Murder Island: Reviews

PLOT:
Six friends go camping on a remote island for a weekend getaway. At first this seems like a perfect idea, but when the friends start to vanish one by one, the remaining ones start to wonder what's really going on. Things go from bad to worse when the friends find themselves running from a machete wielding killer.

REVIEW:
It seems as if Sweden is trying to break into the horror industry as of lately and even though most of the attempts have been anything but successful, we do occasionally get a good horror flick from Sweden. Murder Island is one of the better ones. This slasher comedy was made on a shoestring budget and still manages to look a whole lot better than most DTV slasher flicks these days and the fact that the movie's only 45 minutes long is definitely a good thing as the story is pretty basic.

The movie starts out very promising with a great opening scene but unfortunately, the rest of the movie doesn't really live up to the opening scene. While the directing is excellent and the acting is way above DTV standards, the editing is questionable and the excessive use of metal music eventually gets tiresome. However, that still doesn't make Murder Island a bad movie, not at all. Murder Island is for most of the time a very entertaining slasher flick with most of the basic slasher elements in it.

Murder Island basically takes us back to the 80s backwoods slashers and I love it when slashers have a little homage feeling to them. This is not your average DTV forgettable slasher, this one will actually stick with you so for slasher fans I will definitely recommend this even if it has its weaker moments. I doubt that we will get to see a sequel though since the company that made this movie is moving on to bigger projects, and I for one can't wait to see what they will turn out like.

GORE:
We get a severed hand, a knife in the stomach, a knife in the neck, a machete through ones leg, a machete in ones stomach and some more. Could have used a little more gore.

SOUNDTRACK:
The heavy metal music works great... for a while, but eventually you get really tired of hearing the same kind of music time after time.

BOTTOM LINE:
Murder Island is pretty much a modern take on 80s backwoods slashers and it's actually a pretty good one. It does have some weak elements but over-all, this is a pretty entertaining slasher flick so check it out.