All Cheerleaders Die
The pacing is wonky; slow as hell in the first act, and moves at light speed after that. There are plot contrivances and conveniences everywhere. The antagonist goes from generic cocksure high school jock to apex sociopath at the drop of a hat. There’s some CGI that is straight out of 1997, but this movie came out fifteen years later. Rules aren’t even hinted at, let alone explained.
And yet, I enjoyed this. It sits in the middle of a Venn diagram between Mean Girls, Heathers, and The Craft, and despite that seemingly like an overstuffed turkey, it kinda works. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not great. You have to turn your brain off and just let this weird story of cliques, revenge, witchcraft, necromancy, superpowers, and cheerleading just happen. Could some things be tightened up? Sure. But this movie has a natural ceiling anyway, so I’m kind of okay with it being wonky and fault-ridden. It’s so sure of its absolutely bonkers concept and commits to every ludicrous idea it has, it charmed me way more than I expected.
Mini Review: The pacing is wonky; slow as hell in the first act, and moves at light speed after that. There are plot contrivances and conveniences everywhere. The antagonist goes from generic cocksure high school jock to apex sociopath at the drop of a hat. There’s some CGI that is straight out of 1997, but this movie came out fifteen years later. Rules aren’t even hinted at, let alone explained.
And yet, I enjoyed this. It sits in the middle of a Venn diagram between Mean Girls, Heathers, and The Craf...