To put it very simply, Lovers Lane delivers. Sure, the plot has been done to death and the hook thing might just remind you of another recent horror movie, but something about this film sticks with you. It is very safe to say that I have seen MANY horror films-my favorite being the 80's slasher films. This film has all the aspects of one of those films and I really enjoyed it. It centers around a couple that was murdered on Valentine's Day 'several years before" at Lovers Lane by a killer bearing a hook for a hand. Flash forward to the present day and the children of the two murder victims, along with some friends, decide to go hang out at the same Lovers Lane on Valentine's Day. Needless to say, the killer returns to hook the unsuspecting teens. The acting is adequate and the low-budget feel to the film actually plays in its favor. The scene in the old farmhouse is almost flawless and actually had me on edge. My only complaint in the film was that the writer tried to do just too much with the ending! Surprise endings have become a trademark for modern day slasher films, but this was ridiculous! Overall, a great slasher movie. It seems viewers these days have been spoiled with such big-budget films such as Scream, that they are just expecting too much from horror films. These aren't meant to be Academy Award winning films and the low rating for this film really surprises me. It's not a bad little film for being direct-to-video and it certainly stays true to its roots in such films as Halloween and Friday the 13th. I highly recommend this film to fans of the 80's slasher era. At least the filmmakers here are trying to revive that ere-it is certainly better that having no slasher movies at all.
Review of Lovers Lane
