Unfunny and has no point to it

As far as spoof movies go, Stan Helsing is not as abysmal as Disaster Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans and 2001:A Space Travesty, but it is a long way from being Airplane!, Young Frankenstein, Galaxy Quest and Loaded Weapon 1 either. As a spoof movie, it fails. It is unfunny and quite frankly pointless as well.

The production values are cheap. The camera work itself is reminiscent of direct-to-video fodder, while the sets are cheap and the costumes are little more than fancy-dress. The soundtrack is poor and doesn't fit with the tone of the movie. The comedy doesn't work at all either, the script is absolutely awful with stale laughs, the spoofs are irrelevant and superfluous and any slapstick is painfully juvenile.

The story is almost non-existent, and any scene that tries to tell even a thread of a story ends up being predictable and pointless. There isn't a single likable character either, all of them are caricatures and clichés, the direction is sloppy and the pace is rushed. The acting is terrible, the female leads are beautiful but can't act and how Leslie Nielson was dragged into this I shall never know.

Overall, a lame and unfunny spoof movie and best avoided. 2/10 Bethany Cox

2/10