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Initial Thought: When I saw the trailer I knew this was something I would want to see. The concept is awesome, hilarious, and something I thought of happening in some of my daydreaming lol. It has a pretty nice cast of young Hollywood. The only thing I am a bit skeptical is the sad fact that this is PG-13. Either way I'm sure it will still be pretty fun. At least the characters will be smarter than your average horror film characters.
Characters/Acting: The cast here is pretty awesome from Malin Akerman and Taissa Farmiga to Nina Dobrev and Thomas Middleditch. I love the idea of the characters watching a horror film that they get pulled into. It should be interesting to see how many of the rules they know how to deal with. I really liked all the characters here. They were funny and original (even the stereotypical characters had uniqueness about them). Angela Trimbur was a scene stealer for sure.
Story: A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer. Okay it starts off with a seriously funny homage to 80s horror film trailers. This definitely feels much like a Friday the 13th parody. I really didn't expect this to start the way it did. There is a little dash of Final Destination here too. The death scenes are a bit awkward with the CGI. They managed to make a few of them interesting though. I also wasn't expecting a few of them to happen the way they did. The ending was quite good and I loved that movie reference with the stuffed animal.
Directing/Writing: Todd Strauss-Schulson hasn't directed many films, but he did the Very Harold & Kumar Christmas. That for me gives me confidence in the humor of this film. M.A. Fortin seems to be fairly new to the business. Joshua John Miller isn't a particularly strong film writer with the likes of Death Warrant and Halloween III. He does however have pretty good sitcoms under his belt like The Wonder Years and Growing Pains. This should be interesting to see. There is some real originality here with taking on the common cliches.
Final Thoughts: This could have been so much better if it was rated R. As it is though it still was pretty freaking awesome. Besides that and the CGI thrown in for the death scenes I really enjoyed this. It was quirky, different, and somewhat badass. The characters are all likable. There is never a dull moment. Everything really rolls together nicely here. If you like stuff like Friday the 13th or Tucker and Dale VS Evil then you should definitely give this a shot.
