Shredder

Shredder

ICY DEAD PEOPLE!

Rating

1.0 (1)

Release Date

12/15/2003

Runtime

86 mins

Overview

At an exclusive, secluded North American ski resort up on Mount Rocky Summit, brutal slashing, severing and beheading on a group of teenagers are taking place and are believed to be the work of a mysterious skier dressed in black.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A tongue-in-cheek slasher that embraces its own absurdity, treating a ski resort massacre with comedic flair rather than genuine dread. It's horror-comedy comfort food with a killer in black and plenty of winking at the genre's tropes.

Mood

UnsettlingAbsurdPlayful

Themes

SurvivalComing of age

Tone

Comedic

Pacing

Brisk

Look

Stylized genre

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violence

Reviews

brett

<blockquote>"<I>We're going to shred until we're dead!</i>"</blockquote>

I'm all for these destination horror films so, in this case, a (closed) ski mountain resort will do.

Since this was filmed in 2001, proper technology is lacking, such as cellphones and social media, so we're left with a handheld video camera and walkie-talkies. To be honest, it was a bit refreshing, but would've made this film a lot better (and shorter, but, once again, it was filmed in 2001).

In the 2000s, ski and snowboarding were dominated by clothing lines such as JNCOs and words like "dude", which this film used way beyond the allowed limit. The film also includes your typical typecast characters, including the stoners, men with foreign accents, and townsfolk who talk about unfortunate events in their town. It was <I>Friday The 13th</i>-esque at first, but amounted to nothing after all.

There were some creative kills, but nothing to write home about. We're given too many still shots of blood pouring from bodies, but without the bodies. It doesn't do any justice for the film, and the same goes for the ending. When the reveal happens, a sigh of relief overcame me, knowing that the film had a few minutes until the end credits splashed across the screen.

<B>Final thoughts:</b>
Stay away from this mountain.

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