All About Evil

I recently watched All About Evil (2010) on Shudder. The storyline follows a new, up-and-coming independent director in the horror genre who is taking the industry by storm. She has some local fans obsessed with her work who begin to suspect that the kills in her films might be real. The director will do anything to keep her trade secrets, including adding her fans to her next film...

This film is written and directed by Joshua Grannell, in his directorial debut, and stars Natasha Lyonne (Poker Face), Julie Caitlin Brown (Babylon 5), Jack Donner (Four Christmases), and Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles).

This movie does a great job of not taking itself too seriously. The storyline is fun, and Jack Donner delivers an awesome performance. While Natasha Lyonne can be a bit annoying at times, she's offset by fantastic kills, gore, and blood splatter. The horror effects in this are top-notch, and there's a memorable use of a guillotine that made me smile. The ending, reminiscent of Carrie, is a perfect conclusion to the premise. The makeup and hair are wild, purposefully so, and if you watch this just for the horror elements and shut your brain off to the rest of the film, you'll have a good time.

In conclusion, All About Evil has its hits and misses, but the horror elements are so good that it's a must-see for fans of the genre. I would score it a 5.5-6/10 and recommend seeing it once.

I was fortunate enough to catch the 4-D All About Evil Experience in Milwaukee.

Not only was the pre-show with Peaches Christ and Mink Stole a blast, but the film couldn't have been more enjoyable!

There is a fine balance that Horror films of this genre run where the comedy and heightened acting can either be extremely entertaining and clever or completely immature and ridiculous. All About Evil definitely fell into the first camp and all of the performances were top notch for this style of film! I couldn't help but laughing constantly throughout the film even though parts of it got rather morbid.

Secondly, clearly this film has its inspirations and in some respects it becomes a homage to many great filmmakers and genres. I have seen many homage genre films fall apart and become a complete waste of time due to the lack of ingenuity and a lack of understanding of the genre. Clearly Joshua has done his homework and delivered a skilled and well-crafted film that not only does the genre-filmmaking justice but brought much fun to the style. His film even has enough of his personal touch that All About Evil supersedes being just another homage film and stands well enough on it's own freakish legs as a new, great installment to horror films!

Go check it out! It's a blast!

A midnight movie for the new millennium! Peaches Christ and co. present an amazingly fun horror film. I attended the New York City premiere (or 4-D show as they described it) and it was like "Rocky Horror" back in the day. Natasha Lyonne is fantastically demented as Deborah Tennis, and the rest of the cast is also exceptional. The twins are as creepy as they look on the poster. Mink Stole and Cassandra Peterson as the "straight men" of the movie are just plain great. It definitely has a John Waters feel to it, plus. The camp of it all only adds charm. If you can, see it on its current tour. The live show beforehand is fun on a bun!

Totally C-grade acting, plot and special effects (maybe intended).You will need take a few drinks to really get into it.. However the overall effect is not without its charms. Definitely a late night flick with your mates.Not very PC.

Hehehehe, oh gee what a fun time All About Evil is, for starters this movie has a dream cast for a film destined for a cult following, Natasha Lyonne is probably the coolest and looniest indie actress, Mink Stole is cult royalty and Cassandra Peterson, need I say more? That woman is beyond fab!!!! So yes anyway, this movie will appeal to all types, horror buffs, campy queens and indie fans. The story is as follows Deborah Tennis is an awkward and reserved librarian who also works at her fathers movie theatre, she one evening transforms into Deb-Or-A!!!! An alter ego with a murderous streak and a psychotic and diva like personality, Debora decides to make short films of real murders to play at her theatre which eventually turn the once floundering theatre into the hippest place in town, thus many horrific hilarious mishaps ensue.

This really is a dream come true for a film buff, there's so many things that are great great great about it, mainly though the best part if the film is the cast, each person puts in a terrific performance, in particular Natasha who is truly bonkers as the villianess DEBORAH! Thomas Dekker is also a great leading man, he is slightly annoying in other things but he suits this kind of film a lot.

The only thing I would want more of is The Gruesome Twosome, they are swell in many ways, but their characters are a little underused. So if you are in the slightest interested in All About Evil I would highly recommend getting the DVD, it's worth it!!!!! Lots of fun to be had! It's excellent in every way. :) long live filmmakers like Peaches Christ! Enjoy.