Test Screening

The whole nostalgia for '82 as a classic movie year really comes out in this one. No mistakes there.

A small and remote town is eager to see a test screening of a new movie - without knowing what's in store.

It's fair to say this could have been a Stranger Things season. It does a great job with its shameless and intentional nods to 82 classics but with a Cronenberg edge.

It never gets grisly and icky like a Cronenberg movie does, which is where it ultimately falls a bit short. The horror facade is just a vehicle for its core relationship-based story. It's Dead Ringers Berg and not Scanners.

It's an enjoyable movie, which does have a great first half but the latter half is a bit flat and devoid of tension or scares. Plenty of weird visuals tease a potentially great horror but that's all.

Too much commentary and not enough genuine thrills leave it in a no mans land, somewhere between horror and drama.

It's well made though and has a likeable cast. Test Screening is never dull and does have its fanboy moments, especially for those who are on board with the whole 82 nostalgia "Thing".