All Cheerleaders Die (2013)

Simply A Masterpiece

Better Late Then Never

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

ll Cheerleaders DIe(2013) Starring:Caitlin Stasey, Chris Petrovski, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Jordan Wilson, Brooke Butler, Leigh Parker, Amanda Grace Cooper, Reanin Johannink, Tom Williamson, and Natalie Castillo Directed By: Lucky McKee, Chris Sivertson Review Hello Kiddies your Pal The Crypt-Critic here with some hot stupidity. All Cheerleaders Die,lol because they didn't go out with me. When tragedy rocks Blackfoot High, rebellious outsider Mäddy Killian shocks the student body by joining the cheer-leading squad. This decision drives a rift between Mäddy and her ex-girlfriend Leena Miller — a loner who claims to practice the dark arts. After a confrontation with the football team, Mäddy and her new cheerleader friends are sent on a supernatural roller coaster ride which leaves a path of destruction none of them may be able to escape. I can't believe this was made its awful and so uninspired and just boring for a slasher with hot chicks.

Took me a while before I watched this one because people compared it with the teenage witch classic The Craft (1996) and somehow it does but it is a worth looking even if you aren't a teenager. All Cheerleaders Die takes it time before it all really starts but once it starts it does deliver the horror, it's low profile, I admit but you will keep watching it until the end. Evene as it is full of clichés, you know, the nerdie type who will solve the problem, the sexy chicks being killed. But once killed it all takes a strange turn. The ending is open as hell and normally it would deliver a second entry. I'm curious if it ever will come that far but if you want a no-brainer then pick this up, no gore at all but here and there it is showing us the red stuff.Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 2,5/5 Story 3/5 Comedy 0/5

This latest release from Lucky McKee, the man who brought us the fantastic The Woman and the very original May, and co-director Chris Sivertson (The Lost) strays from their more serious tone and delivers us a new take on the slasher movie. The story centers around Maddy, a high school student, as she attempts to infiltrate the slimy world of cheerleading and jocks at her school. After a very memorable opening the story flows along at a great pace, never feeling bogged down by itself but avoiding feeling rushed, and the audience is kept interested with some nice plot developments and twists. The actors do a solid job all around, and in particular the female leads are way above par for this type of production. Caitlin Stasey did a great job as Maddy, and I am definitely looking forward to seeing her develop her career, hopefully in horror. Okay some of the SFX look a little basic, but the movie didn't have a huge budget and it really doesn't detract from the film. We are treated to some of the silliness that is expected of a film from this sub-genre, and of course not all of the decisions the characters take are logical, but the way the film is made is reminiscent of some of the best teen horror of the 90's, which for me can only be a good thing. The biggest plus for me is that the directors have imbued a definite feminist slant into the movie, which is something I absolutely love, and something that can be found in Lucky McKee's other work. In a similar vein to Chastity Bites (also recommended), the directors have taken a familiar concept and updated and revived it, to provide audiences with a fresh angle, and I think making horror, particularly slashers, more empowering to women can only ever be a good thing.The obligatory teen-horror tropes are there, the pretty cheerleaders, the jocks, making the whole setup feel comfortingly familiar to those of us who are partial to a good slasher. But McKee uses his talents to nicely subvert the traditional 'pretty girl gets slashed to bits' thread and provide us with an entertaining watching experience in the company of some female lead characters who seem distinct, more than mere stereotypes. You grow to like them, particularly Maddy, Caitlin Stasey's character, which is more than can be said for many female characters in slasher movies. Maddy and Leena in particular appear to be rounded characters, with something about them which will hopefully provide strength of character for the next installments of this. The gore was minimal but well done, and the adding of supernatural elements to a traditional slasher film really worked. Think The Craft meets Friday the 13th but updated for the 21st century and that is what All Cheerleaders Die feels like. It won't revolutionise the horror world, and it certainly isn't 'serious' horror, but if you're looking for a movie to have a laugh with, and one that is a little different from the norm, then you could do far worse than All Cheerleaders Die. Recommended. 7/10

I really wanted to love this movie. The first 20 minutes are so are very promising, and the individual scenes are well done. But there's something not quite right with the overall production. The plot? the pacing? Its difficult to put a finger on exactly what it is, and that's frustrating, because the acting is generally okay and the individual scenarios, absent the structure of the rest of the movie, are entertaining.It's hard to pinpoint just where things go wrong. One flaw, tho, IMO is that the first cheerleader's death feels unconnected to the rest of the film. That's unfortunate, because that was where the movie seemed most coherent and interesting. Later it turns into a zombie movie (sort of). But the problem from the moment the rest of the girl's pass away is that there is no meaningful conflict left in the movie. And this moment comes later in the picture than it feels like it should.The most disappointing part was the finale. The movie never introduces a true villain. There is a particularly nasty football captain guy, yes, but he feels like an afterthought in the overall drama.What makes me sad is that all of these problems are things another 20-30 minutes of footage in the middle and some cuts to the beginning would probably fix. There's definitely capable film making going on here. Maybe the movie ran into budget problems? Regardless, it's a shame.