Genre: Thriller/ Horror
Runtime: 89 minutes
Year: 2018
Starring: Amy Forsyth, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Reign Edwards, Christian James, Matt Mercurio, Roby Attal, Tony Todd
Description: A masked serial killer turns a horror-themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show.
Review: Setting a slasher horror film in a horror theme park. It seems like a great idea. Because in all the haunted house and mazes, masked idiots turn up everywhere and you never know if it’s real or not.
Six friends are going to this amusement park, called Hell Fest, and they are the potential prey for a masked killer. And like any slasher film, the characters are exchangeable and stereotypical. There is nerdy Natalie and her best friend Brooke, who is a bit slutty and very different from Natalie. Taylor is the extremely energetic roommate of Brooke. There is Brooke’s boyfriend, pretty boy Quin. Gavin is the shy and depending love interest of Natalie and Taylor’s boyfriend Asher is the jock.
It’s no drama if slasher films use clichés like this, as long as the film is bloody and over-the-top. But when the setting is supposed to be scary, the actual horror happening kind of fades into the background. And the creators aren’t very good in creating jump scares. You can see it all coming.
There is also no logic in this film. The group we follow in this film, is constantly alone in the haunted houses. No other visitors or even security guards are seen when they are inside. This makes it unrealistic. And the killer’s motive is non-existing.
“Hell Fest” shows no creativity, no logic, is messy and very forgettable. And I don’t care who lives or dies in the end. Me, someone who scares pretty easily, thought it was a bit dull.
Rating: 1,5 / 5
