A group of high school football players and cheerleaders go to a creepy, abandoned house to celebrate Halloween. Once there, they are stalked by a maniac dressed as the school's mascot. If this sounds unoriginal, it's only because it is. This 2014 movie truly brings nothing unique to the table, but does kind of, sort of have a 1980's slasher throwback feel to it at times. Because I am sure you're wondering, before we continue, here's what the aforementioned mascot looks like.
After a decent opening, you wait a long time for the next killing--this time is spent with nothing happening except teenage melodrama, complete with mind-numbing dialogue. If you want to get drunk like a high school jock on a Friday night, take a shot every time somebody refers to somebody else as "Babe" during this stretch of time. None of the characters are interesting or even the least bit likable, and are so interchangeable I actually had a hard time remembering which character was which--not that it matters at all. The acting is atrocious, and the worst of them ends up being the killer, which leads to some really dreadful deliveries after he is revealed. Speaking of the reveal...man, that reveal. If you are a fan of the old Scooby-Doo cartoons, you will know what they are doing here. This doesn't really fit the movie at all, and if I actually cared about how this film turned out, I might have been outraged at this scene, but it provided one of the few moments that approached being entertaining. Lots of caffeine and a few decent death scenes will get you through the movie, which teases a sequel at the end...please don't.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 3
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