The Legend of the Psychotic Forest Ranger

I love slasher films (My favorite is the 1981 My Bloody Valentine, also filmed on Cape Breton Island), and I love films made in Cape Breton because I used to live there before the Canadian economy got bad. When I saw the trailer for Psychotic Forest Ranger, I couldn't wait to see it.

Don't go into this one expecting some kind of cinematic masterpiece, because its campy acting, corny dialogue and cheap gore effects are on purpose, a homage to all those classic 70's and 80's slashers and to a sadly bygone era of funny horror films. From the bright-colored clothing and retro music, to the grainy faded film look, Psychotic Forest Ranger might as well have stepped out of the 20th century. The scenery and acting was great, and this film has a brilliantly-talented cast and crew who really know how to build up a hilarious story. If you're a fan of horror films but you're sick of all the modern garbage like the multiple Paranormal Activity remakes, then you'll definitely want to watch this one.

I really wanted to like this so much. The poster was great, the trailer was great, the theme song was great, I met the director and he was super nice and cool. I really, really wanted to like this so much but it was horrible. Love '80s horror and am very cool with those that want to recapture that era. But sadly, most just miss the root of what made it great, and this is one of them.

To get tot he point, this film has a collection of bad actors trying hard to camp it up and be bad actors. So the film is like watching a nerd snarf milk out of his nose endlessly.

The magic of crap '80s cinema is that the actors were genuinely not great, but that's why these films are awesome. When you have bad actors trying to camp it up and be bad actors it's totally lost. Brad's a good guy and will definitely check out his next flick. His heart is in the right place but the direction on this is sadly, off.

HEY EVERYBODY ITS ME, (4) and today we review "wrong turn 9" the movie !

Here we have a prime example of a film being what it sets out to be, nothing more , nothing less and achieving just that ......... it knows its not serious, knows its going to be terrible BUT in the so bad its good way .... they obviously wrote it to have the acting be BAD and have the script be VERY 80s and the over all tone be very 80/90s slasher and they REALLY nailed it where as alot of films fail trying .....

the comedy is there - though half the time its terrible one liners and border line dad jokes lol..... the terrible tension / jump scares are there ... literally just everything you come to expect from the cliche' old school horror tropes live and breath in this film ..... thank you ....

most films try so hard to be this or that and then end up being nothing especially entertaining ...this one (for a old school slasher film lover) would easily be entertaining and fun to watch just because of how cheesy it is .... for a comedy horror fan its fun and entertaining ..... sure it has its downfalls but that comes with the indie film world ... we dont have a million bucks to throw at lighting and everything BUT also its a choice some times when creating a film like this to honestly mimic that old school look/feel etc ....

the only REAL question any film has to stand against is this "WAS IT ENTERTAINING" the answer here is yes ...yes it was .....

7/10.