I really had a ball with this one! And I didn't even see it coming, I seriously thought (on reading the cover of the dvd) that it was going to be yet another old-fashioned summer-camp slasher movie. Well, in many ways it was, but with a very special and original twist, and that is an achievement in itself in this pretty worn-out genre. There are two ways you can look at this movie: as a retro horror flick in its own right; or as a persiflage on the genre itself, something like the Scream-series was. In my opinion it succeeded in every aspect. As a horror-flick it had a good pace and was fairly exciting with decent scares and some (but not over the top) gore. And as a persiflage it just kept me laughing and smiling all movie long, it just was SO funny and kept hitting the nails on the heads of all the quintessential and at many times silly aspects of the genre. So kudos for the writers and the director, they did a great job!Traditionally in this kind of movie the actors aren't really heavy-weights, but here most of them are pretty good. Taissa Farmiga as the heroine ("the final girl") is as endearing as her mother Malin Akerman; love-interest Alexander Ludwig is cute as a puppy; Nina Dobrev is a beauty and a natural actress; and horror-nerd Thomas Middleditch is very funny. And I especially want to mention Adam Devine as the retro jock, he is absolutely hilarious!!Photography and direction are great, there are so many intelligent and original inventions: the over-saturated colours of the movie-in-the-movie, the sudden use of black-and-white, the opening and closing credits that are made physical part of the surroundings, the slow-motion effects, it's all smartly done but never too much in your face or forced, always tongue in cheek.If you want to enjoy an old-fashioned slasher but this time with a really original twist, go for this, you will not be disappointed.

Not terrible? Angela trimbur is, however. Honestly one of the worst actresses I've ever witnessed, I'm not exaggerating, watch her and pay attn and it'll blow ur mind how consistently bad she is. Adam whatever his name is didn't seem to fit as the lead. Has some creative stuff in it which is more than I cAn say for 93.72% of movies these days. I would bump this up to a 6.5 if I could bear Angela Trimbur but she seriously ruins whatever I watch when she's in it. I hope they make a movie abdout someone shaving her ridicosuloy overdone eyebrows that she stands behind like having thick eyebrows is some beacon of feminism that actively helps take down the patriarchy.

Liked it. funny, colorful and kept my attention. Intrigued by the plot how they went into another world. There is always killing i can count on that. The killing didn't gross me out thats why i dont watch movies like SAW or bloody gory movies this was

First off, I actually enjoyed the film quite a bit, but there were rarely moments that I thought were that clever. The premise was interesting enough. I thought they could've done so much more with the film. There were tons of opportunities for intriguing scenes, but the writing and direction didn't really deliver in any of the concepts. The story is fun for a quick watch if you're bored, but don't go into it expecting much else than a few laughs.As for the production, everything was done well enough. The CGI isn't very good, but it's not a movie where that really matters honestly. The cinematography can go from really good to uninspired within each scene. I didn't think the acting was horrible. It was supposed to be cheesy and bad like classic horror movies, I just thought that they went a little too far in some places with how poor the dialogue was. None of the characters were that interesting which was disappointing because I thought the film was supposed to be a spin on the usually cliché horror films.The comedy in the film wasn't that strong unfortunately. I think most of the times I laughed were from jokes that were already in the trailers. I do have to admit that the outtake reel at the end of the film is pretty funnier. A lot of those moments during the credits are much funnier than the rest of the film.There are also supposed to be some heartfelt moments in the film, and to be fair some of those attempts are pulled off well, but a lot of the time it fell a flat because they didn't develop the characters enough for me to really care about them.Overall, I just wished they would have explored the ideas they presented in better detail. I think if they were aiming to create a fun movie that pokes fun at horror films and tries to be something new, they didn't do a great job. The idea is much better than the execution.