Hell Fest is presented on 4K UHD courtesy of Lionsgate Films with a 2160p transfer in 1.85:1.
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Note: Screenshots are sourced from the 1080p Blu-ray. They've visited before, whether or not they've seen either of The Devil's Carnival films. Included as a supplement), and the film is generally well staged and stylishly shot, but this is one theme park that many will probably feel like
There seems to be genuine camaraderie among the cast (as also evidenced by the brief EPK Gore hounds who like things violent and bloody. Probably needless to say, there are ultimately victims among the six main characters, and admittedly the kill scenes will probably satisfy Threatening and what isn't" ambience, but unfortunately it falls victim to the law of diminishing returns. Hell Fest repeatedly tries to play off of this "what is really Just an extremely realistic part of the theme park experience. That unfortunate victim is slain right before Natalie's eyes, but she thinks it's Instead, Natalie, Brooke and Taylor do indeed run across The Other (Stephen Conroy),īut almost tangentially, as he's already on the hunt for another girl. Surprisingly) is not one of the six focal characters. Now one place where Hell Fest actually achieves some viscerally frightening aspects is in one of the first kills, which (again, kind of Hell Fest and some of whom of course are going to be picked off one by one as the film progresses. Add in three males as partners for these women,Īnd you have your basic teen sextet (emphasis kind of surprisingly not on the sex in this horror outing, but I digress) who decide to visit Taylor-Klaus), a kind of abrasive girl whom Natalie definitely does not consider a BFF. Uncertainty, and furthermore distressed to find out that she may be the third wheel in this get together, since Brooke is rooming with Taylor (Bex Stabs (sorry) at character development are offered here, with Natalie being presented as someone in the throes of The film then predictably segues to a brightly lit outdoor moment where Natalie (Amy Forsyth) is shown arriving at the apartment of her BFFīrooke (Reign Edwards).
Room" of his previous victims- or are the other hanging bodies merely dummy props? Oooh - scary!. Immediately accosted by the masked culprit, who summarily stabs her and then hangs her from the ceiling in what almost appears to be a "trophy Unless you've never seen aįilm before in your entire life, you can probably guess what happens next - that particular female is separated from her friends and is almost Girls mentioning how freaked out she is that some guy has been following her the entire time they've been there. The film begins with a brief vignetteĭocumenting some girls making (or attempting to make) their way through some kind of scary labyrinth at a theme park, with one of the Theme park visitors and employees, Hell Fest is surprisingly in league with that particular devil. The ruler of heaven and his recalcitrant fallen angel far, far below, but in terms of presentational style and even some of the interchanges between
evil", including the longstanding struggle Is known as The Other (not this one, and, yes, I'm joking).īoth of The Devil's Carnival films admittedly offer a more literal interpretation of "good vs. Unsettlingly moodly, but it's also awfully formulaic a lot of the time, including its proffering of a masked slayer whose real face is never seen and who Hell Fest has some undeniable scares, and it's frequently kind of Two previous outings to see if you can see the same similarities that I did. "slasher" mode (rut?) than either of The Devil's Carnival films, but for those who are fans of this particular film, I suggest checking out the All three films also offer a glut ofĬharacters in outlandish makeup and/or costumes, often as "employees" of their respective parks. Lighting design that tends to bathe things in weird, almost hallucinogenic, tones of orange, blue, green and red. Inhabited by what appear to be denizens of "down under" (not that one, the place with the big horned guy), and all three feature a somewhat lurid All three films feature what amount to theme parks The line, since Hell Fest has more than a few elements in common with those two films. Years, but I couldn't help but think that someone associated with Hell Fest may have stumbled across either The Devil's Carnival or its kinda sorta follow up Alleluia! The Devil's Carnival somewhere along Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman, January 3, 2019Ĭhances are very few if any of you coming to this review have heard of, let alone actually seen, a couple of films I reviewed over the past couple of
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