Final Stab (2001)

Must See Movie...

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

This is one of those pitiful "horror" films that seems like it came together as an excuse to encapsulate a few sex scenes, yet there are no sex scenes in the movie. This leaves you with a movie full of trendy-looking people who act and talk in ways that are neither stylistic nor realistic.The killer in this movie is more funny than scary. His mask has this big goofy grin and a bald head; it looks like they gave him a William Frawley mask and spray-painted it blue. During most of the murder scenes, he appears either to stab someone in a non-fatal part of the body or inflict a very shallow wound. In either case, the person dies instantly. The funniest parts feature glimpses of the killer running around in the woods by himself - without anywhere to be, really. This makes the viewer wonder if he is just doing the murder spree thing for the exercise.The end makes a very poor attempt to pull off a "who is the real killer?" scene, as in "Scream." This may have something to do with this movie being optioned as a Scream sequel? The alternate titles suggest that. Either way, it's self-conscious of the horror genre, but only in a really embarrassing way.All that said, if you like bad horror for the laughs, this one is pretty prime. Try to avoid spending money to obtain it.

Right from the stale opening stalking sequence (which turns out to be a dream to boot!), you know what you're in for: another derivative slasher flick that does what others ("April Fool's Day", "Return to Horror High") have done before, and better. Supposedly it also wants to satirize the old horror cliches, but it succumbs to almost each and every one of them. The script has no respect for the audience's intelligence; the killer violates the laws of logic (getting in the back seat of a car without being noticed by the driver?) and the victims always do the stupidest things (and they can't tell the difference between a real dead body and a "fake" one even when they're standing right beside it). Still, the direction (apart from the annoying "tilted" shots) is OK, and SOME of the actors (for example the one who plays Doug) aren't bad. (*1/2)

When a supposedly prank turn into reality, a bunch of young people must reveal the person under the mouth stitched masked killer....... before it's too late.This is what happened if someone was so obsessed with slasher flick, both of the filmmaker and the character in the movie itself. By mentioning the superiority of "Friday the13th", "Final Stab" is one of the latest flicks in the tradition of "Scream". Maybe it's not the best, and a little weak in the cinematic aspect. One thing that really annoying is how obvious who is the killer is (or are?). The plot it self has many holes on it. Okay, it is a B-movie, and we know what we are dealing with right? So let's don't do the complaint.The killing scene is somewhat brief and there's no chase scene, but fairly effective to build the fright tense, even though it's gory but not so gruesome. The acting of the most of the cast needs more improvement, but Erinn Carter, which is plays the Kristin's character is good and will be a fine actress if she involving her self in more serious films.The direction from David DeCoteau is a B-Movie typical but better than the expectation; a good point for the movie, since it's a low-budget below-average-kind feature. One thing that DeCoteau dissimilar his flick with others is; if the others explicit death in majority of female, so as you can watch here, most in the list of the body count are male and it's a gorgeous and hunky males too, that be usually typical of female victims in this genre. Of course there's female victim, but there's only one count! These symptoms are already illustrated since the very beginning, when Charlie (Jamie Gannon) goes to shower. This typically tends to a woman character too, right? But the symptoms are already shows in his recent (and the upcoming?) films, like "The Brotherhood" films, which is shows a bunch of hunky males in barely any clothing at all. Even his past film like `The Curse of the Puppet Master' exhibiting a boy in his underwear!In general, "Final Stab" still can manage an enjoyable entertainment, especially for an underrated slasher flick. Despite the corny nature it has, `Final Stab' has something more on the plot but just not showing up much deeper (the homosexuality nature). It also still can be a fine company if you want to hanging out in a late night with a number of friends and watch some movies. Just give it a try.5/10

What are you people on?this was the wosrt excuse for a horror movie ever (unless you count graveyard disturbance).I have seen gcse media students produce better! anyone who thinks it is good has betrayed the horror genre.no potencial, no talent, no heart, no scare, NO GOOD.