Severe Injuries

"Severe Injuries" pretty much establishes Amy Lynn Best as a totally professional (and clever) force in the Low-budget film world. Charlie Fleming has his best role as the inept would-be killer, and Jasi Cotton Lanier's bits are very funny.

Film is also top notch in all technical aspects and contains a surprise appearance by an actress in what could be one of her most memorable appearances ever.

Like "The Resurrection Game", this Happy Cloud Productions effort has a lot of surprise touches. Indie Film legend Debbie Rochon even shows up! Think the DVD may come with the short subject "Were-Girll" with Jasi Cotton Lanier, which was Best' first effort and also very funny.

First let me say this story had possibilities but the casting department for sure needs to be put on waivers. Was there any acting talent on display ? Yes, but not enough to save this ! Deb Rochon again does her best to give a rousing hearty performance & does very well in her effort. Lilith Stabs is the only other positive. Now my question to the producer is, " why go to the trouble of casting a professional dominatrix/ fetish model as the house slut if her SMBD/fetish talents are ignored " ? Instead of her carrying a gun a paddle, cane, crop or whip would be much more real for her. Likewise her attire could have consisted of some Thigh Hi spike heel boots & corsets. All told this was not a good movie.

I'm a huge fan of independent/low budget horror flicks and while this one isn't a horror movie, I found it to be quite funny and really enjoyed it.

Robin Griggs, Jenna Bull-Trombold and Robin Green in my opinion had the best scenes and funniest one liners. The leading lady should've been a little bit more alive, she spends most of the movie sitting down! I honestly wished one of the bimbos would've survived instead of her.

My favorite scene was with Ms. Green being chased by the killer in the bathroom. My second favorite scene was with Ms. Griggs also, in the bathroom fixing her hair with the killer right behind her.

I give it 8 out of 10 because I found the beginning with the main character and his father to be boring and as I said earlier, the leading lady didn't do that much throughout the movie. Other than that, it was entertaining and actually made me laugh (in a good way).

Trying to uphold his family's legacy, a serial killer from a long-line of deranged maniacs tries to make a name for himself by targeting a coed and her friends who are hosting a special party at their sorority house, but when a second killer shows up he's forced to make a name for himself at all costs.

This was a fantastically fun and silly type of feature. The outright goofy setup that takes place here, focusing on the outlandish idea of the killer trying to go about rectifying the reputation of his inept family by handling the rampage at the local college, is a great way to bring about a fun mix of comedic interludes and attempts at genuine genre thrills. Focusing on the infiltration of the sorority after a series of ineffective attempts at taking out victims but only finding out the series of inept bungling and clumsy antics he displayed while targeting the stragglers makes him an even more ineffective killer against a group of generally clueless coeds who are in the middle of a celibacy party with their horny boyfriends. The fact that a second killer arrives and forces him into a competition makes for the most amount of fun here, with everything being played up for laughs to the point of making this far more enjoyable than it should be. On top of that, the series of spoofs and gags playing up the genre tropes only adds to the laughs present. From a killer using his mask to terrify victims only to have them not be scared of the chosen disguise and fight back enabling them to escape, brandishing ineffective weapons at victims only for them to pull out more imposing ones to chase him off, or listening to a group of guys try to explain the rules of a romantic comedy to get lucky with their girlfriends, it all makes this one come off so overtly silly and goofy that the tone of the release is straightforward lighthearted from the beginning. It has the potential to border on being too ludicrous or silly for some to take and be put off by how it handles everything, but that's the main issue here as a personal-preference drawback.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Came across a bootleg DVD-R copy of this & it is, IMHO, the best of Amy Lynn Best's productions. Though I'm still not a fan of this type of forced comedy, the overall effect here is much better than her other films. The haunted or cursed house atmosphere gives some added punch to the story and the acting is generally a step or two above what I've come to expect from the usual list of suspects. And any excuse to see Debbie Rochon on tape again is worth the price of admission or the cost of a convention bootleg. I like Lilith Stabs and Debbie Rochon and I look forward to the perfect teaming of this pair. In the meanwhile, Severe Injuries is certainly Amy Lynn Best's best so far. I hope she keeps trying because I think there is going to be at least one very good film coming from her.