By Robert Scucci | Being published
As much as I love horror, my mileage varies on slashers because they are so intense and predictable. The slashers of the 70s and 80s were very murderous but left very little to the imagination. Today’s slashers tend to get very meta, beating the camera to make sure the audience knows the characters are fully aware that it’s a lazy flick. 1989’s Ingcur, However, it’s my favorite genre of slasher because it’s gritty and violent, it’s violent, it’s smart, it’s smart enough, and it’s got enough goodness to back off all the horrible carnage that’s going on.
If I realized that I was living in a bad bag, I might try to crack jokes to face my possible death, at work of all places. Sometimes you need that kind of levity to buy into a story like this, too Ixantela he is very happy with its fruits while still keeping a straight face. This Scott Spiegel Vehicle features Sam Raimi in the Ensemble, and Bruce Campbell makes an appearance as well, letting you know exactly what kind of carnage you’re getting into.
B-movie in a bottle format
Set up completely in a restaurant, Ixantela uses its limitations to its advantage. When Jennifer (Elizabeth Cox) is dumped by her ex-boyfriend Craig (David Byrnes), things quickly get physical as she starts swiping other employees at Rash’s Market. The show is knocked over, the authorities are called, but there is still work to be done. Bill (Dan Hicks), the co-owner, tells everyone the store has been sold and will soon be out of business. Their job is to mark the shelves to clear the inventory, so the workers start to get angry.
One by one, they go about their business, not knowing that the doors are locked from the outside and an invisible innocent is systematically slaughtering them. Produce Joe (Ted Raimi) gets into a murder spree because he broke in with his partner. Randy (Sam Raimi) is busy in the butcher’s department, surrounded by knives and bone saws. Tim (Craig Stark) only cares about busy beer and free food on a cool walk while unaware that the season of madness is just around the corner. No one seems to notice that Linda (Renée Estevez) hasn’t been seen for a while.
As the body count rises, Craig keeps calling the store to reach Jennifer, who becomes more and more convinced that she is behind the murders. Never show its full hand, Ixantela It keeps the killer’s identity hidden as the story progresses. I had to wait for the “aha” moment “with Spiegel, in his dedut of the director, he really knows how to keep you guessing. Every time I think that I have found that, I see enough of that character alone to stop my suspicions. No one works as a killer here. They act like overworked store clerks trying to finish their transformation.
The scariest thing of all
Honestly, it’s the scariest feature of all Ixantela would be at 1989 grocery store prices. Don’t get me wrong, the execution of this is absolutely brutal and the gore is top-notch. People were crucified, cut, crushed, and disturbed. But a shrimp that costs less than three pounds a pound is kind of scary. In 2025, we fear more inflation and the declining spending power of our dollar than anything else. As the film neared its climax, I kept freeze-framing product labels so he could see how they ripped every time I bought a bag of chips.
Anyway, stabbing, meat-hook mayhem, and garbage Ixantela cannot be overstated. Gore is vivid, and Spiegel isn’t shy about showing brutality in ways that make your stomach turn. However, on top of that, you’re always reminded that you’re watching a slasher, before the third rule of the trophy killer’s room takes place and things turn into complete madness.
A solid slasher might have been overlooked
Ixantela It’s a special kind of slasher because it checks all the boxes in a satisfying way. The kills are brutal, the humor is common, the mystery is strong, and everyone here knows the assignment.
It has a heavy weight Clerks strength; No one wants to be at work but everyone still shows up and does enough to avoid getting fired. At best, they find out at the beginning of the movie that they are all laid off, yet they continue their jobs because they don’t want to leave the store in bad shape before closing. If these events happened in real life, I honestly believe this is exactly how the vendors would handle it.
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