The Slayers

I think that I did really well to last through15 minutes of this utter rubbish. The acting and script are awful, and everything else is not much better. Painful to watch, it made me embarrassed for the people that made this.

The Slayers really does deliver and belies its £15,000 budget and truly proves, if you want something done, do it yourself. The storyline is excellent, full of plot line twists and turns and a delivered by a very professional cast. Onto Casting, Darren McAree and Matthew Sandland are excellently cast as Nigel and Job, and provide more comic relief than my ribs could handle.

George Newton is believable as Reg, with more deadpan than Deadpool.

I don't want to give you any spoilers, other than if you like horror comedy then watch it. If 'The Cornetto Trilogy' are up your street, then you wouldn't go far wrong with watching The Slayers.

If you're expecting big budget special effects, sorry, you might be disappointed, however, if you look past this and concentrate on characters and plot line then you won't be disappointed.

This has to be one of the funniest films EVER!

After leaving a deadly cult, a pair of friends decide to embark on a series of adventures before a predicted asteroid will destroy the planet and decide to go around helping people, eventually bringing them into contact with a group of vampire hunters tracking down a coven hiding out in the area.

This was a rather fun if rather flawed effort. What works really well here is the rather impressive nature of getting the guys involved with the slayers and bringing everything together. With the backstory of how the vampires have come into being and their connection to the area, this one starts off rather nicely before showing how they encounter the slayers out on their mission. The situations they get into at this point, from the scene at the farm encountering the vampire helper, the big confrontation at the reenactment camp, or the massive finale involving the group combating the creatures in the middle of their ceremonial ritual all offer up the fun of their inability to effectively fight them off yet still are adept enough to luck into some quite silly moments. Given the decent gore on display throughout all this and a somewhat enjoyable lighthearted tone that keeps it quite watchable throughout here. There are some issues to be had here. The main drawback on display here is what this one thinks is comedic material but instead is just plain painful to watch. Despite the enthusiasm and chemistry the guys have, most of their antics are just plain aggravating and irritating which supposedly signals this one was intended as a comedy. The hamfisted jokes about their inexperience and unfamiliarity with the modern world, the seemingly innocent take they have with everything the vampires undertake while in their presence or meeting up with others who take them for the mentally stunted and laugh off their stories are all intended to be funny. Instead, they come off as painful, much like the random encounters with other travelers in the area that are not only unfunny but drag this one out by virtue of having unnecessary scenes here. That is another big factor against this one in that it's way too long for its own good featuring some useless and unnecessary sequences that are quite easy to cut out. The opening featuring the guys escaping the cult takes up way too much time with the useless speech about the upcoming doomsday comet before getting to the punchline if it can be called as such, while the generally overlong segments of them going out around the countryside trying out the locals with what's going on. These are just absolutely overbearing and take too long to get the film going which is a big factor to the group getting set up for the final battle that's really overlong and takes a while to get going. Overall, these here hold the film down for the most part.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Now I know how the audience at the first showing of th The Evil dead felt- this was remarkably well put together; great pace, top Notch acting, laugh out loud naturally flowing comedy and a solid plot. If your sick of watching multi million pound obvious tripe and want to see what hard work, dedication and just a "they will have to take me dead" attitude from a brilliant up and coming writer and director...look no further!

Taking into account the genuine originality and believable characters depth it's so refreshing to have walked out of the cinema with a smile of gratitude and admiration for such a well produced and finely polished film.

Highly recommended.

If you saw John Williams' first outing you will have seen his potential but been frustrated by quality issues, but it was made on a micro budget of £500.

His second outing is his coming of age: lessons learned and what a steep learning curve it was. The budget for this film was tiny (£15-20,000 depending on your sources) but it didn't show at all. The production values, intermittent animation, great score, cohesive plot, breath-taking scenery and laugh out loud script ... and really, I hardly ever laugh out loud ... all combine to make this a great film.

The lead characters, naïve and fairly simple homespun brothers, are instantly likable as they set off for an adventure in Earth's last two weeks before its destruction ... heading north from Stoke-on-Trent they meet some girls, some vampires and some vampire slayers and ......

There are great performances from the supporting cast too with a fresh Stoke-on-Trent humour that allows you to have sympathy for the characters that is so often missing from obnoxious Hollywood characterisations.

The special effects were not over-cooked and the film is better for it. Some violence but no over-use of gore, this was gimmick free and strong enough in all departments to achieve a resounding success.

This is highly recommended and I can't wait to see what's next from Mr Williams.