Michael's Movie Grade: C+
A fun, if uneven, parody of horror movies.
I did not go into this movie excepting a genre parody on par with the best work of Mel Brooks, but simply looking for a fun time at the movies with a few good laughs and that is exactly what I got. This is a film that is purely out for laughs and nothing else and is not afraid to be very silly, which is something that is becoming too rare today and something that I very much appreciated. Still it is obvious as you watch this movie that the humor is very hit and miss. For all the jokes that work there are just as many that fall flat. This does not change though that the jokes that work are pretty darn funny. And while I didn't laugh out loud from start to finish, there were definitely quite a few good laughs here. Both the jokes that work and the jokes that don't are helped heavily by a cast (including Mike Epps, Katt Williams, Zulay Henao and Lil Duval) that gives their all to every comedic moment as well as lending quite a bit of likability to the whole film. Almost all good genre parodies are those that pay tribute to as well as parody a certain genre. That is definitely true here and a lot of care was put into having this film look and feel like a classic horror movie. Because of this despite being a silly comedy, the movie is very visually appealing to look at.
This is not a great comedy by any means but it will provide movie-goers with a fun trip to the movies which is just what they want from a film like this.
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