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An aspiring teen detective stumbles into her first real case, when investigating the mysterious new family in her neighborhood.An aspiring teen detective stumbles into her first real case, when investigating the mysterious new family in her neighborhood.An aspiring teen detective stumbles into her first real case, when investigating the mysterious new family in her neighborhood.
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Alastair G. Cumming
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- Alternate versionsThe UK release was cut, the distributor chose to make reductions in two scenes of bloody violence in order to obtain a 15 classification (a frenzied stabbing with a knife and a man's head being shot). An uncut 18 classification was available.
- ConnectionsReferences The Maltese Falcon (1941)
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Good, quirky horror-comedy
This is much better than reviews would suggest. On a scale of 0-10 for flawed films where 0 = The Wicker Tree (flawed and bad), 5 = Ginger Snaps (flawed but good), 10 = Dellamorte Dellamore, aka Cemetery Man (flawed but brilliant), this rates 5 +/- 1, depending on what you think of the acting.
The film itself is well shot, well conceived and well executed. Compared to utter crud like Jeepers Creepers, this is in a different league when it comes to intention and execution. If Amicus produced Midsomer Murders, it could be something like this.
There are annoyances: poor dialogue, clichéd characterisation but also pleasant surprises: my heart sank a little when the film began with a girl (our heroine, a "final girl" right from the start: she just doesn't realise it) getting out of a car that won't start on a country lane. Nicely subverted when she walks a little distance and is home.
It is a first feature and has maybe a few too many references but, on the whole, its sly humour works well. I've watched an awful lot of crap horror in the so-bad-it's-good category: this is not one of those.
It's a proper film and is worth a look.
The film itself is well shot, well conceived and well executed. Compared to utter crud like Jeepers Creepers, this is in a different league when it comes to intention and execution. If Amicus produced Midsomer Murders, it could be something like this.
There are annoyances: poor dialogue, clichéd characterisation but also pleasant surprises: my heart sank a little when the film began with a girl (our heroine, a "final girl" right from the start: she just doesn't realise it) getting out of a car that won't start on a country lane. Nicely subverted when she walks a little distance and is home.
It is a first feature and has maybe a few too many references but, on the whole, its sly humour works well. I've watched an awful lot of crap horror in the so-bad-it's-good category: this is not one of those.
It's a proper film and is worth a look.
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