Vicious Fun

DAMN, this was fun. This is the kind of bold new take on horror comedy you like to see. Something that embraces the roots of the genre and does something new with it. A guy writes for a horror magazine that might as well be Fangoria, and crushes on his roommate. After seeing her come back from a date with another guy, he tails this guy to a bar to find out some intel on her, and maybe sabotage the relationship. He ends up drowning his sorrows, gets hammered, passes out in a closet, and comes to after closing. That’s when he discovers some kind of twelve step program is going on … only it’s for serial killers and mass murderers. I don’t want to give anything away, even in a spoiler review, because this movie has some nice twists and turns to it. Even with a slightly slower second act, the movie never feels slow or boring. The main bad guy is like if Matthew McConaughey played Patrick Bateman, which is a lot better than it sounds on paper. The character growth in Joel (the male lead) and Carrie (the female lead) is earned and nice to see, and the movie doesn’t succumb to the obvious ending. The direction is taut and energetic, the acting is well done, the script is tight and fun … then even leave enough hanging that you’d like to see a sequel, but it also works as a standalone movie. I really don’t have a lot to say here without repeating myself. This was fun, a damned lot of fun. I may just see if it’s on blu-ray and buy it.