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The Choke,
a teen rock band, has been hired to
play at a club, but this gig is going to be a
little different than what they're used to.
They soon find themselves trapped inside a big
building with a deranged serial killer offing
them one by one with various musical equipment.
Who will survive this nightmare and who's
killing the band members off?
Velocity Home Entertainment is a company which
I have learnt to respect a whole lot during the
last couple of months. This is one of the few
companies who actually seem to care about their
DTV horror releases. Sure, they never have the
best of budgets but at least they have good
and entertaining stories and most of them are also
presented in widescreen format with a couple of
good special features which is a big plus.
I rarely read about a DTV horror flick these
days before watching it since that usually
puts me off (let's face it, most DTV horror
movies are rubbish), but judging from the cover
I figured this would be either a sci-fi horror
flick, or a leatherface inspired slasher. Well,
luckily it was neither. The Choke is something
as simple as a teen slasher flick with a
mysterious killer killing off the band members
of a rock band by using musical equipment for
weapons, and sure, it won't win any prises for
originality but it was nice to see a slasher
flick with a new twist to it - which didn't
look like it was shot in someone’s backyard.
The photography is probably the best thing about
this movie. It looks very professional despite
the fact that it had a very limited budget. The
directing is nothing special but it didn't really
have to be either. Meanwhile, the acting was
surprisingly good. Even if the majority of this
cast was quite inexperienced, it was obvious
that they were doing their best and I'm sure we
will see a few of these again in the near future.
Overall, The Choke didn't try to be overly
ambitious and that's really where it wins. This
was just a nice and simple slasher-flick which
didn't try to break any new grounds. I'm glad
that someone actually dared to invest in a
flick like this again despite the slasher wave
being long gone so support slashers and check
this one out.
While most of the death scenes are "off screen",
meaning we get to see how people get killed but
we still mainly get to see blood splattering
everywhere, we still got a fair share of gore.
We get some guts, a hole through ones chest,
a quite good impalement and some more.
The piano music was very average but the punk
rock music was actually quite competent and
worked nicely setting the right atmosphere.
The Choke is a simple slasher which doesn't
try to be anything more - and I for one actually
appreciates this. Critics who disliked this
film clearly are sick of slasher movies but as
a slasher fan, I'm going to have to recommend
this. Very entertaining.
Review
By: AnthroFred
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