Fun slasher homage
Alpha Girls is a fun throwback flick that dishes out a good time on a Saturday night. I prefer to use "cheeky" rather than "campy" to describe the horror film's undertones. It has a fun mix of 'The Craft' Meets 'Mean Girls' that really works in the movie's favor. All of the actresses put 100% into their performances and bring individual life to their characters. Zito and Trov have designed a movie that nods to everything from 'The Amityville Horror' to 'Revenge of the Nerds' and it works. When used, the special make-up effects are successful and throw a nice amount of gore onto some pretty pictures.
Definitely fun with a group of people. Don't miss this one.
throwback to 80's horror
Remember the budget section of Sam Goody, where you could find outrageous, over-the-top slasher flicks designed from inception for home video? Yeah, this represents the best of that...plus Ron Jeremy for good measure.
Bad. Really, really bad.
The cover makes this look like dumb fun but the movie just turns out to be really dumb. Prologue which takes place in the 1920's depicts a woman being sacrificed by her sorority sisters as part of a dark ritual because nothing is gained without sacrifice. For some reason they used an actress for this scene that is likely a stripper and is covered with tattoos that are clearly not period appropriate. And this is by far the best scene in the movie. Jump to present day and a bunch of new pledges are going through hell week. The head of the sorority is reading from the same book as the young woman in the prologue except she clearly doesn't understand that there are actual supernatural elements to what she is reading. Unfortunately, one of the pledges does and she enlists her fellow newbies in engaging in a ritual that will give them all whatever they want, neglecting to mention the nothing comes without sacrifice part. Alpha Girls is basically a lame retread of The Craft but none...
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