Pitchfork (2016)
6/10
He's got the whole world in his hands
29 July 2017
Warning: Spoilers
Hunter Killian (Brian Raetz) is a farm boy who went off to college. He is gay and is coming home with a group of supportive friends. His dad (Derek Reynolds) can't "believe my son is a fairy." The film opens with a tease murder of a country girl (Anisbel Lopez?) who looks and acts like she has never been on a farm. The group sets up for a barn dance in Clare, Michigan and then the killing starts. The person I had suspected to be the killer is attacked first.

This is a slasher film with plenty of blood and killings, mostly scenes done in other films and better. The production was professional done and not some lame amateur attempt. The acting was hit and miss, mostly miss, which is forgivable in this type of film where bad actors die first. The actors were selected for their hard bodies and dancing skills, not necessarily a bad thing. They even secured the rights to "Honey I'm Good" for the barn dance, one of the better scenes.

The killer, as we see in the film poster wears a dog face mask, because leather has been done. His left arm has a pitchfork grafted to it that stays bloody the whole film. We don't know anything about him until we get near the formula part that partially explains him. And like too many of these films, no matter how far or fast you run, our killer is there.

The characters have a superficial development and perhaps Jenny (Addisyn Wallace) is the only one we get attached to and most likely because she is a small innocent girl. Note: After a person is stabbed is the gut and ice picked in the ear, there is no way they run at a full gait. Every hear of ear fluid and balance? This is not going to win any awards...no wait it did, seven various festival awards including Hot Springs International Horror Film Festival 2016 best in category. It is acceptable, but don't expect originality...okay women are killed without first having their tops ripped open. Who does that? Guide: F-word, sex, no nudity.
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