POST-MORTEM (2010)

Post-Mortem (2010)

Starring: Mark Cray, Devin Kates, Brinke Stevens and Robert Z'Dar

Directed by: Anthony Spadaccini

A suicidal teenage boy is befriended by a sadistic serial killer, who vows to set him free of his drug-addicted family. 

To be honest there was quite a few times where I wanted to just shut this movie down and move on to the next one but I wanted to give it the best shot I could and in a way i'm glad I didn't. I don't want to spoil the scene so I won't say too much but the most horrific and unthinkable part of this film is at the same time its best and most moving. There's a few clips of very artistic mood shots where you can tell Spadaccini has an eye for film making but just couldn't capture it the whole way through and just didn't have the actors to carry it. I must say that even though the main characters acting is not great, you actually feel like you understand this kid in a way so he's doing his job and keeping you into the story. The story itself is actually a good one and hasn't been done to death yet but the kill scenes are very boring and have the most unrealistic screams of a victim ever. Brinke Stevens and Robert Z'dar give the movie some good scenes with Z'Dar delivering the best of them all every time. Overall this was a good attempt at making a disturbing serial killer movie it just missed the mark on a few crucial points. I wanted to hear a nice creepy score for this but it was all a bit stock and besides that one great scene it really fell flat.

With more good scripts like this one, maybe upgrading the camera and more experienced main actors we could see a really good horror movie from Spadaccini yet. I look forward to seeing that one.

POST-MORTEM GETS 1 SKULL!