Every time I hear of a new supposedly-"horror" flick, I go to watch it with expectations of something different and I am always, always invariably disappointed. "Charlie's Farm", Welcome to the club of ho-hum movies. Anything and everything frustrating is in this movie. I saw someone rating this as "a great film" with "the most amazing kills" and that "this film will put Aussie horror on world stage"! I have enjoyed most Australian movies but, unfortunately, this Charlie's thing does not do it. Plus, it has nothing new in it.
From beginning to end, clichés are blatantly present: movie starts with a couple of people, mostly screaming girls, being killed. Then, young guys with gorgeous girls insist on going some place (usually a farm) where rumors say there were multiple murders). Once there, they are out of reach and their phones are useless. They all play scary, supposedly funny tricks on each other (to build tension). With flashes, you get to see what happened in the place in the past. Then, members of the group are shown in bikinis or even completely nude for titillation. Gradually, each and every member of the group gets knocked off in a bloody way. Finally, the last 2 remaining members seem to be close to escaping this nightmare place. And here are the classic annoying clichés leading to the end: someone tries to fight the main killer like in a sporting event: ie, no hit or punch below the belt, waiting for the surprised killer to recover before hitting him again, etc. If a weapon is present, it is always, always, for a reason I never understand, thrown away after the killer is shot just once. As always, only one person is left. He/she always gets to a vehicle and always drops the keys to the floor (Thank God, this did not happen here). Surprise!! The killer reappears out of nowhere and finally kills that remaining person. That last body is dragged away while credits are rolling indicating the killer did not die and a very possible sequel will happen to continue the story.
Why can't we ever see the hacker/slasher/killer really killed at the end and the story ends right then and there? No sequel. Just an exciting horror flick with no clichés, a nice plot with a surprise unexpected ending that can be remembered, and not a blatant trial at milking the story for profit ad infinitum?
From beginning to end, clichés are blatantly present: movie starts with a couple of people, mostly screaming girls, being killed. Then, young guys with gorgeous girls insist on going some place (usually a farm) where rumors say there were multiple murders). Once there, they are out of reach and their phones are useless. They all play scary, supposedly funny tricks on each other (to build tension). With flashes, you get to see what happened in the place in the past. Then, members of the group are shown in bikinis or even completely nude for titillation. Gradually, each and every member of the group gets knocked off in a bloody way. Finally, the last 2 remaining members seem to be close to escaping this nightmare place. And here are the classic annoying clichés leading to the end: someone tries to fight the main killer like in a sporting event: ie, no hit or punch below the belt, waiting for the surprised killer to recover before hitting him again, etc. If a weapon is present, it is always, always, for a reason I never understand, thrown away after the killer is shot just once. As always, only one person is left. He/she always gets to a vehicle and always drops the keys to the floor (Thank God, this did not happen here). Surprise!! The killer reappears out of nowhere and finally kills that remaining person. That last body is dragged away while credits are rolling indicating the killer did not die and a very possible sequel will happen to continue the story.
Why can't we ever see the hacker/slasher/killer really killed at the end and the story ends right then and there? No sequel. Just an exciting horror flick with no clichés, a nice plot with a surprise unexpected ending that can be remembered, and not a blatant trial at milking the story for profit ad infinitum?