So much average

One of my all time favorites.

Better Late Then Never

To all those who have watched it: I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do.

Many would have you believe that the slasher genre is dead, they'll tell you that if it weren't for Scream (1996) that it would have died a lot earlier.I partially agree, it has been struggling for many years but occasionally something comes along that renews your faith in it. To an extent this is such a film.With a real retro feel this is a paint by numbers slasher but written by someone who decided to colour blind it's viewers. What I mean by that is the film is outstandingly unpredictable and rarely goes the way you expect.8 youngsters steal a school bus and drive to a secluded area to party but when it breaks down they find themselves under attack from a psychotic cannibal who proceeds to pick them off one by one.The lack of originality damages it but the surprise writing, competent cast and delivery makes up for it.A good enough watch for slasher fans.The Good: Couple of genuine surprises Some decent writing Real old school feel Robert Patrick Truly unpredictable The Bad: Wesley's afro can't have been real? Right? Tad too dark Reel missing thing was dumbThings I Learnt From This Movie: I don't want to get eaten by a cannonball either! When the *sshole of the group has the right idea and nobody listens to him does that make the viewer an *sshole to for siding with him?

The director is competent, the actors are mostly doing a fair enough job and the gore effects are probably what you would expect from a low-budget slasher referencing the 80s. But the script is bad enough to outweigh the good, significantly. It seems that people are nowadays so used to movies being constructed by formula, retelling the same old crap, over and over, that they immediately consider a movie "smart" when it does something a little different from the others. Yes, the movie does have a few minor surprises. But other than that, most of the tiring clichés and overused tropes are still there. None of the "victims" do anything intelligent or reasonable. The killer could be no more generic, the story no less interesting. There are a few well shot and creepy visuals, but those were, unfortunately, not the focus of the movie and thus were neglected in favor of uninspired slasher action.

I love 80's slasher movies, so the trailer for this this flick really caught my eye. I loved the idea of making a homage to 80's slashers without being a full blown spoof.So once we are introduced to all our characters things start to move at a snails pace, the film creates some chemistry between a few of the characters but then completely ditches that in an effort to surprise us with the kill order. I like that they decided first kill off the characters that you would expect to make it to the end, but they kill everyone off pretty rapidly the kill order really doesn't matter.That's the main thing I disliked about this, things really don't get going until the last 20 minutes and when they finally do it all just happens so fast, characters are killed off left and right and not really in any interesting or cool ways. It's like they focused way too much on trying to make this feel 80's but then remembered at the last minute that this is suppose to be a slasher movie.I think most people will dislike this movie, there isn't really a whole lot to like. But I love slashers and I love 80's slashers even more so I enjoyed this a bit, still not a very good movie though.4/10

I went into this movie VERY skeptical, the reviews and ratings made me quite hesitant but I was bored and decided to give it a shot and I gotta say I don't get all the hate.First off, maybe I'm wrong, but the vibe I got was that this was a straight faced parody. It was made to honor slasher films while making fun of them without being over the top ridiculous. Was I ever that scared? Not really. Did I have a laugh and enjoy the ride? Hell yeah!What I also liked was that, while the filmmakers were trying to honor the classic slasher, they also tried to be creative. They mixed it up. It took a little too long before the kids started to get killed, but I enjoyed actually getting to know them for once (which we never really got to in slashers), and I liked all the performances. And I read someone say the cast looked old for their parts, I guess they haven't seen a classic 80s slasher in a while. THOSE actors look old. Pretty cool to see Stephan James from Selma do a l little slasher like this.Also Robert Patrick was EPIC! Everything he said was like a t-shirt slogan!I get that it's not for everyone but I really think people should give this flick a shot. Go in with a fun open mind and you'll enjoy the ride!