Hunt Her, Kill Her

Focused on Karen that starts a new job as a night shift cleaner for a warehouse until she gets a package delivered once its open she's chased and hunted the rest of the movie. I was surprised only one person besides me was seeing the movie of which was on and off his phone that was a little obnoxious I was engaged throughout maybe he still enjoyed it. Hunt Her, Kill Her is a satisfying ghoulish pure horror gem that is gory, suspenseful, and has a great soundtrack! I absolutely love the masks and psycho voices; this movie caught me off guard with how enjoyable it is would highly recommend to horror fans.

I guess me enjoying this movie a lot was such a bad thing geez!

I found this movie on Tubi. Compared to many of the movies that they have, this one is good. The plot is simple, but there are some thrilling moments. The movie does a good job with the gore. The main actress was OK

Some scenes, though, require suspension of belief. The main character gets injured several times, yet just a few minutes later, the movie basically ignores those injuries as if it never happened, making her appear 100% healthy. We also get eye-rolling scenes where a small woman handles some 200 pound grown men

But the main issue with the film, is repetitiveness. The hunting / chasing scenes make up the bulk of the film, as you'd expect. But after a while, it really felt like we going over the same ground repeatedly.

Started of ok, I thought it was interesting setup. Then there was some boring "weak woman in distress" nonsense as usually, big scary man chasing her around, finding her no matter where (i guess they always have some 6th senses huh?) Finally some action, gore and then...puff, what a f was the ending!? I stared at my screen in disbelief and sighed. Why!? I'm so sick of these movies where it starts to look like the woman could be the strong heroine, then they throw in tears and submission. I started writing this at the very moment as I was struggling last minutes waiting for the movie to end.

I was generous for giving 3 stars. Really hoped more from this.

Hunt Her, Kill Her (AKA Night Shift)

Very low-budget 'cat(s) 'n' mouse' survival thriller. Karen (Natalie Terrazzino), a recently separated/divorced mother of one, takes a job as the sole night shift janitor at a large factory. On her first night she's confronted by four knife-wielding, masked intruders, whose sole aim is to kill her. Cue one hour and 20 minutes of the most ridiculously unbelievable 'female John McClane' running, hiding, and fighting.

By the time this was made movies were well into the 'cast a non-conventionally attractive female lead' era - we weren't going to get a Milla Jovovich-type. Thing is, Jovovich (just as an example), as well as being attractive, sells the action. She looks credible running and fighting. I get that 'Karen' isn't a trained warrior, she's just an average single-mom trying to make ends meet, and I get that that could be an interesting story to tell - but if that's what you're going for you have to adjust her methods and onscreen abilities accordingly; otherwise it just becomes laughable. We have a short, dumpy, completely non-athletic woman regularly outsprinting guys who look a foot taller with a stride to match. In one shot we'll see them rapidly closing on her (because the actress clearly cannot run) - then they'll all turn a corner and from the new angle we see they're way behind her again! 😄 The only times they catch-up is when there's a convenient small space for her to slip through at the last moment! I get suspension of disbelief - but at least cast an actress who looks like she jogs once in a while! As for the fighting... Again, 6'2" dudes with *very* nasty looking knives, vs mom-with-a-belly and cleaning products! We all know that most fights in movies are completely unrealistic;. If Statham/Stallone/Van Damme were really trapped in a room with a bunch of guys who were all fellow special forces badasses they'd be dead meat - but at least they manage to make it look believable. There's one fight in this movie involving a toilet plunger that looks like something from an Austin Powers movie! Add in several injuries involving heavy blood loss and bone breakage that 30 seconds later don't seem to have impeded her ability to run/fight at all, a 'twist' re the perpetrators that's obvious from about 15 minutes in (and that you've probably guessed already), poor acting all round, and ludicrous dialogue ('Don't let her escape!' - has *anyone* chasing anyone *ever* actually shouted that? 😄), and you get a very poor movie. I'll give it credit for some good effects on the injury detail, a cool synth score, and a nice title. 4/10.

Reminded me a lot of the film P2 in it's situational element. Lone victim in structure against the nemesis, in this case 5 persons intent on killing the victim. What I found most interesting in the concept of a "Reverse Slasher", where-as instead of a killer picking off the victim group, you have a victim who must come to realize they have no choice but to kill their way of the situation. The actor in question, Natalie Terrazzino did an excellent job at traversing the initial terror into that realization. The kills, one by one, were excellent. The duck, doge and weave, cat and mouse play was filmed with precision.

I'm a sucker for these types of films, with Slashers being my favorite sub-genre of horror. So I am always excited to experience a twist on the formula, especially one as delicious as a reversing of the typical tropes and expected content line. (Not that I mind formulaic clones, I adore them, as I adore slashers and actually expect them to follow the formula to my satisfaction. As long the "Pretty people in peril" are to my liking and the story, twists and general vibes are good, I'm happy as a jack-knife in a vengeful victim's hands...lol)

Here the kills were tasty, the "FAFO" moments were a chef's kiss and the ending quite satisfying. The extra bonus of throwing in a role reversal and making it work is the cherry on that bloody birthday cake. 8.4/10 without reservation. VERY glad to have it in my collection, the beautiful physical release is worth every penny. Highly recommended for horror/slasher fans...and as usual, 2 high flying birds to the typical horror haters.