Synopsis: Horror gets super sized when Horny The Clown, the demonic mascot of "Hella-Burger," starts slashing Orange County teenagers with his meat cleaver from Hell in this horror-comedy.A pretty deranged sort of comedy, it's probably a close kin to movies like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes or maybe Eight Legged Freaks I guess. As a horror film, it's just sort of dumb and derivative. As a comedy it's OK as there are a few humorous moments and it never takes itself very seriously at all. Still though, there's quite a bit of gore and some inventive kills. It's cheesy but the acting is actually good for what the movie is.
I also liked the masked killer, Horny the Clown. I mean really, with that name for your slasher how could you not like him? And he's a clown! I hate clowns! He actually looks sort of cool in his ridiculous outfit and mask and his weapon is bad ass.
Another huge bonus though is that ultra-hot Leighton Meester is the lead and her Mom is the also ultra hot (and 42-year-old) Melora Hardin (Jan on The Office). They can easily distract from some of the cliched goings on. There's also an awesome "cameo" by Supersize Me writer/director Morgan Spurlock as a Hellaburger manager, which you'll appreciate if you are familiar with that documentary.
Most impressive is that it's a low budget film but doesn't really look the part. It actually looks as good as a lot of much higher profile horror films that find their way to the theater. The director does a nice job on a lot of the scenes with the killer. There's also quite a few nods to 80s slasher films.
Overall... just don't expect too much, and really how could you expect too much from a low-budget flick about annoying, stereotypical teens getting wasted by a masked burger-joint mascot?
5/10
