4/20 Massacre

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This one has been waiting in the watchlist since before it came out, for obvious reasons, and is to be watched under obvious circumstances. And, you know, it really wasn't all that bad this time around. Grantedly, it's cheap, deeply flawed, silly and not exactly very memorable, but as far as fun goes.. You can have some with "4/20 Massacre". The plot: A group of five women go camping in the woods to celebrate a friend's birthday over 4/20 weekend. But when they cross the turf of an illegal marijuana grow operation they must struggle to survive the living nightmare. All female characters for the group of main protagonists was an unexpected choice, but a welcome one - how many stoner flicks do You know where the main character aren't guys? The choice proved successful through decent acting and quite unexpected, by a lot of people possibly despised, melodrama. The 'boring' parts. The overall plot is extremely short and thin, and doesn't go beyond synopsis. Sure, there are couple minor twists, all of which will strongly remind of many slashers made before over decades. Where there isn't killing, there is a lot of filler, melodrama, including romance, between the characters, lots of 420 jokes and endorsement, and the thing is, it works, the filler makes the pacing consistent enough, and the acting helps to enjoy it. The five friends are all different enough, from a devoted-to-rastaman stoner to the restrained birthday girl, or the scream queen of "4/20 Massacre". The killer, the weed man, is hilarious, skipping around real sneaky like in backgrounds, hitting and brain bongs and such, fun guy, not a lot of character though. "4/20" can be visually confusing, style-wise. It takes place entirely during bright daylight, and that's understandable, but the post-production saw that the blues are well jacked up. All black tones were way too blue, and contrast was overused at times. It's shot well enough for a micro budget feature, but the editing is flawed. It is an amateur hour movie.. But an effortful one, filled with enough stuff to keep the stoned one engaged. You'll know whether to watch it. My rating: 4/10.

The acting wasn't bad for the most part. The story and dialogue had a few interesting moments. I'll leave out how this movie develops and then turns out, to avoid spoilers, but I thought the last 40 minutes or so just plain sucked. Looked like the writers just phoned in the ending. The actors deserved a better script.

I enjoy a good massacre as well as a good 4/20. This was a misleading title for most. This was a stereotypical stoner movie in the sense that smokers are portrayed as hippies. The five main characters are girls which is interesting, I have never seen a movie like that. This film is very gruesome which doesn't really add much to the movie. It's an average slasher movie that will have you on edge, but nothing comes out of it. It is predictable that the Sheriff is part of the weed plot. Overall though, I would never recommend this movie to any of my friends or family.

How old is the director of this movie, 15? It really feels like a high school film class decided to make a horror movie. Very amateurish. Just dreadful.

The minute the girls(mid 30s women) talk to the sheriff, you just know this will be a shiatfest. The sheriff asks the girls for ONE beer, and one of the girls roll her eyes so hard she almost went * eyed. Then he tells them to avoid the illegal grow ops, because these people are gangster and will kill you, but one stoner chick really thinks it's awesome that somehow she'll get some free weed. I'm not saying anything else, but if you can get pass that garbage, then you're one strong person. If you can get pass the horrid acting in 2 minutes you're also a strong person.

I had the pleasure to view what is being called the First Stoner slasher flick. 4/20 Massacre was a breath of fresh air. What a delight to watch a horror movie that you think will be a silly sloppy low budget disappointment turns out to be one of the best slasher flicks of 2018. The attractive and talented cast are all names to look for and wil be seen again. Scream queen and my favorite Jamie Bernadette is the level headed birthday girl. This looks like practice for her now starring role in South Africa shooting the Furnace. Her co-stars all wonderful ,Stacey Danger, Jim Storm, Vanessa Rose Parker, Justine Wachsberger, James Gregory (excellently portrayed the Shape), Marissa Pistone, Mark Schroeder everybody's buddy, Drew Talbert and Jim Round. The movie takes place on the new national holiday Pot day which is 4/20. I came in rolling my eyes saying how serious or good can this be. Wow was I surprised. Yeah its a familiar presence, 5 hot girls go camping to celebrate there friends birthday! There is pot smoking (of course) but really interesting conversation between these lovely ladies. You have a great set up to start the movie and introduce you to the premise. It starts off to a good start and plunges you rite into the twisted scenarios that follows and leads to the girls in peril. OK you think Marijuana farm , drug dealers, girl stumble, drug dealers chase them....Nooooo! It is so much more and so much more developed. Writer Director Dylan Reynolds does a tremendous job creating a horror flick that people will really enjoy. The woodsman in the movie is a great addition to the hopefully franchise possibility of a new villain. Besides the girls there a few other characters that interact and cross there paths not only as victims put pivotal roles that all are very important in the telling of this tale. The soundtrack from Angela Winter Defoe is really fun and quirky and brings life to the scenes. So important to have a good soundtrack. Dylan Reynolds not only knows how to shoot a movie he can write. His camera is the yes and follows the action. You forget your watching a movie and become part of the movie The dialogue is well written and has you actually listening to the girls interact and feel for the characters. There is a scene between 2 of the girls and one of them expressing her love for her. It is so tastefully done and well acted out when she is rejected you real feel emotionally upset. Usually these movies have terrible acting and actors that are just there to get paid. These girls took this script and really ht a home run with the presentations of it. This has blood, suspense and 5 girls in peril. What more can you ask for. You will enjoy this and have a great time. Highly recommended. Be sure to Pre-order the movie is coming out April 3, 2018.

I love horror movies... I usually go easy on critiquing them. But this movie doesn't work at all. I like the hunter better than the girls. The 5 girls with all the Yapping and carrying on. I can't relate or care about them if they get killed. The writing was boring... The filming location in Big Bear CA is not scary. Daytime not scary. Example... Blair Witch was a creepy forest. This place is not creepy. If a Ranger can drive up to the girls in a truck. Then there not far away from help. Plus a horror without sex or nudity is breaking the rules of horror... Kids that have sex die. Again... All Day shots are not scary. Most of the scenes were shot with to much sun. Again not scary. If you're gonna go camping it should have night scenes that get scary... Lighting might have been a problem, or no budget for lighting period. The Cookie Monster Suit wasn't scary either. Should have spent more time on the script and story. Sorry... I hate being hard on horror movies. But this movie was horrible and had no point or journey.

What this film lacks in aesthetic it makes up for with weak acting. It really is amateur hour. But if you ever wanted to see a fresh from Burning Mam Swamp Thing pull a Jason on the cast of Ginger Snaps Back, this is your film.