An Hour to Kill

An Hour to kill is a 2018 Crime/Horror/Comedy Anthology Film, Directed by Aaron K. Carter. And Starring Aaron Guerrero, Frankie Pozos, Brendan Mitchell, Luna Meow, and Gabriel Mercado.

It's a set of 3 anthology stories, wrapped up tightly by a story of 2 hitmen, and an hour or so in their daily life. The segments include Valkyrie's Bunker, a fun little slasher with 5 female friends trying to make a score at an old nazi bunker. Assacre, a hilarious youtube vlogger style eating contest that ends in bowel destruction. And Hog Hunters, an old skool, exploitation horror style story about bowlers, and pig people.

This film has a very old skool, Independent Film vibe to it. At the same time having some really solid acting, and an excellent soundtrack in it. You can tell that everyone involved cared about what they were doing, and was having a total blast making it. And that translates to fun for the viewer.

Overall I was very impressed by this, it had a lot of funny moments all around, and made me chuckle. It had a very effective villain acting his heart out in the wrap around tale. And as a youtuber myself it was really fun seeing people's who's videos I watch, in on the fun. I would definitely recommend this one. And will definitely be there to see what the Director does next.

I am still processing what I just watched...and I mean that in a good way! An Hour To Kill has a lot going on and is a hard movie to classify. It starts off like a film-noir crime film, with two hitmen who "have an hour" before they have to whack someone. To help pass time, they tell each other weird stories. Then the film goes off into an 80's horror anthology vibe, with three over-the-top Creepshow-like vignettes. Expect to see a Nazi serial killer, ass-blasting chili peppers, and half-breed Hog monsters. Mel Novak (Bruce Lee's Game Of Death, Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance) really shines as the head mob boss Mr. Kinski. The movie is original, moves quickly, and has a fun grindhouse feel. Highly recommend!

The three stories within "An Hour To Kill" starts of with a nice wrap-around featuring hitmen out on an assignment, and engaged in indepth conversation. It is a crime noir styled tale that literally presents each of the other tales. At times the wrap-around feels sketchy, sort of haphazard in its flow. But a lot of it is cool, indie fun with plenty of entertainment value.

"Valkyrie's Bunker" is the first story presented within the anthology. It takes us back in time to the 80's. The story feels more like 90-91 affair, and demands a suspension of belief- Nazi's in Southern Cali? Most of the kills are off screen and the ending hits more like a non-ending. My least favorite of the twisted tales.

"Assacre" is a bit grosser and more comical than any other story in "An Hour To Kill". It is a tale worthy of any foodie's gag reflex. Still the story is fun and the limited gore and bloodletting is done nicely for lowbudget horror.

"Hog Hunters" is the more traditional short in the series. The tale of rednecks seeking out the arousing squeal of the pig. A definite homage to "Deliverance" but in the guise of mutant creature feature fanfare. This one is the cleanest, more developed of the stories. The complete short feels more like a cut-down of quality feature length horror comedy. My favorite one.

"An Hour To Kill" is quality low budget storytelling. The concepts may not be too original but they are clever, amusing and done well. On the down side some line delivery is choppy, at times the execution of scenes is amateur , and not nearly enough gore and guts as I was hoping for, but still it is a solid anthology with plenty of indie goodness.

Every time I watch an independent film I expect the worse, so is quite refreshing when your expectations are surpassed, I was really impressed by the acting of all lead actors, definitely a great performance by Mel Novak and Frankie Pozos. Their performance makes the film worth to watch.

Nothing better than a good Grindhouse feel in a movie. Love the idea of 3 mini movies in one. The kinda of movie that you have a few drinks or whatever recreational item you do and enjoy. Plus it has Joe McQueen in it. A very underrated actor. Just don't understand why he hasn't gotten that big movie yet. When you watch it don t over pick it. Watch it for what it is and have fun. I always enjoy Aaron's movies