This film essentially begins with two female college students named "Zoe" (Marietta Laan) and "Grace" (Amy Groening) talking in their dorm room when suddenly they both get a chain email demanding to know what they fear the most. Those who respond in an honest manner and within the allotted time receive a message saying that they are safe from any reprisal. Those who fail to give an honest answer or within the allotted time get an image of a witch--and are subsequently killed not long afterward. And so it is with Grace, who answers honestly and gets a reprieve. Zoe, on the other hand, does not comply and is murdered in a horrible manner not long afterward. Yet even though she tells everything to the police, when they refuse to take the chain email seriously, she then goes to the university computer lab and enlists the help of one of the students named "Spencer" (T. Thomason) who agrees to look into Zoe's computer to track down the sender. Unfortunately, what he discovers is something both he and Grace wish they had left alone. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this movie starts off quite well and, for the first 30 minutes or so, I thought that this film showed some promise. Sadly, it really deteriorated around the halfway mark and became quite tedious from that point on. And while both Amy Groening and T. Thomason played their parts rather well, neither of them could overcome the poor special effects or the mishandled plot. That being said, I have rated this film accordingly. Below average.
Review of Halloween Party
Halloween Party
(2019)
Starts Off Rather Well but Deteriorates Around the Halfway Mark
6 December 2022