An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was available on Netflix at some point, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, eventually, how much you will enjoy this flick will really depend on how much you will like its concept. Indeed, basically, pretty much like with ‘The Cabin in the Woods’, they went for some kind of meta concept around your typical slasher flicks but, even though the makers probably though it was really original and clever, to be honest, I wasn’t completely convinced. First of all, the beginning was rather awkward. I mean, somehow, they had to manage to get all these characters end up in this vintage slasher flick but the way to get there was rather cumbersome, I’m afraid. Above all, it was a rather awful idea to think that, a year after her mother died in a terrible car accident, the main character had to watch a movie during which her mother would be butchered by some random psychopath. On top of that, if the characters in the slasher flick were stereotypical and fairly moronic, it did make sense, but the modern characters were not really much better which was rather disappointing. The worst one was probably Nina Dobrev’s character who completely changed maybe 3 times through the whole duration. On the other hand, I really liked the relationship between the main character and her mother (in fact, I was expecting/hoping them to survive at the end, after all, the damned thing was called ‘The Final Girls’). Anyway, to conclude, even if I wasn’t completely sold, I have admit that it was still fairly entertaining and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.