Dead Silence, D+Okay kids and horror script writers, lets get out our pencils and play a fun party game! Today we're playing Horror Film Mad Libs! Get ready, and be creative. Go!
A killer ___(object/animal)__ is on the loose. He/she (pick one) is powered by the tormented soul of __(name of a fruit)__ __(common last name + "umbly")__, who died tragically for killing a townsperson with a __(garden tool)__. Everybody in the little town of __(noun)__ville knows about the curse, but refuses to tell our lead, __(first name)__ __(species of bird)__, who is investigating and does not know fear. A creepy little kid/crazy old person (pick one) knows the truth and helps our hero. In the end, the killer is defeated by exploiting the one weakness of __(adjective)__ __(verb)__, which our main man/woman(pick one) happens to be really good at.
Pencils down. Hurray! You're now a qualified script writer. Just fill in a few stupid lines of dialog and you'll be raking in millions (about 5 for this one, if I recall). The other method seems to be making up the plot as you shoot.
This movie doesn't entirely work that well, but it's pretty close. There's a thing killing people for really no good reason, and it needs to be defeated by doing something that really is either obvious or doesn't make sense. The crazy lady helps lead him to the truth. Knowing this was a Saw-type movie, I was expecting more of a body count but only got a disappointing 5 deaths. Other sad thing was the ending. I was expecting a twist, but at least thought it be in line with something plot related that you could have figured out.
The plus is for cool locations. The little town was nicely done, as was the old theater. I'm a sucker for those looks. I wish I could say something for the unknowns like "Rising star", but really they're nobody's for a reason. Although if you wanted to crop out my quote to something like "Colin of CPOTP says blah blah is a 'Rising Star'".
Don't bother seeing this drivel, you'll scream.
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