Rent Unhinged (2017)

Decent remake of a video nasty - Unhinged review by NP

This is a remake of an early 1980s ‘video nasty’, and features four girls travelling to a wedding. Instead of making their way through American wilderness as in the original, the location is shifted to picturesque England – so why the girls should still be American, especially as the actresses are clearly not native Americans, is a mystery. The accents aren’t too bad, but they’re noticeably not genuine, and that’s to a UK ear. This is a shame as it is the first thing to grab the viewer, which masks the fact that the performances of the four leads are very good indeed, getting even stronger once they find themselves in jeopardy.

However, while it is a given that characters in horror films, especially horror slashers, make illogical, ill-advised decisions, this bunch just keep making nonsensical choices.

The glimpses of the killer are interesting, although the voice is rather silly. There’s inventive use of a rake in one attempted killing, bringing back fond memories of Brigitte Lahaie in Jean Rollin’s classic Euro-horror ‘Fascination (1979)’. Director Dan Allen makes good use of the small budget available – the results are far from ground-breaking, but enjoyable.

My score is 6 out of 10.

Un....interesting - Unhinged review by porky

This wasnt the WORST movie ive ever seen but t was soo dull i turned it off pretty soon after it started.

I actually FF through it incase it got interesting but was pleased when it got to the end and i never had to see anymore of it ever again.

Characters all do the most stupid things they shouldnt ever do in a horror move ,and are such ad Actors that they really shouldnt ever make another film together or even apart fr that matter.