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American Fright Fest
It was only a matter of time before a horror film decided to name itself Fright Fest. Whatever film that happened to be was destined to screen at Frightfest, Blue Iguana but sadly, the Fright Fest film does not live up to the calibre of the festival.
Prolific horror film director Spencer Crowe (Dylan Walsh) has fallen from grace. A reputation as a drug-crazed lunatic has meant that no one in Hollywood Gemini Man wants to work with him. Meanwhile, the Mayor of Somertown needs to be re-elected. Desperate to appeal to voters, he has the ingenious idea to get the public onside by hosting an interactive scare attraction. And who better than Spencer Crowe to bring it to life? Disaster strikes on opening night when a bus full of prisoners crashes outside the site and the resident psychopath descends to unleash a whole lot of bloodshed.
If you read the above synopsis and thought ‘this The Clovehitch Killer sounds rather cliched’ you would be very, very right. Fright Fest is one of those horror films that we’ve seen time and time again. It offers nothing in terms of progression, and if anything, actually goes a few steps backwards with its treatment of women and minority characters. The female characters all seem to be there to be starred at, perved on, dressed in fetish costumes, stripped, or just plain ignored. The character of Finkle, a dwarf, is treated even worse, used as a glorified beer opener by Crowe and constantly belittled and berated by everybody else.
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Genre: Horror
Director: Ante Novakovic
Actors: Ashley Blankenship, Dylan Walsh, Luke Baines, Madison McKinley, Mercy Malick, Pancho Moler, Romeo Miller
Country: USA
