Whiptail wrote: ↑Tue Aug 30, 2022 3:37 pm
....I found this film a little TOO gory just for gore sake. I think it would have been better if some of the violence was implied, rather than showing you every single cut and splurt.
I agree, but then I've spent decades watching crazy gory horror films and loving it (maybe a little less as I get older), so I feel hypocritical saying this one's too gory! Perhaps the balance between the gore scenes and the rest of the film isn't quite right... they'll certainly stop the film from finding a wider audience.
I loved the first
Terrifier film, went back and watched
All Hallows' Eve and loved that too. When I saw
Terrifier 2 was 140 minutes long I thought oh no, here's where it goes off the rails... but Damien Leone has progressed from inspired, crazy gorehound to a really skilled filmmaker. Of course there's nothing ground-breaking about the plot, but it's still a good one by slasher-movie standards, with strong characters, good performances... it kept me gripped for the whole of that running time.
Very high on my list of favourites for the festival (and there were lots of good films this year).