Mischief Night (2014)

the audience applauded

good back-story, and good acting

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Mischief Night is a romantic film that baits audiences pretending to be a horror movie.It is mischief night, devil's night, the one night a year where anything goes, so why can't a serial killer unexpectedly fall in love with his victim?Mischief Night takes a risk and tries to be something different from the slasher killer horror movie typical of the genre: "The night before Halloween, a teenage babysitter is stalked by a masked killer; but in an unusual turn of events, victim and victimizer begin to develop romantic feelings for each other."The opening sequence of the film was intriguing; shots of Halloween decorations and punk kids pulling pranks in a quiet suburban neighborhood. Mischief Night had potential for being the horror film to watch for fans of the festive night of Halloween, especially having a brief cameo by Malcolm McDowell for horror aficionados. Unfortunately twenty minutes into the movie it becomes a boring introspective talk fest that drags along between two mundane characters.Brooke Anne Smith is the heroine Kaylie, she is strange and atypical, she has problems (sarcasm abounds). Marc Valera is The Man who unsuspectingly falls for his blonde haired victim. Both are so monotonous, so dull, that if I could I would jump into the movie just to kill both the characters and save myself sixty minutes of my life.The film is so obviously expected and plebeian it is quite sad that writer/director Travis Baker actually thought he was making something riveting, intellectual and good.More FULL reviews can be found at our website, so check it out.

I am posting this review because I just read a 1 star review by speedgtr92 where he/she called another movie titled Mischief Night (released just a few months prior to this MN) "good". This Mischief Night is not to be confused with that turkey. Wait. Did I say turkey? Let me grow a pair of balls. That other MN is a real turd. The lead actress in that MN reminds me of… well I don't want to insult anyone personally. So I'll quote my outspoken cousin Fred – "She reminds me of a zit I once had on my ass near the crack. Actually kind of in the crack. After I tried to pop it it got real infected and all red and oozy..." Fred went on about the zit on his ass for quite some time. But that's beside the point. This MN stars the captivating and alluring Brooke Anne Smith, who gives an outstanding must- see performance.

I think this film is terrible. They could of done something good with the plot, instead stupidity and dumb romance. It's clown shoes. The other movie with this title is good bit this film is a joke. The killer never shows his face, the victim didn't fall in love with the killer, effects were horrible too. Watch the 2013 film, that is a true horror film. This is pure trash, I was hoping for something Halloween sequence but instead I get this joke of a film. Unnecessary language just makes the film less tasteful. Dunt waste your time or money with this garbage, they're are so many good underground horror films to watch that are actually good such as Mirrors 2, Joy ride 3, house of dust, house of God and evil, let me in, séance.

I can appreciate the attempt to do something new with the serial killer/slasher/stalker/home invasion film, but this flick doesn't quite pull it off.Film begins with Kaylie, a teenager who is covering a babysitting gig because her friend is sick. It is the night before Halloween, and after dealing with kids playing pranks, girl-talk with her friend, a visit from a boy she likes, and a cameo from Malcolm McDowell, she settles in for the night. Then, a masked man breaks in with a knife and comes after her.At that point, the movie completely shifts. The masked man is not your typical killer and the girl is not your typical victim, and the movie grinds to a complete halt and becomes incredibly boring and talky while the two of them start to "bond" and develop sort of a relationship. The movie picks up again at the very end, but ends up with an ending that is so totally obvious that anyone paying attention probably figured it out very early on (I know I did). And to make things a little more annoying, based on the very last shot, the filmmakers think they are WAY more clever than they actually are.There are a couple of gory murders, but no real scares and, as I said, the middle of the film is a snooze-fest. Couple that with the predictable ending, and it's hard to recommend for a horror fan. Which sucks because I really wanted this film to be good since it's a noble attempt.