That's a Wrap

No pun intended - there are quite a few people that you may be able to recognize in the movie. Some only in it for a few seconds. There is also a Psycho homage and I'm quite sure a lot more, if I cared enough to pay attention - same goes for you of course.

That said, the movie is not making any secret what it is about. This is a slasher, the director does not care about your feelings or if you want quality - well you got the wrong movie, if that is the case. This is delightful when taken for the low budget slasher fest that it is ... that said: you really have to dig it and you really have to suspend your disbelief. It doesn't even matter what the reveal is ... I already forgot. But the blood fest is ... immense! Which also means you can't be easily offended ... but that's a given with Walz movies I reckon ...

Finally, Marcel Walz makes a decent movie. Is is perfect? God no, but it's better than anything he's done before. The director of the absolutely horrid remake of Blood Feast had made several really lousy direct to video then streaming films and this had the look of yet another. Surprisingly, this turned out to be decent. The acting - for a change is actually alright. No one's winning an award, but nobody really stunk it up either. The script is acceptable, not brilliant but alright. Then there's the direction. Let's be honest, til now Marcel Walz has been Uwe Boll with a breast fetish, but he reigned it in just enough for this to be a watchable and fairly entertaining movie.

Starts off OK with some interesting directing and a hot voluptuous older woman.

But within a few minutes the movie crumbles into a silly disarray of stupidity.

Makes sense with all the ridiculous reviews comparing this in a lemming way to Argento. I've personally never liked Argento (I know a lot of people claim to like him) but this movie is nothing like his films.

At least those have style and substance.

Nothing makes sense in this movie. Beginning with the security guard who points his flashlight at the woman but it's not even on.

The music track sucks too.

It's just quite a badly made movie with third rate actors and gimmicky directing that will bore you to death.

Oh my. Where to begin.

Acting. Anyone - and i mean any and every single one - credited in this movie should be shunned by cinema in general. There is not even a single good actor or actress - or an acting moment.

Dialogue. Randomly pick words from a dictionary. Do not even put them in order. They will sound better.

Plot. Cliche after cliche after cliche

Twists. The director obviously believes there is one at the end. But you already guess the ending by minute 7.

Having just finished filming, the director of an upcoming horror film hosts a special cast screening party to give everyone one more chance to say goodbye, but when someone dressed as the killer in the movie starts killing everyone off they must find a way to stop the deadly rampage from continuing.

There's quite a lot to like with this one. Among the brighter spots to be had here is the fine setup of what's going on that gets things off on a fun note. The whole idea of the self-confident-if-delusional director trying to hold the contained wrap-party for the cast who use the time to get to know each other better leads to plenty of intriguing conversations about their movie roles or other personal issues. This provides the kind of touch to give us enough to get to know them and get a suspect list going while setting up the location used here to great effect as the part continues. This allows for the high-end use of strong slashing scenes taking place throughout here. The opening shot of the actress stalked by the killer through the facility is a solid setup using the film's emerging proclivity for neon-lit scenery and lighting that generates a solid stylish ploy. That type of appearance and style becomes a prominent part of the film going forward as the backstage locations where each of the attacks takes place focus on using the bright red or blue neon surroundings that end up allowing the killer to hide in plain sight and strike due to how well they're hidden. That continues on to the later scenes where the extended chase scenes throughout the facility. With stand-out scenes such as a victim showering to clean up after a drink accident, a couple trying to get together in a darkened hallway, or another couple being intimate on one of the sets alone offering up some fun scenes, there's a nice mixture of genuine staking scenes with brutal, over-the-top gore gags. The other big confrontation between the last survivor and the killer is a solid offering as well, featuring some fine cat-and-mouse moments and a fun resolution to all come together nicely for quite a lot to like. The film does have some big issues that hold it down. Its biggest factor is the whole motivation and reveal of the killer, who not only seems incredibly obvious but is one of the lamest reveal motivations in the genre. The whole point of the rampage is laughably stupid to think it could be pulled off successfully and is justifiably written off only to generate a new twist that's slightly better if still outright terrible at being a motivation for going on a rampage. As well, the film's idea of comedy where characters make meta references to movies only to have that happen to them is insulting, being the issues that bring it down.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Full Nudity, a sex scene, and drug use.