Hollow Gate

Did he just call that guy a…? Oh, ok, he did. Ok, he keeps saying it. Wow.

Breaks one of my big slasher rules but I can almost let it slide. I’m not a fan of knowing the killer from the start, especially when it’s just a guy. He’s got a fun gimmick where he changes into different costumes and loosely themes his kills around them. Still, he’s kind of just a rich guy going, “Ehehehe I’m crazy!” the whole time so neither a Freddy/Dr. Giggles quipster nor a lurking personification of death and murderous rage like Jason/Michael. You get his backstory, his crack up to kick off his murdering, and then a silly excuse to bring some victims to his house.

To emphasize two keystone cops taking their sweet fucking time to come to the rescue, we cut away from all the action to see what they’re up to regularly. Annoying. 

Otherwise, it’s kind of fun! Low budget, derivative, and a little slow, but I kind of loved it as a low key, amiable slasher.

Did he just call that guy a…? Oh, ok, he did. Ok, he keeps saying it. Wow.

Breaks one of my big slasher rules but I can almost let it slide. I’m not a fan of knowing the killer from the start, especially when it’s just a guy. He’s got a fun gimmick where he changes into different costumes and loosely themes his kills around them. Still, he’s kind of just a rich guy going, “Ehehehe I’m crazy!” the whole time so neither a Freddy/Dr. Giggles quipster nor a lurking personification of death and murderous rage like Jason/Michael. You get his backstory, his crack up to kick off his murdering, and then a silly excuse to bring some victims to his house.

To emphasize two keystone cops taking their sweet fucking time to come to the rescue, we cut away from all the action to see what they’re up to regularly. Annoying. 

Otherwise, it’s kind of fun! Low budget, derivative, and a little slow, but I kind of loved it as a low key, amiable slasher.

Perfection honestly.

Perfection honestly.