The Dollface Slasher (2015) Online

The Dollface Slasher is one of those movies you sit down with friends to laugh at, not to make you afraid.

The acting is cheesy, the writing comes off as if written by someone who hasn't actually seen a good movie, and the cinematography/editing is laughable.

Still, I can often get over some amateurish scene transitions, bad cinematography techniques, weird jump cuts, and late-night TV movie acting if the movie knows what it wants to be and executes that premise even partially well. The Dollface Slasher just doesn't.

At points, it comes off as a parody of standard slasher tropes, and the overall amateurishness of the final product would play right into that. Then the film takes a confusing turn towards seriousness and loses the playful comedy aspect seen in the first couple of minutes, which is a bit of a shame.

Even without the questionable line it crosses between serious and parody, The Dollface Slasher does nothing memorable or unique. It's not a thought-provoking twist on the slasher subgenre displayed in just under eleven minutes (without credits). It's simply a confused slasher film that takes a no-budget approach to the slashing parts of the movie.

On the plus side, this would make a wonderful appetizer for a group of friends before settling in to watch Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, or some other top-tier slasher.

A forewarning, this review is rating the movie on what I think it was meant to be. Not production value, or in comparison to a full length slasher flick. Keep that in mind while proceeding. I've also made a review on Amazon video.

For starters, this movie captures a lot within a short amount of time. The starting makes it seem like it's going to be a droll buster wannabe, which saddened me, but three minutes in (Hey, in an 11 minute movie, that's a lot!) you realize you've been duped. This movie manages to capture the spirit of the old slasher flicks pretty well to a T. You have all the hallmarks, which of course comes with the pitfalls, but by the end you're just wishing this was a full length feature. In that regard, I believe it did it's job perfectly as a short homage.

The actors and actresses gave a great performance when compared to other Indie stars, while the scream from Kelly is just pure slasher magic. I find myself now wishing this was a glorified trailer and we'd be seeing more of it in the future, with an expanded run time and plot, (Maybe more about that awesome dollface killer?) but unfortunately we live on planet earth.... so that won't happen.

All in all, kudos. Very good job.