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This is a low budget action flick from Finland. One probably best enjoyed with your mates, after a few beers down the pub on a Saturday night. This is one of the most over-the-top gory action movies I have ever seen. And I mean, really gory. The director has taken great pleasure in treating the viewer to some sublime inventive kills, to the point you'll be grinning from ear to ear at how ridiculously gory it all is. However, the movie has a lot of problems elsewhere. The acting is far from Oscar worthy. The director's choice of lighting is annoyingly poor at times, with overly bright lights, weird filters, sometimes making the movie look like a poor music video. Also the soundtrack is very hit and miss, with music playing at weird moments, setting the wrong mood, in fact, I'm pretty sure music is playing throughout the whole movie without any breaks. But . . . (and the only reason this is getting 6 out of 10) . . . The movie is saved by the ridiculously over-the-top gory kills, and there are plenty scattered throughout the movie. Just have a few beers before you watch!!"

Yet another masked killer horror. What with the recent ok-ish Totally Killer, and the upcoming Eli Roth directed Thanksgiving, they seem to be all the rage . . . . again! The Conference takes the Totally Killer route with it being a comedy too, however the tone switch between comedy and horror is handled better here, and isn't as jarring. This is chock full of the usual horror tropes, with a group of people, some you hope survive, some you hope meet a grizzly end and of course when the killer strikes, the deaths are wonderfully gruesome. This is a fun Swedish horror that should rocket to the top of the Netflix Top 10 list.

This is a comedy that you will either find hilarious or, if you are like me, sit stony-faced for 90% of the time. Having seen the initial reviews, I had high hopes for a really good comedy, and I really really tried to enjoy this, but most of the comedic moments just fell flat with me. There was the odd moment that made me giggle, with Natalie Palamides, as the crazy demented Funzo, being the standout, but the laughs were very few and far between. Still, give it a go, I may be in the minority here, as the the current reviews on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes are pretty good, with most being very positive.