markapickles
What a pile of trash! How can you root for a girl who is dating one brother whilst sleeping with the other brother? Are we supposed to like these people? The only thing this film suggests is I was in the wrong education system here in the UK! If I'd been in the US I'd have lost my virginity so much quicker because all the girls seem to be whores and the guys weren't much better - the usual jackasses!
As far as the film is concerned it showed promise but then rapidly lost the plot. The effects budget was obviously spent on the car kill as every kill after was an aftermath shot! Lazy and boring!
As for continuity this film was so full of loopholes! We get our two 'heroes' up in the loft with the 'girlfriend' and another girl who is holding hands with the 'girlfriend'. Our 'heroine' suddenly says 'why are you holding my hand so tight' when she is clearly not holding anyone's hand. In the next shot you can clearly see the other girl rocking back and forth in a chair having been sliced and diced without our trio of braniacs even noticing!!
I could go on but I just can't be bothered! What a disappointment!
callanvass
This is a surprisingly great low budget slasher, that's creepy, with a very cool killer and lots of blood!. I wasn't expecting much when i picked this up on DVD, however what i got was a surprisingly great slasher that was quite creepy at times, with decent characters and a very creepy setting, plus the ending was awesome!. Sure some of the dialog was cheesy, and it may have a routine feel at times, however i couldn't help but really enjoy it, and the finale was quite suspenseful, plus it has lots of great bloody death scenes for gore hounds (like me)!. The killer is really cool looking, and the plot is somewhat original, plus all of the characters were very likable!. It has plenty of nudity, to enjoy, and the character development was above average, plus the opening was pretty cool. This is a surprisingly great low budget slasher, that's creepy, with a very cool killer and lots of blood, i highly recommend this one!. The Direction is very good. Brian Owens does a very good job with the low budget with great camera work, creating a lot of creepy atmosphere, using a creepy location, good POV shots of the killer, and keeping the film at a pretty fast pace!. There is tons of blood and gore!. We get bloody stabbings,impaling's,man crucifix-ed upside down,ice pick in the foot,ice pick in the hand, slit throat,very bloody corpses,severed head, severed hand,ice pick in the head and out the mouth,decapitation,ice pick in the eye,tons of severed limbs all over the place, and LOTS of blood!. The Acting is surprisingly good for a slasher film!. Laura Carney is very pretty and is pretty decent here, she was fairly convincing, likable had good chemistry with the 2 leads, and did a pretty decent job overall i rather liked her.Frank John Hughes is very good here as Sonny he had good chemistry with Laura Carney, was likable and gave a solid show. Nick Gregory was somewhat unlikable at first however he turned out to be a decent guy i really liked him. Charles Cragin is fantastic as the killer!, he was extremely creepy, and gave an awesome show. Sam Rockwell and Darren McGavin have small thankless roles and are wasted. rest of the cast do adequate. Overall i highly recommend this one!, give it a shot. ***1/2 out of 5
K Sprowl
This would be an excellent movie for Mystery Science Theater 3000 to do. Predictable plot with lots of gore and a hideous bad guy with good comic relief like spouting "no parking" after killing Jorga Fox in the car.Only time I would recommend it is if you were having a marathon horror flick on a weekend near Halloween, would be an interesting one to add to the fare for the '90's nostalgic look, the ugly, yet comical, demon and the adequate gory special effects. Only other reason would be if you are a Darrin McGavin or Jorga Fox fan as it displays their attempt to breathe life into cardboard character of the script.
HumanoidOfFlesh
"Happy Hell Night" is a typical slasher film filled with gore and gratuitous nudity.There are several creepy,suspenseful moments,and the killer Zachary Malius(Charles Cragin)looks really scary.The characters are one-dimensional,the acting is terrible and there are some huge lapses in logic.Still the film is enjoyable to watch and offers some gory deaths including throat slashing,numerous stabbings etc.Overall it's a pretty good slasher,so if you like horror movies give this one a look.Recommended!