The Windmill

By first looking at the DVD cover, I presumed that this film would be a comical, putrid story of mindless slaughter. Then I remembered having similar thoughts on the cover of the movie Southbound, and seeing how that turned out my hopes lifted a little.

To my surprise, The Windmill Massacre had a well-grounded backstory, and it turned out genuinely better than I thought it would be.

Unfortunately, after seeing Charlie's Farm and now The Windmill Massacre from Monster pictures, I must say, I do feel a sharp pang of regret when I'll look upon this logo in the future. It's not that these films are intentionally poor. It is just that now I am aware that I am going to get some real B-Grade quality stories.

Similar to my stance on Blumhouse pictures. It is a bit of a raffle of what you end up with. Sometimes, you'll get the unexpected sound story, with deep character development, and the plot has enough lore that it could be branched off into additional follow-up feature films.

And sometimes, you'll end up with a real piece of garbage that you will most definitely only intend to watch once. The Windmill Massacre sits a little in the middle.

Now I'm biased here. But unless it's a full-blown comedy film, a strong Australian accent portrayed in movies sounds bloody foul. I'm not gonna lie, but every time Jennifer spoke it just didn't sit right. Luckily her acting ability more than made up for it, and she didn't have a whole heap of lines compared to someone like Jackson.

The rest of the cast was quite good, with no complaints from me. As I said earlier, this film is well-grounded and watchable. The acting itself is more than reasonable, It's got a solid past, the killings are well-paced, and the scenery is more than respectable.

My wife picked up on the film's twist in the early stages. I mean, by now we have seen so many various horror movies, that not a lot comes across as new or doesn't stand out to us. We have found that most modern-day horror films are so cliché that we can pick the moment from or scene from older horror movies.

The Windmill Massacre's story and outcome start becoming kind of obvious, and grim, but as the film is progressing, you do hope that you might see something different.

In conclusion, like the ending of Charlie's Farm, it just really destroys a lot of the fabric of the film for me. You want to see something memorable or someone to end the cycle or be the difference that ends evil's reign. That's genuinely why people write stories from the perspective of the main character.

When everything seems to be going ok. A big 'F you' moment comes up five minutes toward the end and you are left feeling like it ruined the entire film.

All in all, I am not going to watch The Windmill Massacre again, or I couldn't recommend it, but amazingly enough, compared to what I have seen in second-grade horror, it does sit in the average category for me.

5/10.

The rather blandly named, The Windmill Massacre, breaks the golden rule of a good slasher flick and pays the price.

Let me start by saying this is a film with definite potential. Its far from utterly bad. It employs a good cast of capable actors, a rather novel and fresh premise, plus some good horror elements. That said, it breaks the key rule of any good slasher flick, its not all that scary.

Th reason The Windmill Massacre is not overly scary lies in its scripting. After the first death, there's very little uncertainty as to who, how and when the next person, will die. Indeed, there is a "lead in", that tells you for the most part, whats about to happen to who, next.

The net result is a film robbed of the sudden death, "jump in your seat", surprise factor. That's what good slashers are really all about. Not the final dispatch but the dread and tension, leading up to that suddenly and violently realized moment, when the killer strikes.

Its a shame too, as this film looked promising. Even making a second film may not solve this issue, as the approach taken is more or less, "locked in". That is, its intrinsic to the legend built around the killer. As it stands then, a moderately entertaining horror film, that offers some entertainment value, but could have been so much more. Six out of ten from me.

Reminding me heavily of Reeker (2005) this neat little horror is well made but sadly makes very little sense.

Telling the story of a number of people who get aboard a tour of Holland but become stranded and under attack from an unseen enemy who seems to know their darkest secrets.

The idea is quite clever, the execution is solid but where it fails is the execution and wide quantity of plot holes and unexplained events.

I wanted to like this and was certainly impressed with the quality but just couldn't get past certain head scratching moments.

Perfectly watchable stuff but it is the very definition of take your brain out entertainment.

The Good:

Decent kills

Well made

The Bad:

Plenty of plot holes

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

When hiring a nanny employees will not do an extensive background check

That kid will need SO much therapy

I didn't love it but also didn't hate it. The premise is fairly interesting, but I was hoping for more spooky-haunts than slasher-film. The more they created in the film just didn't fit the slasher execution. Still, this is the best windmill horror film of all time...

My quick rating - 5,4/10. This flick seems to attempt to touch upon quite a few genres at once and does so somewhat successfully. The movie is about the struggle of being taken to hell by a grim reaper type character which is explained within the movie. Each character is being judged due to their sins of the past which unfold in a flashback type way. The story itself is played out quite well albeit completely full of holes. The supernatural aspect seems to come and go and never really solidifies itself. The acting is average, no complaints or applause. When they do head down the gore route, it is poured on well without being the focal point of the film. I found it interesting enough to hold my attention and although I could see a never ending amount of sequels possible (which the ending says, not me) I hope they leave it alone. An above average flick if even slightly which is fine.