Final Stab (2001)

OK! Quick plot synopsis! Hero guy has odd dreams. Heroine (his Girlfriend) is invited to a party that is being hosted by her sister. Sister is planning up to fake a murder mystery party. Real murders happen. Thats the plot. :) Paper thin ain't it? Anyway onto the characters. We have Charlie the hero who spends most of the movie hiding around the house. We have Angela the whiny Heroine who I couldn't give two shits about because of her total dullness. Then we have Kristen (The only good credible person in this movie) who trys to make the film good and spits out some wicked one liners. Then there is Julie, the supposed slut/bitch character but in the end she just comes off as plain, boring and quite useless. We have Patrick the Jock who (to be honest) looks nice but is also plain and boring. There are also many other different characters who do this same 'Plain, boring and annoying' routine.Think I've finished slagging it off? Nope! Then there is the awful camera work and lighting which manages to make everything that was supposed to be exciting (Such as the killer running after Angela) boring and dull with everything shrouded in thick blackness.Then we have the awful script. The basis (as I have said) is paper thin. The characters seem to constantly spit out extremely poor attempts at making jokes about other horror films that are much much better. The various stalk scenes seem to last an eternity (The starting scene is very long and very boring with our hero character going 'whos there?' at every camera flick) Various characters (Such as the three thugs) turn up for little or no reason other to add to the body-count.Talking about body-count though even though its supposedly quite high there is very little blood in the film. Most of the deaths are seen for a second and then the awkward camera pans away. even when blood is used it seems to defy gravity and splatter everywhere in a stupid way (since when did getting stabbed in the back with a small knife make a blood spray on the face??) Basically in short leave this movie alone!Good Points - Umm. Can be used as a novelty coasterBad points - Everything

This is one of those pitiful "horror" films that seems like it came together as an excuse to encapsulate a few sex scenes, yet there are no sex scenes in the movie. This leaves you with a movie full of trendy-looking people who act and talk in ways that are neither stylistic nor realistic.The killer in this movie is more funny than scary. His mask has this big goofy grin and a bald head; it looks like they gave him a William Frawley mask and spray-painted it blue. During most of the murder scenes, he appears either to stab someone in a non-fatal part of the body or inflict a very shallow wound. In either case, the person dies instantly. The funniest parts feature glimpses of the killer running around in the woods by himself - without anywhere to be, really. This makes the viewer wonder if he is just doing the murder spree thing for the exercise.The end makes a very poor attempt to pull off a "who is the real killer?" scene, as in "Scream." This may have something to do with this movie being optioned as a Scream sequel? The alternate titles suggest that. Either way, it's self-conscious of the horror genre, but only in a really embarrassing way.All that said, if you like bad horror for the laughs, this one is pretty prime. Try to avoid spending money to obtain it.

Once again David D. brings his own special brand of homo teasing into his work. I say that because it is clear that homo erotic elements are not really present in this film. Certainly not like David's past endeavors, Brotherhood, Voodoo Acadeny et, al. None-the-less in smaller doses it's all David. We are treated to one hunky stud in his FTLS and a brief (no pun intended) conversation between two other hunks in the eleventh hour of the script. A conversation I might add that if fully explored might have made this a different, albeit, better film. The Parker Posey look alike Antagonist hosts "April Fool's Day" on property a zillion miles away from civilization. Okay. It's probably Friday the 13th too. Actors are hired to propel a weak scheme that our host wants to develop a "mystery murder weekend" service. Everyone's in on the gag but her sweet sister (there's a hint of sibling problems) and host's ex-boyfriend who is now sweet sister's sweetheart. But wait just when you think Host wants to doom sister, a second possibility is hinted at in a conversation about between the ex-boyfriend and one of the many gay men at the party. Seems those two men had a thing for each at one time. Hmmmm. I've overused the word hint. And that's the problem with the entire movie -- it only hints at things. Even at the end it hints that there is more information lurking beneath the surface of these shallow characters. But only a hint. As if someone didn't want to commit to a harder edged plot line and instead just hints at what should be fully explained. Like Japanese food, an hour after eating, you can't quite remember what it was you ate, and this movie leaves you empty by its conclusion, thirsting for more than just a hint of plot, motivations and character development.And lastly, David, can't you give us a male butt shot once in a while.

Was there a previous stab? Like in a past life, maybe? In the world of low budget horror, there is nothing more annoying than seeing a large sum of money go to a seriously crappy film. ****SPOILER****In this star-barren flick, six Ivy League grads are part of a 'devious' plot to drive a middle-class outsider crazy. Their leader, a self-styled super bitch, sets up a mock murder mystery where everyone really dies. Her plan is to blame the killings on our poor outsider. The bodies pile up, but the tables are turned and the outsider comes out on top. This movie was slightly disjointed and greatly lousy with bad acting and too-dark lighting. Two strong points–good title sequence and fairly decent musical score.