5th October 2014, 10:02 PM
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Madison County (2011)
A group of college kids travel to a small, mountain town called Madison County to interview the author of a tell-all book on the accounts of several grisly murders that happened there.
You don't really notice the problem with this low budget backwoods slasher until the final twenty minutes. The film looks great and is well filmed with good cinematography and has a fine cast of young actors who you don't hate from the off, they don't annoy you one bit even though you are solely with them in their explorations for the first fifty minutes, they even have well written, believable dialogue. Then we meet the films killer who also looks the part sporting a fetching gnarly pig head mask....
....Then it sort of hits you gradually, there's a cast you care about but somehow the writers and director forget to add suspense. One by one characters are murdered and you really don't care. Then comes a second hammer blow or not as the case may be.... there's no blood. I saw more blood the last time i brushed my teeth too vigorously.
A real wasted opportunity.
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