My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

The Loved Ones (2009)

We jump start my annual Month of Horror with this Australian goodie about a crazy teenager named Lola Stone and her even more insane father who kidnap a high school student named Brent so she can have her own personal prom in her kitchen, where the highpoint of the evening will be him getting tortured. I really enjoyed this mild torture porn thriller. The characters and the town felt well-developed and it’s always satisfying when you learn there’s more going on than you first suspected. That said I have one complaint and that’s the cliché of the cop running into a serial killer’s house with gun raised before calling for backup (So frustrating and lazy). That said I recommend it and I am happy it’s the film I started this pre-month-long-Halloween celebration. Grade: A-
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