the twist from the 1st 1/3 of the movie - I knew the killer would be one of them, I guessed which of the kids it would be, I even guessed there was two of them...Didn't think the accomplice would be a friend from the asylum tho - as we were never told any of them went into one! (could have given us some clues there rather than just letting us know at the end with a 'well this is what happened to me over the years' ploy!) That's the negatives out the way...On the plus side: I enjoyed this movie! (May not sound like it ha ha...But I did!) It worked well as a slasher movie (which I used to LOVE when I was younger) and is better than a lot of slashers I've seen over the past few years... The characters were annoying enough to think 'good they're gonna die' but not to the point of making them unwatchable. The stereotypes weren't completely over-the-top (Death Proof was almost unwatchable because of this so hey - the crew of this movie did better than Tarantino! he he) The acting was a lot better than I thought it would be (no Oscar winners but certainly not jarring at all (again...Death Proof anyone?)). Hmmm...This is turning into a biiiiig review for a good but not great movie...But I felt some other reviews were too extreme (ie the worst film of 2007 through to the 'must-see!' comments). Basically...It is what it is...A quite well done slasher that does stand out, but only because sooooo much dross has come out over recent years... Oh and BTW...LOVED the axe....Nothing says psycho killer like an axe (well...maybe a chainsaw...he he).
Review of Dead Tone
