Review of Laid to Rest (2009) by Greg F — 09 May 2009
Laid to Rest is a terrifying story of a young girl who wakes up in a casket with a traumatic head injury and no memory of her identity. She quickly realizes she was abducted by a Deranged Serial Murderer and in an isolated rural town she must survive the night.
[/size][/font][font=Palatino Linotype][size=3][i]Laid to Rest [/i]is a standard low-budget splatter flick introducing a to-be-iconic killer, ChromeSkull. What's really cool about this film is this character.
Alhough director-writer Robert Hall doesn't provide us with any backstory, ChromeSkull is really interesting to watch. With a metal skull mask, a shoulder-mounted video camera and numerous electronic devices that work in his favor, he's scary as hell.
The deaths are very inventive, even if they look a bit artificial, and the movie has creepy atmosphere containing some really suspenseful scenes. On the minus side, [i]Laid to Rest[/i] suffers from the main sin of slasher movies: characters behaving completely irrationally.
Bobbi Sue Luther is also annoying in the leading role delivering superficial, wooden performance that doesn't really fit this movie. Despite these flaws, [i]Laid to Rest[/i] is an enjoyable slasher movie that recalls the heyday of the genre when Mike Myers and Leatherface were at the peak of their game.
6.5[b]/10 (B)[/b][/size][/font].
This review of Laid to Rest (2009) was written by Greg F on 09 May 2009.
Laid to Rest has generally received mixed reviews.
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