Amusement

A boy with an unusual sense of humor gets rejected by three girls in school due to a truly bizarre project. Flash forward and the boy wishes to get bloody, violent revenge. The antagonist reminds me of Dr. Giggles while some scenes appear to be as thought out as Saw. Unfortunately this film doesn’t know what it wants to be. There is an attack in the beginning by an assailant in a clown suit, which is quickly forgotten. After that, bodies are stitched into beds at a large hostel, hospital, or hotel. The three main women are terrorized in a glass enclosure with moving walls and posed victims.

This film suffers greatly from an identity crisis. The creative team needed to pick a direction and roll with it. The cast is solid and the effects are good. If there had just been a clean cut direction or theme for the film it would have been twice as good.

The Nitty Gritty: Scale of 0 to 10

Camp Factor – 5 (the hyena laughter of the baddie matched with the attack by clown at the beginning makes it a somewhat campy endeavor whether it was intended or not)

Gore – 5 (while there is some decent gore, some appears to be just a ruse)

Creep Factor – 1 (if you have a deep irrational fear of clowns or psychotic laughter, this film may make your skin crawl, but for the rest of us this is a 1)

Nudity/Sex – 0 (the main character is no good with the ladies. This is the basic premise. The implication is that there is no nudity or sex needed)

Jump Scenes – 1 (again, the clown may get you if you are of the right mindset)

Verdict: With a more targeted killer this film could have been good. Unfortunately, the same drive and motive was explored more successfully, and with a better ending, in the film Valentine.