KILLER HOLIDAY (2013) *** AVOID ***
The story: a group of friends go on a road trip and visit a closed amusement park where they are stalked by a sadistic killer.
Was it good?
No. No, no, no, no, no. It's horror that has absolutely nothing scary about it. And that could work if it were entertaining in some other way -- if there was an interesting dramatic thru-line or if it was funny...but there's nothing here. the killer is just this guy who acts like he is auditioning for Beetlejuice (without realizing this isn't a comedy). Slasher films can work easily in one of two ways: (1) give us characters we like and build the horror as they are killed off or (2) give us characters we don't like and build the enjoyment from watching them die. Of course that helps if you have a villain who is scary or imposing in some way. This is just this guy. Seriously, I don't even I would be scared of him and I'm a wuss. What would be nice is if directors thought for a few minutes about what is actually scary when constructing their scripts instead of thinking they can just copy the copy of a copy of a movie that made an impact 30 years ago and think it will have any impact.
This isn't a movie to avoid simply because it is bad. Bad movies can be fun when the filmmakers are trying to explore something they think are interesting. It's a movie to avoid because it's just a crappy, lazy copy. Why bother?
**** AVOID ****
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