Slasher

There is so much negativity about this German flick. Many see it as a bad rip off of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It's not that if you use a chainsaw or a mask that it becomes a TCM duplicate. But I must say that when the killer runs through the woods with his chainsaw the use of lights indeed reminded me of TCM. That said, was it so bad as they say. Yes and no. There are some real mistakes in editing and color grading. You can easily see that different takes were used in editing without looking towards the colors. Another example is when a victims face is squirted full of blood, next shot her face is covered with some spots of the red stuff. But it is an independent flick and Frank W Montag's first flick so I forgive him but shame on Timo Rose, as a producer he should have seen those things. But the movie itself is a typical slasher story, campfires, sex, a lot of nudity, shaking butts and juggs, close ups of sexy females, wet T-shirts and a lot of blood but again, some wooden performances or cheap fight scene's were you can easily see that they don't hit tear this slasher down, but still worth watching.

German independent horror Slasher is as uninspired as its title: a group of twenty-somethings drive to the countryside for a few days of fun and are systematically killed by a hulking maniac in a mask (wielding a chainsaw, natch!). This total dearth of originality mightn't be so bad if it wasn't for the lack of decent scares and virtually no explicit gore (something that I have come to expect from low-budget German horror movies).

Fortunately, director Frank W. Montag is well aware of the importance of gratuitous female nudity in the genre and sees fit to fill his film with attractive women who are only too willing to strip in the name of art; the frequent T&A helps, but even with lots of skin on display, the film is extremely tough going at times.

After much screaming and aimless running through woods pursued by the killer, the final girl successfully fights back in true slasher fashion, after which Montag throws in a twist that I completely failed to understand; then again, I was really struggling to stay awake by this time and may have missed something that might have helped it make sense.

2.5 out of 10, rounded up to 3 for tasty blonde Maja Makowski as feisty mädchen Maya, who gobbles a guy's bratwurst while he is driving, strips off for some topless swimming, and has sex in a tent (cowgirl and doggy style).

This is way low budget - non actors trying their best to enrich the movie. You can't really blame them. They seem nice enough, even if they can't really act. But the movie itself is to blame overall. Not so much so nice ideas the script had, but the cinematography, the framing, the directing. A chase scenes through the woods is only merely saved by the music.

One of the few better things about the movie. The end twist will either annoy you or you'll find it amusing. Whatever the case, the movie is not really a good one. But I also have seen worse. Still so many movies to watch, why pick this? That I can't answer - unless you are so into Slasher movies (even the "self aware" ones like this, with little redeeming factors) ... that you just have to

A bunch of kids goes to the country side to have fun and encounter a crazy mass murderers. It follow a familiar US slasher pattern. It's noot good, but it ain't bad either.