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Six friends go camping on a remote island for a
weekend getaway. At first this seems like a
perfect idea, but when the friends start to vanish
one by one, the remaining ones start to wonder
what's really going on. Things go from bad to
worse when the friends find themselves running
from a machete wielding killer.
It seems as if Sweden is trying to break into
the horror industry as of lately and even though
most of the attempts have been anything but
successful, we do occasionally get a good horror
flick from Sweden. Murder Island is one of the
better ones. This slasher comedy was made on a
shoestring budget and still manages to look a
whole lot better than most DTV slasher flicks
these days and the fact that the movie's only
45 minutes long is definitely a good thing as
the story is pretty basic.
The movie starts out very promising with a
great opening scene but unfortunately, the rest
of the movie doesn't really live up to the
opening scene. While the directing is excellent
and the acting is way above DTV standards, the
editing is questionable and the excessive use of
metal music eventually gets tiresome. However,
that still doesn't make Murder Island a bad
movie, not at all. Murder Island is for most of
the time a very entertaining slasher flick with
most of the basic slasher elements in it.
Murder Island basically takes us back to the
80s backwoods slashers and I love it when slashers
have a little homage feeling to them. This is
not your average DTV forgettable slasher,
this one will actually stick with you so for
slasher fans I will definitely recommend this
even if it has its weaker moments. I doubt that
we will get to see a sequel though since the
company that made this movie is moving on to
bigger projects, and I for one can't wait to see
what they will turn out like.
We get a severed hand, a knife in the stomach,
a knife in the neck, a machete through ones leg,
a machete in ones stomach and some more. Could
have used a little more gore.
The heavy metal music works great... for a while,
but eventually you get really tired of hearing the
same kind of music time after time.
Murder Island is pretty much a modern take on
80s backwoods slashers and it's actually a pretty
good one. It does have some weak elements but
over-all, this is a pretty entertaining slasher
flick so check it out.
Review By: AnthroFred
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