kayrannells

The Last Matinee gets the giallo gore and style right on the mark, but also carries over its lack of interesting characters and story drive. It takes a bit too long to get to the slashing and everything plays out about as one would expect. There are very few surprises, but it's entertaining enough for a one time watch.

Pleasant scope photography elevates this poorly thought out "whodunit" where there's no mystery as to who the killer is for even a second. Every character is a cardboard cutout in line for the slaughter and all the death scenes lack variety. This might be one better left forgotten.

Hawke's masked serial killer is a bit too giggly and light to ever be truly scary, but Thames and McGraw have excellent chemistry as brother and sister and anchor the film. Without them, it really wouldn't be effective at all. I hope these two fantastic young actors go on to have wonderful careers. Some of the supernatural elements can come across as silly, but it's not a film without a few eerie moments.