If this really is based on a true story, then I feel sorry for the parents of the victims that this film was ever made.
So i'm ignoring the fact that it could be 'fact' and will review it as a film.
The plot is basically this, a group of high-school outsiders get fed up of being bullied by your atypical bullies who throw milk at them, spit in their books, etc.
They devise an elaborate plan from their joint love of horror films to teach all of their antagonists a lesson.
So they all dress up as their favourite horror characters (none of which I can recall), and invite them all to a costume party.
once the party starts, the outsiders party really gets started.....
For a low budget horror film, it's really well made, with good performances from the initial victims, and with many nods to other horror films, Audition in particular, and hints of Rob Zombie in the third act.
But the other victims are just so one dimensional, you couldn't really care what happens to them. At the beginning of the siege, the hostages are all arrogant toward the victims,and bearing in mind this is supposedly based on a true story, it just doesn't fit well if you put yourself in that situation.
But there are plenty of red herrings to keep you guessing, and one remarkable element to the film, which makes it all the more sinister, is that it has an element of Van Sant's 'Elephant' to it.
It's a solid enough horror movie, never outstaying it's welcome, but like I said at the top, if it really was based on a true story, it was done in bad taste.
So i'm ignoring the fact that it could be 'fact' and will review it as a film.
The plot is basically this, a group of high-school outsiders get fed up of being bullied by your atypical bullies who throw milk at them, spit in their books, etc.
They devise an elaborate plan from their joint love of horror films to teach all of their antagonists a lesson.
So they all dress up as their favourite horror characters (none of which I can recall), and invite them all to a costume party.
once the party starts, the outsiders party really gets started.....
For a low budget horror film, it's really well made, with good performances from the initial victims, and with many nods to other horror films, Audition in particular, and hints of Rob Zombie in the third act.
But the other victims are just so one dimensional, you couldn't really care what happens to them. At the beginning of the siege, the hostages are all arrogant toward the victims,and bearing in mind this is supposedly based on a true story, it just doesn't fit well if you put yourself in that situation.
But there are plenty of red herrings to keep you guessing, and one remarkable element to the film, which makes it all the more sinister, is that it has an element of Van Sant's 'Elephant' to it.
It's a solid enough horror movie, never outstaying it's welcome, but like I said at the top, if it really was based on a true story, it was done in bad taste.