Crush the Skull

This was a fun one. The dialog and chemistry among the four main characters was what drew me in. Sure, not all the jokes were winners, but the banter was charming and felt natural for the most part. Plus, the choices made by the Good Guys were often smarter than what you find in the average horror movie (regardless of its budget). They seemed to learn from their mistakes and make reasonable leaps of deduction without my "help" (a.k.a. yelling at the screen, "Why?! Why would you DO that??").

I was disappointed with the antagonist side of the coin, though. I get that there was a psychopath vibe being aimed at, but psychopath doesn't mean zombie. Showing no emotion and practically shuffling through every scene seemed more Heavily Sedated than Crazy Person to me.

What really surprised me were the production values. Even in the dark basement shots the lighting was well done and the audio was consistently good in both interior and exterior scenes. So often it seems like sound quality in particular gets thrown out the window when the budget is tiny. Kudos sound folks!

Overall, I'd say it's a comedy/horror film rather than a horror/comedy, but I was entertained. And, most of the time, that's exactly what I'm looking for.

+1 Star for opening Sequence, The hook got my attention!!!!

+1 Star for a Great Line!!!

-1 Star For Dumb Sheriff Deputy... not calling for backup immediately when the situation required it and not following other common protocols

-1 Star For Sappy Scenes near the End and the Goodbye 'Crew' Speech

+1 Star for the laugh at the end!!!

Okay this is no big winner by any stretch, but it wasn't bad. Entertaining and worth a watch if you are a horror fan that really doesn't mind the genre being made fun of a little.

Awful comedy laced with the usual liberal nonsense. Buffoons need to finally learn that PCness and comedy never work, because PCness by definition is anti-comedy. Any ideology that seeks to crush truth can't lead to good humour by default, because comedy is based on mocking reality, and to mock it you need to first accept it. Liberalism is all about avoiding reality.

The attempt to merge comedy with genuine serial-killer scares completely misfires, partly because it's not doable, partly because the cast is annoying and boring, and because the script is lame, often cringey. Millennial humour reigns here.

Did I get bored while watching Crush The Skull? No, not at all, and that's already a major positive point concidering it's a low budget horror movie. There is some humor present, not always hilarious, but I'll admit I laughed a couple of times. To me they could have just made a horror movie without humor with that story, that would have worked even better. The acting was okay, not the greatest though, but you don't pay to much attention to those details as the story is suspenseful. Crush The Skull has enough suspense to keep you entertained and interested till the end, and that's not always the case with movies like this.

This is a smart, well written comedy thriller with horror elements that emphasises the comedy over anything else. If you are expecting a tense splatter-fest then you might be disappointed as the main source of humour comes from the incredulity of the comedy placed in a serious situation, which works, but kills any tension that has been built.

The effects aren't amazing but are made up for by good character development, the mains actually being likable, which is rare. There are some pacing issues, you get to know the characters and the situation and then you blink and the movie is nearly over, but it is still overall an entertaining and fun ride.

This is a nice effort and could have benefited from a little more expansion but works for what it is. There are more laughs than scares but as long as you know that going in then you should have a good time with this one.