Slasher (2007)

Director:

Frank W. Montag

Writers:

Jörn Döring (writer)
Frank W. Montag (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Size does matter.

Plot:

A group of friends take a break from their studies, but find themselves pursued through the backwoods of Germany by a savage lunatic.

Plot Keywords:

Torture | Camping | Slasher | Nudity | Gore

Cast

Christiane Imdahl	...	Erin
Christian Stock	...	Danny
Pia de Buhr	...	Julie
Sebastian Badenberg	...	Mike
Michael Eisenburger	...	Chris
Heiko Lange	...	Tom
Maja Makowski	...	Maya
Peter Herff	...	Farmer
Hannah Kobitzsch	...	Farmer's Daughter
Andreas Jahn	...	Farmer's Son
Vivien Walter	...	Professor
Katrin Huß	...	Victim #1
Thomas Kercmar	...	The Butcher
Vanessa Radenberg	...	Victim #2
Patrick Dewayne	...	Victim #3

Country:

Germany

Language:

German

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:18

Company:

Mondaymovies

The German Chainsaw Massacre??? THI Comment CONTAINS SPOILERS

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THIS COMMENT CONTAINS SPOILERS !!!

This German slasher follows the standard slasher formula which shouldn't be a surprise from a movie called "Slasher"... It is hard to believe that this movie is so bad. It is actually ludicrous. Now I know that we can't expect that every German movie is gonna be a masterpiece like "Der Untergang", but this is the exact opposite. This makes "Feuer, Eis und Dosenbier" looks like "A beautiful mind". The acting from the principal cast is average... I've seen worse. The lead actress is at moments OK, but mostly from bad to worse. At the end of the movie I thought her big b-utt is her only redeeming quality. The supporting cast (which is basically three people with about 25 lines altogether) is overacting really bad. I won't comment on production values or effects because the budget obviously wasn't very big, so I give them credit for the execution, and there is a really good moment where SPOILERS !!!! the blond chick (Maya) is tied to a chair and the killer waves his chainsaw around... It has a very grindhouse/Hostel feel to it - unfortunately this is I guess the only good moment in the whole movie. There are goofs - like for example Maya gets out of the lake and puts her dress on - and she doesn't bother to put any underwear, when she is captured shortly after, however, she is wearing panties, but that is a minor complain compared to the real problem with this so called movie. The story, on the other hand is unforgivable. I have no idea what idiot came up with this: SPOILERS AHEAD !!!! - Erin (that's right - just like the Jessica Biel character from The Texas Cainsaw Massacre - and she is wearing a very similar outfit too) and Danny (her boyfriend) are trying to escape per car, but suddenly the killer appears on the road in front of them. Instead of running him over Erin stops. Then the engine dies. It turns out they are out of gas. Erin gets out of the car, pops the trunk and searches for a canister. Meanwhile the bad guy stands there, 20 feet away and waits. She finds out there is no extra gas, but that's OK because the bad guy (wielding a chainsaw) is out of gas too. He carries a canister with gas with him and proceeds to fill the tank of his chainsaw. Erin waits patiently till he is done and then starts to provoke him. He chases her, thus leaving her boyfriend alone (he got hit with an axe in the belly so he is sitting in the car, bleeding). Erin runs away and the killer stops chasing her and starts cutting some trees - not trees in his way, he just stops and turns around and starts cutting trees, like he is doing it for a living and some chick is really not worthy of his attention, despite the fact he was chasing her for.... I don't know how long - from the editing one couldn't really tell - could be 15 minutes, could be hours!!! Now this guy must have a grudge against trees cause he does this on a few more occasions. Then Erin hides under a tree stump and actually falls asleep there. This is at night. She wakes up and the sun is shining. After a minute or a few the killer appears and chases her again. After a few minutes of running time - must have been around 5 - it is night time again and she is still running. I will save You the rest of the chase and I cut to the end - so far we don't know what is going on with Danni - but hey, he appears and he is still able after a blow with an axe in the stomach (or lever or whatever)and more than at least 16-18 hours without any medical attention to hop around looking for his girlfriend. She helps him and carries him to safety. Next morning - HUGE SPOILERS AHEAD - turns out that she was a killer in some subplot that I didn't really catch, or really care for.... but it turns out that she killed four people and they had to be five... and Danni should be the fifth. She kills him in the ambulance and leaves. Now what I don't get is if she wanted to kill him why save him in the first place????? And trust me the whole thing looks a lot more stupid when You actually watch it. Save your money and time - the great German horror movie - this is not.