The Last Horror Movie

Drawing on low-budget shockers such as The Blair Witch Project, Man Bites Dog and Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer for inspiration, this thriller is no doubt meant to be provocative and controversial, but it just tries too hard. The film follows the “exploits” of serial killer Max (Kevin Howarth), who interrupts verité video footage of his appallingly brutal crimes with speeches delivered to camera, attempting to explain his nihilist motives while challenging the audience for continuing to watch. While it initially grabs the attention, its pseudo-intellectual overtones (it was written by a philosophy graduate) sit uneasily with its more avowed exploitation elements and the extreme violence will certainly be too much for some audiences. The central conceit, which won't be revealed here, will play much better when the movie comes out on video/DVD, which is where the curious would be advised to see it.

Horror movies have been teasing away at an explicit link between the killers gaze and the cameras at least... read more on Time Out