Hacked Off

OK! For any of you who hasn't seen this movie.. Check out the website. I've just bought this on DVD last year.. That was via the website.. I must admit, I've seen a lot of teen slasher movies.. But this one.. well? It wasn't too bad really.. A good effort.

The idea of this serial killer called Jacques Sykes.. The name is not really too French. In fact, why don't the filmmakers call him Jacques Costeau or Jacques Duboir..? But this serial killer unlike Jason Vorhees.. Goes around in some guy's clothes and then begins stalking a bunch of teens who have rented a house in a French village.

The performances in this movie was OK. Layla Ann Lee being in the lead role looked pretty cool. Ben Tyreman who plays the serial killer Sykes was awesome. In fact, he could've wore a mask. Or even so, have scars or deformities around his face.. just to make him look really scary as well as being just so menacing.

Director Andrew Wield did a good job by putting this low budget production into great use. The pace of the film is just like all the other horror films I've seen.. Where you have all the suspense going on as somewhere in the movie, something bad is going to happen. But he did well to get it all going. He could've made an effort to putting some commentaries or featurettes on this DVD. But then again, not all filmmakers want to give away everything.

All-in-all, it's great film. I've must've seen about six times.. As I stated earlier, I own a copy of the film on DVD. Some really good performances from Layla Ann Lee, Ross Maxwell and Sarah Pavey.. Ben Tyreman totally rocks. He was really the bad-ass serial killer since Jason X that makes people think when you look at him. 'This guy means business! Don't mess with him! Start running!'

My verdict? 7 out of 10! Not bad.. Hopefully, a bit better next time.

Before i start i would like to state that i have always wanted to register with IMDb but this movie finally pushed me over the edge.It was vital that i attempt save anyone the insanity of watching such a horrible film.

The worst movie you will ever see.I have never in my life seen a movie that was as bad as this one and(hopefully) never will.I felt like turning it off within the first 15 minutes.The story is very cliché and there are some parts that are obviously borrowed from other(greater) films. The cranberry juice blood, the bad acting, the bad editing!, the killer who is dressed up as a phone repairman(wow really scary), everything sucked. The killer had to be the worst actor because basically they must have told him to not say anything and try to look scary.It is impossible to be scary dressed up the way he was. The movie looked like it was filmed on a camcorder(sounds like it too!).The effects were horrible: Here in this wonderful piece of garbage you will see dolls as the dead bodies.There is one scene with bad editing where a guy throws a punch and then he magically appears two steps back.I am a horror fan so i have seen some bad movies in my day which were OK. Sometimes you must understand that movies have low budgets and the actors will not always be the greatest but this is horrible!There is no reason why this movie should exist. I wish that i could unsee this film but the best thing to do is forget about it.

For a low budget film, the directors made an average effort. Casting appeared to let down a genuine good story. The casting choice let down part of this film but I really feel that a couple of the unknown actors provided the scaffolding for this production not to crumble after the first scene. Dialog was lacking but performances from Liam Brown & Adam Stride clutched my interest to watch on.

All in all, taking on board the budget & great performances from Stride & Brown this movie get's 06/10. With a larger budget & tweaks to the script & 80% of the casting replaced including the director, this could be a massive summer box office hit.