Lost After Dark

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Disclaimer: I am a huge fan of 80s slasher movies so it doesn't take much to impress me: this was BORING. I spent 4 bucks on the Amazon rental and regretted it from the beginning. If you want to see a movie that conjures 80s slasher nostalgia with substance and entertainment, watch The Final Girls (mix of nostalgia, horror, and heart that is perfectly mixed). This one has some "cute points" with the naming of characters (e.g. Adrienne, Tobe, Jamie) but beyond that, there is nothing. You can never tell if it is trying to be a scary parody or horror movie with comedic elements. Heck, it takes forever to get to any kind of blood! And when it does come, you don't even care...you don't even hate the dumb characters enough to care if they live or die. You just wait for the end credits so you can pop in Friday the 13th Part 2 and see a REAL slasher movie.

Set in Michigan in 1984 this movie pays homage to the 1980s style American slasher horror genre and stars Robert Patrick of X-Files and True Blood fame. In typical US teen fashion some kids steal a school bus in order to take a 'secret' getaway to a hunting cabin in the woods to party, unfortunately they run out of gas in the middle of nowhere (surprise, surprise!). The situation soon takes a nasty turn when they trespass through an old house that they believe to be abandoned, and are soon stalked and murdered by a cannibalistic killer. Lost After Dark is just an average slasher horror, bringing in nothing fresh or exciting, and despite the seemingly silly inclusion of Robert Patrick's annoying character, it's actually not THAT bad of a movie. However, it does get a bit stupid and predictable towards the end. Lost After Dark is still worth a watch for those who enjoy 80s slasher style horrors. For more reviews please visit: www.scifikingdom.co.uk

I thought that the film The Final Girls, which is an homage to 80's slasher flicks, embraced the genre almost perfectly, but played it too safe resulting in a mixed bag. Lost After Dark fares even worse, having zero comedy, zero fun and drags the viewer through complete boredom before the final credits rolls. The film is a chore to get through and rewards the viewer with absolutely nothing. At their high school dance a group of friends decide to steal a school bus and go up to a family cabin for some fun. Their bus breaks down in the middle of nowhere and the kids find themselves being picked off one by one from a crazed cannibal killer. Who will survive? What will be left of them? And every other 80's horror tagline you can think of. This film desperately needed to be played for laughs and the biggest mistake it makes is that it chooses to play everything seriously. It wants us to believe that this film could have actually been from the 80's. Yet it has none of the charm that those slasher films had, as bad as some of those movies were, they had a sense of charm. This film has zero, nada, nothing really going for it. Being intentionally retro does not equal a good film. It purposely inserts the classic "film grain" to make it feel authentic. It never works. It even lamely incorporates the "missing reel" gag that worked to hilarious results in Grindhouse. Here it's a pathetic attempt to try and feel more genuine. It fails, miserably. Aesthetic failures aside, the script fares even worse. It seems the only thing the writers know about are the clichéd horror stereotypes. We are given the jock, the token black guy, the nerd, *, good-girl, etc. We are forced to listen to them spew inane dialogue back and forth in a sad attempt at building character. It never works and makes the film feel longer than it actually is. The entire first half of the film drags at a wickedly slow pace and the so-called pay off of kills doesn't ever reach its potential. I will give the film some credit though, it surprised me with the initial death. That one moment where they manage to fool the audience and pull the rug out from under our feet is the only interesting moment in the entire film.

The film takes place in Broomfield, Michigan 1984 (filmed in Canada, okay.). GO LANCERS! Four teen couples take off for a nearby cabin, but run out of gas along the way, making their way to the minor subplot home of the proverbial feral slasher cannibal. The opening of the film attempts to do an old grindhouse film by having film marks ingrained in it, something that didn't work really great in "Planet Terror." However, instead of doing the entire feature this way, they just do the opening scene, while the rest of the film is in crisp digital, except for one critical scene where they pull the "scene missing" film burning nonsense. The movie uses stuff from the 80's such as a Rubik's Cube, mix cassette tape, LPs decorating the wall, T-shirts, magazines, clothes with studs, pot that requires a few joints to get high, and a picture of Reagan. Robert Patrick plays a politically incorrect principal. Perhaps he was another 80's throwback. The film had the token Black Guy (Stephan James) and virgin (Kendra Leigh Timmins) so we know who dies first and who survives...right? After they discover the slasher, the plan is to wait it out in his house until morning rather than to run away in different directions. Otherwise the film would be too short. It does contain some humor, but only when you consider it as a spoof of 80's slashers. Guide; F-bomb. Implied oral sex. No nudity.

How very... scary! This was totally cool, narly and rad all in one fun but super ultra scary affair. It was done really well, it had the camp and fun of the 80's but underneath it bore all the trimmings of the super scary 70's stylistic just plain eerily distant and holistically existential - just indifferent immaterial POV that leaves one so freaked out. I say a must for fans of a very scary Genre!

LOST AFTER DARK is a throwback to the slasher film of the 1980s, made on an indie budget, with a bunch of random teenage characters stranded at a remote cabin and finding themselves prey to the machinations of an equally random psychopath with murder in mind. While I appreciate this film's honouring of the genre at its most enjoyable, the resultant film is a mere weak imitation of what's come before. The performances are undistinguished - the reliable Robert Patrick aside - the gore perfunctory, the suspense non-existent.

I don't get the negative reviews at all! This is one of my favorite slashers! Takes you back to the glorious 80's! It's never boring at all. Of course it can't compete with Halloween and Friday the 13th, but doesn't need to either! I highly recommend this movie for everyone who loves the 80's slashers!

This 2015 horror features 8 teenage friends who decide to ditch their high school dance and have a party of their own. They borrow a school bus which runs out of gas and look for the nearest residence. They find an old house and become stalked by a cannibalistic killer lurking there. What can I say? This is a weak slasher flick that tries to pay tribute/homage to 70's & 80's films of the genre. It starts OK, but falls flat. The characters aren't really likable, some scenes are very dark and the deaths aren't that impressive. Robert Patrick (The Faculty) appears as an ex-army soldier turned vice principal. I'd probably watch this once only if you're a fan of slasher or Grindhouse films.

A throwback slasher movie that is reminiscent of the 70s but especially the 80s. Grindhouse is sort of back, because of people who loved the movies back then, bringing them back to life (if you'll excuse the pun). With all the little things and flaws that made those movies ... what they are. Like bad lightning or missing reels (an inside joke sort of, though might be confusing for some who never had that experience with a movie before) and things like that. The special (blood) effects are pretty decent for a low budget movie, the characters as shallow as you'd expect (also very bad choices, but that's to be expected to). You can have fun with this, if you feel nostalgic or if you're generally a fan of slasher movies