Despite rocking a killer title and being so deeply bathed in 80s slasher-isms that it might nearly drown, Aquaslash is the perfect example of a horror that just can’t seem to find its groove. Because through all its embracing of those classic summer teen movie tropes, and the hilariously outdated sexual politics that come with them (even American Pie fans might think this one’s a bit much), what really sinks Renaud Gauthier’s Canadian genre romp in the end is its payoff, or lack there of.
Taking more than just a leaf from the book of Friday the 13th and its fellow teen-focussed horrors of the early 80s, Aquaslash finds a graduating high school class assuming control of a nearby waterpark, for a no-holds-barred Spring Break-style boozefest. The teachers deal drugs, the jocks and greasy rockers battle it out over who’s more macho, and every girl in...
Taking more than just a leaf from the book of Friday the 13th and its fellow teen-focussed horrors of the early 80s, Aquaslash finds a graduating high school class assuming control of a nearby waterpark, for a no-holds-barred Spring Break-style boozefest. The teachers deal drugs, the jocks and greasy rockers battle it out over who’s more macho, and every girl in...
- 9/2/2020
- by Ben Robins
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Stars: Nicolas Fontaine, Brittany Drisdelle, Lanisa Dawn, Nick Walker, Madelline Harvey, Paul Zinno, Chip Chuipka, Howard Rosenstein, Ryan Ali, Cameron Geller, Ivan Ossa, Samantha Hodhod, Jeremy Lavigne Suzanna Lenir, Owen Bruemmer | Written and Directed by Renaud Gauthier
The Wet Valley Water Park welcomes high school students celebrating their graduation in all their unleashed libido glory. However, in the midst of the ribald romping revels, a black-gloved murderer is tinkering with the water slides and sabotaging the swimming pools.
I’ve said it many times before and I’ve no doubt I’ll say it many times again, but Canadians know how to make damn good horror flicks and guess what? Aquaslash is another product of the Canadian genre scene, another fantastic genre flick from the land that brought us the likes of He Knows You’re Alone, My Bloody Valentine, Antisocial and this years Fantasia Festival highlight The Oak Room.
Aquaslash...
The Wet Valley Water Park welcomes high school students celebrating their graduation in all their unleashed libido glory. However, in the midst of the ribald romping revels, a black-gloved murderer is tinkering with the water slides and sabotaging the swimming pools.
I’ve said it many times before and I’ve no doubt I’ll say it many times again, but Canadians know how to make damn good horror flicks and guess what? Aquaslash is another product of the Canadian genre scene, another fantastic genre flick from the land that brought us the likes of He Knows You’re Alone, My Bloody Valentine, Antisocial and this years Fantasia Festival highlight The Oak Room.
Aquaslash...
- 9/1/2020
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
We have an eclectic slate of Blu-ray and DVD releases headed our way this week, led by Scream Factory’s Collector’s Edition of the Hammer Films version of The Phantom of the Opera. If you’re into killer kid horror, you’ll definitely want to check out Mikey, and for those of you looking to indulge in some new genre stories, The Wretched is easily one of the biggest surprises for this writer to come along in 2020.
Other releases for August 11th include Aquaslash, American Sasquatch, Skin Walker, Ozone, Watch Me Die and a double feature of The Lady Kills and Pervertissima.
Mikey: Collector’s Edition
Mikey Kelvin has been a bad boy, only nobody knows exactly how bad. Tragic and Deadly ''accidents'' seem to happen all around Mikey. So, from foster family to foster family and from school to school he goes, leaving a trail of unanswered questions.
Other releases for August 11th include Aquaslash, American Sasquatch, Skin Walker, Ozone, Watch Me Die and a double feature of The Lady Kills and Pervertissima.
Mikey: Collector’s Edition
Mikey Kelvin has been a bad boy, only nobody knows exactly how bad. Tragic and Deadly ''accidents'' seem to happen all around Mikey. So, from foster family to foster family and from school to school he goes, leaving a trail of unanswered questions.
- 8/10/2020
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
‘Sky Sharks’ to open horror and fantasy film festival.
Seven world premieres will screen as part of the UK’s Frightfest virtual edition running from August 27-31.
A total of 25 films have been selected for the horror and fantasy film festival. All virtual screenings will be geo-locked to UK audiences, which means the London-based festival will be accessible nationwide for the first time.
Frightfest is also planning a physical event for October which will feature an entirely different line-up.
Now in its 21st year, Frightfest 2020 will open with the UK premiere of Marc Fehse’s Sky Sharks, in which flying...
Seven world premieres will screen as part of the UK’s Frightfest virtual edition running from August 27-31.
A total of 25 films have been selected for the horror and fantasy film festival. All virtual screenings will be geo-locked to UK audiences, which means the London-based festival will be accessible nationwide for the first time.
Frightfest is also planning a physical event for October which will feature an entirely different line-up.
Now in its 21st year, Frightfest 2020 will open with the UK premiere of Marc Fehse’s Sky Sharks, in which flying...
- 7/28/2020
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
Aquaslash – Coming to Drive-Ins and VOD June 23rd Today we wanted to share the new red band trailer and key art for Aquaslash, the bloody water park murder mystery thriller coming to drive-ins and VOD on June 23rd – via Red Hound Films. Directed and written by Renaud Gauthier, the 80’s throwback made its …
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- 6/13/2020
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
A killer vacation awaits for a group of high school students in the new horror movie, ‘Aquaslash.’ in honor of the drama’s upcoming release on VOD and in Drive-In theaters on June 23, courtesy of Red Hound Films, the distributor has unveiled the new red band trailer and poster for the feature. ‘Aquaslash’ was written […]
The post Nicolas Fontaine and Brittany Drisdelle’s Killer Vacation Awaits in Aquaslash’s Trailer and Poster appeared first on Shockya.com.
The post Nicolas Fontaine and Brittany Drisdelle’s Killer Vacation Awaits in Aquaslash’s Trailer and Poster appeared first on Shockya.com.
- 6/5/2020
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
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