31 Days of Halloween, Day 4: The Prowler

Day 4
The Prowler

The Prowler should just be called Tom Savini: The Movie.  It is a paint-by-numbers slasher with some of the most amazing gore effects I’ve ever seen.  The special effects hold up today and are simply breathtaking.

Unfortunately, the movie itself is just not that interesting.  A murder happens during a dance in 1945.  Fast forward to 1981, there has not been a dance in over 30 years and the town decides to hold a dance.  Naturally, murders start-up again. That’s pretty much it.

There are elements to the story that are baffling also.  Where are the parents? Why do high schoolers live in co-ed dorms? Why are they even in dorms? Why do all the high schoolers look like they’re 30 years old? None of this matters of course, all that matters are the kills, and they are spectacular.

So, I wouldn’t recommend The Prowler as quality entertainment.  It’s not scary, it’s predictable, but you’ll never see a more realistic throat slice.

Movie Review: Fritt Vilt (Cold Prey)

Fritt Vilt (Cold Prey)

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Directed By: Roar Uthaug

Starring: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Rolf Kristian Larsen

Plot Synopsis:

Five teenage snowboarders are forced to spend the night in a mysteriously abandoned ski lodge. Except somebody – or something – already lives there. It is huge, savage and unstoppable…and now it’s pissed off. But if you think this is going to be the usual ‘trapped teens stalked by a maniac’ movie, you’re dead wrong.

From the first chilling kill to the final horrific twist, prepare yourself for the smart, intense and award-winning European sensation that has terrified audiences around the world and put the edge back into the body-count genre.

Review:

Slasher movies are never going to win any awards for plot or characterization.  What separates the multitude of films in this sub-genre of Horror is the execution.  The most recent Friday the 13th remake comes to mind as well as it’s classic original and films like John Carpenter’s Halloween.  Young adults or teens stalked by unstoppable killer.

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