Laid to Rest: Mediocre at Best

After seeing a clip of this on Bloody-Disgusting, I was immediately intrigued. Johnathon Schaech's(That Thing You Do!, Prom Night Remake) death scene was a gore hounds banquet of sex! Unfortunately, after watching the film in its entirety, I was disappointed. This film comes from Robert Hall writer and director of Lightning Bug, which I am a fan of! I was excited to see how he would follow that one. So I put it, stuck a knife in it and... I felt like a kid waking up in the middle of the night to the smell of chocolate chip cookies, wandering into the living room only to see Daddy eating "Santa's" cookies and Mommy spreading gifts under the tree. What a bummer! From the start, the film didn't reel me in. I kept waiting for it to pick up and it never did. Sure the production value was on its game and the gore was impressive, but I'm better than that! I want the whole package man! If I'm going to purchase a hooker, I'm not going to settle for just a magic hands in the pants dance, I want the whole party! This was pretty typical slasher fare with some impressive death scenes. Do I really need to go into detail about the plot? Feeling a little middle about this one, which is unfortunate, because I'm a fan of Robert Hall.