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The Laughing Mask (2014)
Different than other horror films out there
I was surprised to see this on Vudu, the poster looked creepy but not recognizing the names I came to IMDb and saw a bunch of either really low or really high. Lows had complaints about the sleepiness even misogynistic while the highs all praised it and warned of the budget, my faço fit style of movies is low budget fare from the 1970s so I bough it and man, I didn't regret it.
It seemed the director had ambitions of putting together something like "seven" or "along came the spider" but had the budget of attack of the killer tomatoes, so the will was there burn some of the scenes fell flat mostly due to working with non professional actors. Kate, Cordova are the most solid ones from the bunch, Jake hams it up and overacts quite a bit ina very soap opera way. The guy who plays wink was surprisingly solid although that fight scene was not the greatest
Where this movie shines is in showing the Killer and the kills. Every time he's on screen you forget the budget and is immediately drawn into the story. There's one scene with him painting you just have to see.. very wel put together
Third act falls apart s bit but the ending more than makes up for it with a cool twist i honestly didn't see it coming
If you're fan of the low budget genre give this one a shot.