Short Attention Span Review - Blood Fest (2018)
Blood Fest is one of those fast-paced and energetic flicks that aim to pay homage to the slasher sub-genre while finding a few new wrinkles to explore along the way. But there's no concerted effort to deliver some sort of classic, to join the ranks of Halloween or Scream. And that, my friends, is a good thing. In my humble opinion, there's no better way to muck up this beloved sub-genre than to start thinking franchise and legacy before you put one rock-solid film in the can. Blood Fest has no illusions of grandeur, but it wants to shake and move from the first shot all the way to the last. It peppers us with diabolical kills, laughs, cool characters to spare, and some gnarly sets and shenanigans. It works in most of these areas far more often than it falters, and it really clicks where those characters are concerned. I liked all of our principals, with a secondary character who was a misunderstood actor who had portrayed a slasher himself being my favorite. This gave the picture a bit more importance than it may have warranted otherwise, and each kill hit me pretty hard. In the average slasher flick, there are one or two characters you dig, a handful of characters you could care less about, and at least one schmuck who can't get offed soon enough. This picture has a schmuck, to be sure, but beyond that, I really liked everyone else mired in this quirky struggle for survival. The set-up worked, the effects were quality, the score was on point, and the talent in front of the camera and their peers toiling behind the camera all earned their pay. Was it a great horror movie? No, but that was never in the cards. Was it a fun slasher flick that I can easily recommend to all of my readers? Damn straight. Job well done, Blood Fest.
Final Grade: B+
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| Bloody, fun, witty, and (most importantly) populated by likable characters, Blood Fest is a worthwhile slasher flick that this particular horror junkie slept on for far too long. |
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