Review of Midnight Movie (2008) by Mike I — 07 Jun 2010

This was a pretty predictable entry into the 'slasher' genre. The killer can exit and return to the movie that is un-spooling on the screen, although no reason or explanation is really given as to how or why beyond the fact that he is quite deranged and used the movie (which he wrote, directed and starred in) to satisfy his own twisted blood lust. How he manages to move in and out of the film is anyone's guess.

The victims are all prototypical victims - innocent but curious kid, jerk, nerd, tough guy, etc. and all are dispatched in pretty much the order you might expect them to be.

The effects are passable, if not actually pretty good and the acting isn't as bad as one might expect. A little more explanation of the motivation - and paranormal (?!?) ability of the killer would have been nice and maybe nudged this up to 2 1/2 or 3 stars. As it stands, it only gets 2.

(And hey - I actually remained civil in this review. I'll have to watch something soon to rectify that).