7/10
In the flesh
30 August 2023
No pun intended - Joe Lynch knows what he did here. And make no mistake about it, so do the actors and the movie itself. Yes the movie as an entity. Now you may not like what you get served here. But the movie stays true to its origins and the people it admires - Roger Corman would be proud of this for sure. Or he may be proud if he is able to watch this.

Will you be proud watching it? Your moral compass and your ability to watch people getting it on on screen (plus how you can handle blood and violence, though you should be expecting the latter for sure) will inform that. There are scenes that seem to go on for a long time. And Heather is back in form - she came ... to deliver! And coming ... I mean delivering she does! Quite a lot ... like sometimes many times at once! Innuendo? Never heard of it.

All kidding aside, the story is predictable, certain things seem badly acted .. but it is all part of the game ... as is all the blood that is going to be spilled ... the obvious aside for a second though: another thing I liked about the movie! The role reversal - some may even call it the w word ... ok(e) - you get it I am certain of it. Jonathan Schaech who is amazing has a thankless role of sorts.... A role usually being played by the (female) love interest .. you see what I did here? Well actually the movie is the one who did it (and Heather! She did it a lot ... have I mentioned that already?) ... Joe pre-emptively said that people will go on (add a different site that is famous for reviews here) and write something evil about his movie .. that may be the case, but I know that most actually liked the movie at Frighfest ...
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