Doug Stevenson (director, writer and star Ben Dietels, who is also one of the hosts of Neon Brainiacs) feels like a failure but wants to keep filming and trying to make something that people want to see. He accidentally leaves his video camera in a park overnight and films an actual murder, which is probably the second worst thing that has happened to him that day, as he arrived back home to have to listen to his soon-to-be-ex-wife pounding it out with another man.
That said, he was hoping that reuniting with his old friends Todd (Vincent Bombara) and Chris (Chris Crighton) would mean having a fun summer and forgetting the cards that life has dealt. And then there's that murder.
Slaughter Drive doesn't shy away from gore, which is welcome, and has the same kind of love for 80s horror - most essentially shot on video slashers - that I do. It could use a little more focus near the end, but the fact that it comes together so well on the budget it has is a miracle. There are so many streaming horror movies that don't have a fraction of this film's originality or desire to be great. I never want Ben to stop making movies and trying new things.
That said, he was hoping that reuniting with his old friends Todd (Vincent Bombara) and Chris (Chris Crighton) would mean having a fun summer and forgetting the cards that life has dealt. And then there's that murder.
Slaughter Drive doesn't shy away from gore, which is welcome, and has the same kind of love for 80s horror - most essentially shot on video slashers - that I do. It could use a little more focus near the end, but the fact that it comes together so well on the budget it has is a miracle. There are so many streaming horror movies that don't have a fraction of this film's originality or desire to be great. I never want Ben to stop making movies and trying new things.
