Review of Frayed (2007) by Ryan R — 08 Apr 2011

The absolute epitome of cliche horror film. It trys so so hard to be 'Halloween' or 'Friday the 13th', but lacks any sort of creative flair, originality, scariness, compitancy, or story telling skills.

Without an ounce of exageration, I figured the entire movie out 10 minutes into it. I don't say that to pat myself on the back, I just want to reiterate how cookiecutter of a movie this is. The 'twist' ending is abundently clear within the first 15 minutes, as is the second 'twist'.

Nothing here distinguishes it from any one of a countless number of questionable at best horror films. The characters are all horribly written, and even more horribly acted. Another one of those movies where you are just praying for everyone to meet a quick and painful demise.

The lighting is amature, as it is either to dark or too light in seemingly every scene, and I have a hard time believing this was a co-directoral effort. You would think one of them would know how to frame a shot or utilize an off-kilter camera angle.

With all the negitives I've mentioned, I can't completely trash this. Despite being a total rehash/rip-off, it fulfills that cookie-cutter horror flick tag very well. There is a reason that this plot has been done before, and thats because it is at least moderately effective.

I can't say I'd recomend it, but it is a solid step ahead of terrible.