Last Girl Genre
The slasher sub genre is near and dear to my bloody heart. From Michael to Jason to Ghostface and all those wackos in between, the slasher has kept afraid of alleys, lakes and one time hookups for close to forty years. You could make an argument that the slasher is lifeblood of the entire horror genre.
Fanning that flame is writer/director Benjamin R. Moody's (his wife Rachel produces) Last Girl Standing but Last Girl Standing, is not your typical fanfare. While it is a "slasher", the film leans heavy elements of both a psychological thriller and early 90's Indie romance, weirdly enough.
The flick starts where the standard slasher ends. The Final Girl has watched all her chums meet grizzly ends, and she's outwitted the killer enough to …show more content…
Camryn is a shell of her former self, she's let her self go, still works her dead-end college job at the laundry mat, she's alone, and still can't shake that terrible night from years before. It isn't until a new guy at work, Nick (BRIAN VILLALOBOS), slowly starts to help here open up. Except Camryn can't shake "the Hunter". Strange things start happening at work. She thinks she sees him in the shadows, as clues randomly appear questioning the Hunter's death. Despite Nick and his friends best efforts to help Camryn find stability, she is unable to escape the darkness.
I won't give away anymore, don't want to ruin it for you.
Much like last years "The Final Girl" breathed life into the slasher genre with its nostalgia and heart; Last Girl Standing does it with smarts. Outside of maybe the Scream franchise, rarely do we see the effect an event like seeing all your friends murdered on girl who gets away.
The cast is made up of people I've never heard of, but they were all solid. Leads AKASHA VILLALOBOS and BRIAN VILLALOBOS especially. Their relationship feels so real, and AKASHA has great control of all the emotions she's asked to portray. I mean Camryn is a
Fanning that flame is writer/director Benjamin R. Moody's (his wife Rachel produces) Last Girl Standing but Last Girl Standing, is not your typical fanfare. While it is a "slasher", the film leans heavy elements of both a psychological thriller and early 90's Indie romance, weirdly enough.
The flick starts where the standard slasher ends. The Final Girl has watched all her chums meet grizzly ends, and she's outwitted the killer enough to …show more content…
Camryn is a shell of her former self, she's let her self go, still works her dead-end college job at the laundry mat, she's alone, and still can't shake that terrible night from years before. It isn't until a new guy at work, Nick (BRIAN VILLALOBOS), slowly starts to help here open up. Except Camryn can't shake "the Hunter". Strange things start happening at work. She thinks she sees him in the shadows, as clues randomly appear questioning the Hunter's death. Despite Nick and his friends best efforts to help Camryn find stability, she is unable to escape the darkness.
I won't give away anymore, don't want to ruin it for you.
Much like last years "The Final Girl" breathed life into the slasher genre with its nostalgia and heart; Last Girl Standing does it with smarts. Outside of maybe the Scream franchise, rarely do we see the effect an event like seeing all your friends murdered on girl who gets away.
The cast is made up of people I've never heard of, but they were all solid. Leads AKASHA VILLALOBOS and BRIAN VILLALOBOS especially. Their relationship feels so real, and AKASHA has great control of all the emotions she's asked to portray. I mean Camryn is a