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Sledge
USA 2013
produced by John B. Sovie II, Kristian Hanson for Craptastically Horrific Productions
directed by John B. Sovie II, Kristian Hanson
starring Kristian Hanson, Dustin Bowman, Stephanie Tupper, Russell Matoes, Travis Hanson, Desiree Holmes, Tino Faygo, Mary Hanson, Fernanda Lins Hanson, Rachel Cornell, Troy Miller, Wendy Miller
written by Kristian Hanson, music by God in a Machine, Scarcrow, Eric Xton, special makeup and effects by Mary Ann Chilcutt, Tino Faygo
review by Mike Haberfelner
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A girl (Rachel Cornell) can't pull herself from a horror movie on
a Saturday night, even though her best friend suggests to go out and
party, and even her ex (who curiously enough hooked her up with the horror
film program she's watching) wants to make up - but no can do, Sledge
is more important than all of this. That said, Sledge isn't even a
great movie, just a formulaic slasher about a quintet (Dustin Bowman,
Stephanie Tupper, Russell Matoes, Travis Hanson, Desiree Holmes) of
youngsters going to the woods and ... Well, at first everything feels
fine and dandy for our young heroes, and the biggest problem they're
having seems to be that Alex (Dustin Bowman) can't believe that Sarah
(Stephanie Bowman) has brought her new boyfriend Nash (Russell Matoes) on
the trip even though everybody knows how much he's in love with her - so
he behaves like a dick. Eventually though, and due to his friends'
suggestions, he tries to make up ... and that's the last to be seen of
Nash - upon which expecially Sarah believes he has turned violent towards
Nash ... but she only believes that until they all find themselves on the
run from a sledge hammer-wielding masked maniac (Kristian Hanson) ... Now Sledge
is by no means the greatest film, not even the greatest slasher movie ever
made, but something tells the viewer it wasn't even intended to be -
basically, it's just a film that has fun with its genre, makes fun of it
via the framing story's girl's comments, and pays hommage to it via its
many slasher references - and it works, Sledge isn't nearly as
crappy as its framing story makes it out to be, despite following the
slasher formula to the t, it manages to include spots of originality, anbd
it's well enough paced to keep its audience glued to the screen
throughout. Sure, all of this makes it no masterpiece, but genre fans
will probably love it nevertheless.
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