Four friends attend a Halloween party at a house in the middle of nowhere. While they drink and dance, a killer in a white mask stalks the grounds. Later, he switches his mask out for a black hood as he picks off partygoers one by one.
1962 Halloween Massacre starts off with a long Found Footage sequence of the core four driving in a car and arguing. Since it takes place in 1962, that means they’re filming with an 8mm home movie camera. If that’s the case, then why can we hear them? Sound home movie cameras didn’t come out till the ‘70s. Did the filmmakers ever bother to research this? All it would’ve taken was a Google search. I guess we already know the answer to that one. Also, would it be too much to ask that the characters from the ‘60s not use modern slang like, “Too soon!”
Look, if you can’t accurately represent the time period on a small budget, then why even try? Just call it Halloween Massacre, set it in present day, and be done with it. I mean it would probably still suck either way, but at least it wouldn’t be annoying every time something anachronistic happens.
Luckily, the film breaks the Found Footage format after about fifteen minutes. Unfortunately, we’re still stuck following around the same four annoying characters. I guess seeing them in a party setting is better than spending all our time in a cramped car with them like in the early part of the picture. However, once the action switches over to the party, things are nearly just as claustrophobic as the camera frequently holds tight on our four principles to disguise the fact that the budget was so low, they couldn’t afford many extras to play party guests.
Also, the movie has a weird pro-incest message that’s just confounding. Oh, and just when it should be over, it continues on unnecessarily for ten more excruciating minutes. If it wasn’t for the presence of the extremely cute Caroline Beagles (who plays the least annoying member of the cast), this would’ve been a No Stars flick for sure.
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