Best movie of this year hands down!

Simply A Masterpiece

Just perfect...

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I enjoyed most of this movie. It was silly and ticked most of the boxes of a good slasher. However, every reveal falls flat in my opinion, and the ending can only be described as painful.

I think it's a shame that this particular film wasn't well received overall by the horror fans especially by the slasher fans because this was a horror treat in the best possible way. There's something to be said when you create any type of movie that actually is an original piece especially with everything being out there it's very hard to come up with something fresh and clever all at the same time. With this jewel of a horror classic I believe that was the case where everything came together perfectly. I thought the characters were well thought out and interesting. The balance of the film was superb where the first half it was all fun and games and very funny then the second half it got serious to where the hammer falls on you and sucks you back in saying don't forget this is a horror movie which I thought was brilliant. This wasn't an all-star cast some of the biggest names were Amy Steel who was in Friday The 13th part 2 who by the way was amazing as well as in this film then you had Thomas F. Wilson that played Biff in Back To the Future who also was great in both of these films. Deborah Foreman who played the lead character in this film also played the lead role in Valley Girl opposite A young Nic Cage who was great in this role as well. Clayton Rohner, and Deborah Goodrich played in Just One Of The Guys together who both did their parts very well. Ken Olandt which didn't make a big splash yet as far as big time roles he was just starting out in his career and Griffin O' Neal same scenario in that he hadn't done a whole lot yet in his career when this came out. I have to tell you that there were some great performances by everybody in this film ones that were funny lines like Clayton Rohner as Chaz was telling Jay Baker's character Harvey who was excellent in this film as well confronting him about an earlier incident that happened in the film Chaz says to Harvey "You were jumping around like your ass was on fire. That was a very funny line in the film as well as several others. There is this one scene in the film where all the friends are sitting at the table discussing what they were going to do with their lives after graduation I thought that Griffin O' Neal's character Skip should have been at the dinner table with them it would have made the scene that much better. I think that Griffin O' Neal did really well with his character and should have continue to act because personally I think he's a good actor. The last twenty minutes of the film will leave you on the edge of your seat just typing this out and thinking about it gives me goosebumps it was played out so brilliantly. You can laugh a little but it was very creepy and scary and well thought out. I think this holds well with the slasher genre it's just a fun, smart, suspenseful and scary movie period. At the end of the movie there is this wacky song on the soundtrack that's very out there. Some of the material could use some strengthening but overall pretty solid. One of the better horror movies in general. This could be very well in the top twenty in great horror movies of all time.

Heading to a private island for spring break, a group of friends' planned weekend of fun and pranks is halted by a series of strange deaths among them and must find the killer before it's too late.This was quite the disappointing and overall overrated effort. What really turns this one of is the overall jokey nature of the film which really sticks out here by this one just constantly going for the jokes, insults and pranks here. Even the beginning with the knife set-up at the docks, it becomes obvious that nothing here should be taken seriously which is clearly the case once this one gets going. The shots of the group goofing off at dinner as everyone pulls a prank on somebody else, crack jokes and insults towards everyone furthers this and when everyone here goes off to bed having all sorts of cheesy, silly pranks pulled on everyone with exploding cigars, rigged doorknobs, lights that won't turn off and malfunctioning furniture all give this one such a comedic tone in here that it pushes the horror elements so far out of the time here that there's almost nothing in the first half that makes this read as a horror film. As very few of these incidents are even funny to begin with, it makes this even harder to feel for what's happening as the comedy that pushes the horror out of the film is really not as good as it thinks it is. On tops of everything else here, the twist in the finale renders almost the entire film irrelevant by being so obviously set-up to put that in motion to get there that it feels so much like a cheat it just furthers the lower marks for this one. There's a few good parts here scattered throughout these flaws, starting with the burgeoning mystery that unravels throughout the later half as the discovery of the new-clippings and different hidden sayings about the house are all perfect clues as to what's happening, and along with the different behavior tricks utilized here sell this mystery as much as the discovery of the bodies, which are quite decent at times. That also brings up the only other god part about this one in the finale chase through the house which has a lot of great points here as they go throughout the house. From the basement encounter which is pretty chilling following up the portrait gag from earlier and the kitchen break-in has some tense moments, there's a lot to like about the stalking overall here which ends this one nicely. Generally, that's all that really works with this one.Rated R: Violence, Graphic Language, drug use and a non-nudity sex scene.

This is a pretty funny and unpredictable horror flick about a group of college students staying at a friend's remote island mansion during the April Fool's Day weekend and finding themselves falling victim to vicious crimes.The movie starts off very slow with the college kids just cracking each other up with cheesy, unfunny and crude sexual jokes while waiting for their ferry to taxi. But, the excitement slowly begins after they arrive at the mansion and the practical jokes and nefarious activities mount. This all leads to some suspense and thrills as the character leads investigate the mysterious events about the house, followed by the usual screams and thrills. The acting was cheesy at times but not bad for the most part, especially for lesser-known actors back in the day. The plot and story are well-written and unique in a way that is not like the usual, and sometimes predictable, slasher flicks. Red herrings and twists and turns in the plot will keep you engaged and the climax will be something that is unexpected.Overall, not a bad horror/slasher flick - definitely one of the more unique ones.Grade B-