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 ...

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.

As a fan of all of Marcel Walz' films to date, and a massive fan of Italian "Giallo" film in particular, I was anxiously looking forward to his newest film, "That's a Wrap", and it definitely did not disappoint! Full of sly in-jokes to the Hollywood behind the scenes process, subtle jabs at current culture, and of course a loving homage to Giallo and Dario Argento films in particular, this film is a real treat! Featuring the always fabulous Sarah French, along with a number of modern indie-horror folks and 90's late-nite stars and even a Tom Savini cameo, along with some clever kills and a cool killer-design, this movie should not be Missed!

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.