Karpenter (2017)

Karpenter: Directed by Christian Ackerman. With Danielle Ackerman, Don Earl, Riley Earl, Lydia Jessop. A killer is on the loose in a small town. One girl must face this psychopathic serial killer in order to survive this one night during hallows eve.

“This movie has no budget or originality. Itu0026#39;s a pretty blatant u0026quot;Halloweenu0026quot; clone with some elements of the sequel too. If youu0026#39;re expecting something more turn elsewhere.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThat being said, it knows what it is and doesnu0026#39;t pretend to be something more. The characters arenu0026#39;t going to win any Oscaru0026#39;s, but are mostly deadpan or quirky enough that I found them enjoyable for the most part. It all borders on u0026quot;so bad its goodu0026quot; but at least they seem in on the joke and arenu0026#39;t attempting to be overtly serious or pretend they are in anything but a C movie.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe kills are perhaps entirely off screen tear-aways with insta-one-swipe-beheadings by axe. You wont find any direct gore here but several neck stubs and at least one over the top arterial spray abound.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie does more with no budget than most small budget Halloween flicks. If you go in with the right expectations you might enjoy it. I wasnt expecting much with what Prime puts out in terms of Halloween but was surprised with the seeming throwback style music/theme, the fact it doesnu0026#39;t take itself too seriously, and generally enjoying the characters who exude a type of deadpan quirkiness (even the cop duo, who are typically the most cringe in these movies)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI start all movies at default 5 and go from there. It was enjoyable enough for itu0026#39;s very short stay to leave me with 6/10 (slightly positive). Pretty refreshing to see one of these no budget Halloween slashers check out after 45 mins as further extension would have likely led to lukewarm (5/10) or increasingly negative impressions.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThereu0026#39;s probably little value to this beyond its Halloween-based appeal come October and those into the u0026quot;31 films for 31 daysu0026quot; routine. I have certainly seen worse this year already (Hayride). I doubt I would ever return for another viewing but can honestly say I had a good time with this no budget, C-movie summation (clone) of Halloween 1+2 in 45 minutes.”