Hack! (2007)

Hack!: Directed by Matt Flynn. With Danica McKellar, Jay Kenneth Johnson, Juliet Landau, Tony Burton. Wanting to raise their grades, a handful of college kids are randomly selected for a field trip to study wildlife, but don’t get the chance as cliché horror film-style murders occur.

“Hack! is a story of 7 High School kids who are invited to an island as part of their biological studies but end up getting killed, one by one.nThis is a deliberately clichéd film with its tongue planted firmly in cheek, a fun take on horror movies, in particular slashers, torture porn and even J-Horror. The students, who are played by actors in their 30u0026#39;s, are as stereotypical as you get – the jock, the sultry slut, rock chick, geeky need, gay Asian guy, the token black guy and the handsome hero. The acting is decent and the cast includes horror legend Kane Hodder and Burt Young, though only in minor roles. The film has plenty of effective gore and a high enough body count, to ensure things never get boring. Aside from a period of bad sound and obvious day for night scenes the production is pretty good.nI picked up my copy on DVD and as a horror fan I enjoyed this, genre movies being name checked throughout, including characters with surnames King, Argento and Shelley. Not as silly as the Scary Movie series but still very much a comedy, the sort of film that goes well with a few alcoholic beverages.”