The Final Girls (2015)

Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Stars: Taissa Farmiga, Malin Akerman, Adam Devine
Runtime: 88 minutes

Performances: 6/10
Screenplay: 7/10
Special Effects: 4/10
Costumes/Makeup: 6/10
Editing: 5/10
Cinematography: 5/10
Score/Soundtrack: 7/10

Verdict: I remember watching "The Cabin in the Woods" back in 2012 and laughing my ass off. I had never watched a movie that made fun of the cliches you find in most horror flicks so well. "The Final Girls" falls into that same category of films, but I have to admit, it's nowhere near the quality of the Drew Goddard directed comedy. Taissa Farmiga plays Max, the daughter of a struggling actress who once starred in a slasher horror film that became a cult classic. An unfortunate accident results in Max being stuck in that same movie with a bunch of her friends, and she has to survive its plot to return home. "The Final Girls" is filled with poor editing work, over the top acting, atrocious special effects, and a logic that makes no sense, but uses all these things also found in 1980s horror films to its advantage, as they resulted in some really funny scenes. However, the movie has a lot of issues, and the one I found most distracting, ironically, is the fact that it wasn't consistently bad. Some scenes were pretty well edited and shot, while others were hilariously bad, and that just didn't make sense to me. Other than that, some jokes didn't really land for me, the writing was sometimes questionable, and I personally didn't find the ending satisfying. "The Final Girls", in the end, is a fun comedy that would be perfect to put on if you have drunk friends over, but not one that will be remembered as great.

Final Grade: 6/10