Released: 2014
MPAA rating: R
Running time: 1 hr., 26 min.
I generally like slasher films despite the fact that they are pretty much all the same: Masked madman chases down and kills young lovers (AKA the "sex=death" genre).
This, being a remake of a slasher film that I really never even heard of, was no different. The story is this: In Texarkana, a town split between Texas and Arkansas. there was
a mysterious killer many years ago who was never caught but many believe was a certain individual. The murders are such a town legend that a movie was made about the
crimes (the original movie) and, every year at Halloween, a local drive-in shows the movie and many of the local teenagers attend. After 66 years, the night of the screening,
suddenly the murders seem to be starting up again. The one element I really liked about this movie, believe it or not, is how they remade it and worked the original movie into
the storyline. They show the police watching the film to look for clues and to familiarize themselves with the prior case for similarities. When similar murders take place, the
movie intercuts parts of the original movie with the matching "modern-day" murder to tie the history in with the current story. For me, this took this rehash of a genre we've all
seen so many times before and put a slightly fresh spin on it. There was a pretty decent twist toward the end when the modern-day killer is revealed, although it seemed to be
reminiscent of a twist in the original "Scream" movie. Overall, it is a slasher film that adheres strongly to the rules of that genre while putting a somewhat new spin on it.
Grade: C+
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