By first looking at the DVD cover, I presumed that this film would be a comical, putrid story of mindless slaughter. Then I remembered having similar thoughts on the cover of the movie Southbound, and seeing how that turned out my hopes lifted a little.
To my surprise, The Windmill Massacre had a well-grounded backstory, and it turned out genuinely better than I thought it would be.
Unfortunately, after seeing Charlie's Farm and now The Windmill Massacre from Monster pictures, I must say, I do feel a sharp pang of regret when I'll look upon this logo in the future. It's not that these films are intentionally poor. It is just that now I am aware that I am going to get some real B-Grade quality stories.
Similar to my stance on Blumhouse pictures. It is a bit of a raffle of what you end up with. Sometimes, you'll get the unexpected sound story, with deep character development, and the plot has enough lore that it could be branched off into additional follow-up feature films.
And sometimes, you'll end up with a real piece of garbage that you will most definitely only intend to watch once. The Windmill Massacre sits a little in the middle.
Now I'm biased here. But unless it's a full-blown comedy film, a strong Australian accent portrayed in movies sounds bloody foul. I'm not gonna lie, but every time Jennifer spoke it just didn't sit right. Luckily her acting ability more than made up for it, and she didn't have a whole heap of lines compared to someone like Jackson.
The rest of the cast was quite good, with no complaints from me. As I said earlier, this film is well-grounded and watchable. The acting itself is more than reasonable, It's got a solid past, the killings are well-paced, and the scenery is more than respectable.
My wife picked up on the film's twist in the early stages. I mean, by now we have seen so many various horror movies, that not a lot comes across as new or doesn't stand out to us. We have found that most modern-day horror films are so cliché that we can pick the moment from or scene from older horror movies.
The Windmill Massacre's story and outcome start becoming kind of obvious, and grim, but as the film is progressing, you do hope that you might see something different.
In conclusion, like the ending of Charlie's Farm, it just really destroys a lot of the fabric of the film for me. You want to see something memorable or someone to end the cycle or be the difference that ends evil's reign. That's genuinely why people write stories from the perspective of the main character.
When everything seems to be going ok. A big 'F you' moment comes up five minutes toward the end and you are left feeling like it ruined the entire film.
All in all, I am not going to watch The Windmill Massacre again, or I couldn't recommend it, but amazingly enough, compared to what I have seen in second-grade horror, it does sit in the average category for me.
5/10.
