"Splatter Movie: The Director's Cut" Review - Written by Anthony Thurber

Splatter Movie: The Director’s Cut
Year: 2008
Director: Amy Lynn Best
Studio: Happy Cloud Pictures
Stars: Amy Lynn Best, Debbie Rochon, Tom Sullivan
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Running Time: 91 Mins
Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/splattermovie


I was first interested in "Splatter Movie: The Director’s Cut" when I saw the film’s trailer. This film looked very interesting and was thinking of buying the film until I went on Happy Cloud Pictures website and found out that they are selling the work in process cut of the film. That pretty much killed my interest for the film for that time, until I saw Amy Lynn Best’s first feature film, Serve Injuries. I laughed my ass off on that slasher parody, as it was very funny, so my interest was renewed for this film. I figured since I had a fun time with that film, I would give this film a shot in its current state. Thankfully, I did, as this was a very fun and gory film.

"Splatter Movie: The Director’s Cut" is about a film crew filming the movie “Tesseract”. The crew arrives at a haunted house attraction to shoot this film. Unknown to the filmmakers, a mysterious killer stalks the film’s set by being part of the film’s crew. Soon the killer begins to strike, as the crew starts disappearing and being murdered. While filming continues, the lines between fiction and reality begin to blur because someone is hell-bent on offing the entire crew and turning this film into the killer’s own. Splatter Movie: The Director’s Cut also stars Elske McCain (Gimme Skelter, Poultrygeist) and Sofiya Mina Sminirnova (A Feast of Flesh).

"Splatter Movie: The Director’s Cut" is a very fun and gory horror film, from director Amy Lynn Best. Her direction was very good, as she balances the mockumentry and horror elements very well. The mockumentary parts were filmed really well. I liked how those scenes with the interviews felt realistic, as I actually thought at one time that this was a real documentary. She captures the realism of those scenes by the way she films it. It gave that feel that you were watching a real documentary that usually found on a DVD extra. Best’s direction of the horror scenes was very bloody, as she goes all out on in creating the film’s kill scenes. The scenes were done very well, as they were entertaining and darkly imaginative. There’s also one great kill scene where the film’s villain takes out two actresses together at once, which you have to see for yourself. It’s scenes that this that made this film fun and gory. The acting was pretty realistic. The main reason for that is that Best allows the actors and herself to be themselves in the film, which allows the film to be fun and blur the line between realism and fiction, at the same time.

The film’s screenplay was written by Mike Watt (director of A Feast of Flesh). His screenplay does a very good job highlighting the ups and downs of horror filmmaking. He does that by making this film part narrative, part mockumentry. It works because he mixes both of those aspects, and makes the story and the characters interesting. One of the things that Watt does with the screenplay is that he gives you a behind the scenes look of all the craziness that goes on during the production of a low budget film, from the shooting the film to adding the necessary elements that are needed in order for any horror film to make any money. All those elements were written very well and humorous, as it wasn’t a distraction to the violence that takes place in the film. The violence in the film was written very well. Watt makes his kill scenes inventive, which horror fans will enjoy. He also does a good job with the story, as the film has a nice twist near the end of the film. It did achieved two things, it made the film mess with my mind and made the film’s ending very shocking. The humor was also good, as Watt made sure that the humor helps add to the craziness this film has.

"Splatter Movie: The Director’s Cut" is guaranteed to be the goriest mockumentry that you’ll ever see.

To Purchase a copy of this film, you can goto: http://www.happycloudpictures.com/ for more information.

Review Rating: Five Stars