Alice in Murderland

It is Alice's birthday and her sorority girlfriends throw her a themed party. Everyone comes as their favorite, sexy character from Wonderland. The Jabberwocky was not invited and brings murder and mayhem to the girls' night out.

I wish this was cool. I love Alice in Wonderland, and I wanted to like this at least a little bit, with the costumes and such. We definitely need a really good horror and Alice combination (remember that awesome video game?).

What we get is boring, low video quality and below average acting. Granted, I have seen much worse acting and and video quality, but at least these were not boring...

I never, and I mean never, write reviews. This one prompted a review. This film is so bad that it approaches being comical. Unfortunately, I do not think they were trying to be campy.

The premise, the acting, the set, the special effects are terrible. There is nothing redeeming here.

For those of you who remember MST3K, Joel and the bots should be forced to watch this one!

All of the girls at the party look like they are dressed for a porn shoot. Alice in Murderland gets an extra star for that (zero nakedness, BTW).

Some hammy deaths, awkward bursts of exposition, a story that could only be written for a bad horror movie, and when the "sinister" killer is revealed (and they play it sinister), his/her performance is flat-out cringeworthy. Good for a few unintentional laughs, and the ladies' slutty outfits are nice to gawk at. Worth it if you can find a copy at the $1 store.

This movie started with an interesting idea but that's about all it has going for it. The look is distracting at best, the acting is very flat (most likely a result of script or directing limitations and not a reflection on the actors) the movie just doesn't seem to know what it wants to be and thus goes in no direction. The whole thing seems like someone said hey lets break out the camcorders and make a movie this weekend, came up with a good title and a workable story idea and then just stopped thinking at that point. The dialog alone will probably be enough to get you to shut it off about ten minutes in, if not the poor visual execution will prevent you from making it much longer.

Alice Lewis is about to turn 21. Her sorority sisters decide to organise an 'Alice in Wonderland' themed birthday party for her at a local dilapidated mansion - which the school has just bought with the intention of turning it into a theatre for their dramatic productions. However, in the basement of that same house 20 years ago Alice's mother was hacked to death by an unknown killer. And as her birthday gets nearer Alice starts to have premonitions and dreams that indicate history is about to repeat itself.

The budget for this appears to have been whatever the cast and crew had in their pockets when they all decided 'Let's make a movie!' Some of the photography looks like it was shot on a phone, most of the 'acting' ranges between bad and God-awful, and the costumes all look like they were borrowed from a local strip joint.

But...

The girls - including lookalike versions of young 'Mila Kunis', young 'Danielle Harris', and young 'Terri Garr' - are cute and engaging (you *almost* want them to survive), the whole cast are game, and the script is actually pretty funny. Plus there's a lot of blood.

I was surprised that a 21 year old would still be at school and in a sorority; I'm in the UK, but wouldn't she finish school at around 18? Anyway, whilst I'm glad I didn't pay for it, I can't hate on it - it's just really dumb fun! 😄 5/10.