"Office Killer" is a disappointing and not very worthwhile slasher.
**SPOILERS**
As the company begins downsizing, Dorine Douglas, (Carol Kane) is sent off to work at home, while Norah Reed, (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and her friend Kim Poole, (Molly Ringwald) are concerned over what the move will do for the morale of everyone else in the company. As a hectic new workload starts up and everyone suddenly starts to begin disappearing, she seems to think that someone is on the inside causing all of it, only for everything to still turn out fine when required. When she tries to get rid of her, she ends up losing her job instead, and when that leads to more people on the staff going missing, they finally figure out that she's a killer and race to stop her before it's too late.
The Good News: There wasn't much to this one. Really, the only thing about this one is the slashing and it's kills. Despite their not being a whole lot of kills , the few in here are pretty graphic, with their being a neck sliced open with a metallic food processor, an impaling with a knife in the stomach, a really severe electrocution that burns major parts of the body and a great burning alive when set on fire. These are pretty much all the kills anyway, and they're the bloodiest and most brutal ones. The only other part to this is a few mildly interesting stalking scenes. The confrontation in the hallway, with the choking and being unable to see the stalker makes it come off nicely, and the finale in the basement is fine, gets a little better when the lights go out and overall is pretty tense and bloody. These few moments give the film it's only good points.
The Bad News: There wasn't a whole lot wrong with this one, since there wasn't much to it. The mere fact that, outside of the gore and the aforementioned stalking scenes, at all really happens. This one here is pretty dull and boring, as most of the time is spent on running the magazine and everyone reacting to the ranting and raving of the boss, which is not all that interesting or leads to anything which produces any excitement. This mostly comes because this one doesn't really seem all sure whether or not as a comedy, which several scenes tend to throw out, such as the gathering of corpses in the basement or the treatment at the office missing only a laugh-track to signal the humor. The black humor in here hardly gives us any big laughs. There are a couple of scenes which are mildly amusing but nothing in here manages to really evoke the laughs it was going for and it utterly fails as a comedy. These failed attempts at humor only succeed in making this one even more dull and boring than it already is.
The Final Verdict: Without much about it that really stands out for this one and a couple flaws, there's not a whole lot to this one worth mentioning. This should really only be for those who understand or enjoy these kinds of slashers, while those who prefer other types of slasher should heed caution.
Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence
**SPOILERS**
As the company begins downsizing, Dorine Douglas, (Carol Kane) is sent off to work at home, while Norah Reed, (Jeanne Tripplehorn) and her friend Kim Poole, (Molly Ringwald) are concerned over what the move will do for the morale of everyone else in the company. As a hectic new workload starts up and everyone suddenly starts to begin disappearing, she seems to think that someone is on the inside causing all of it, only for everything to still turn out fine when required. When she tries to get rid of her, she ends up losing her job instead, and when that leads to more people on the staff going missing, they finally figure out that she's a killer and race to stop her before it's too late.
The Good News: There wasn't much to this one. Really, the only thing about this one is the slashing and it's kills. Despite their not being a whole lot of kills , the few in here are pretty graphic, with their being a neck sliced open with a metallic food processor, an impaling with a knife in the stomach, a really severe electrocution that burns major parts of the body and a great burning alive when set on fire. These are pretty much all the kills anyway, and they're the bloodiest and most brutal ones. The only other part to this is a few mildly interesting stalking scenes. The confrontation in the hallway, with the choking and being unable to see the stalker makes it come off nicely, and the finale in the basement is fine, gets a little better when the lights go out and overall is pretty tense and bloody. These few moments give the film it's only good points.
The Bad News: There wasn't a whole lot wrong with this one, since there wasn't much to it. The mere fact that, outside of the gore and the aforementioned stalking scenes, at all really happens. This one here is pretty dull and boring, as most of the time is spent on running the magazine and everyone reacting to the ranting and raving of the boss, which is not all that interesting or leads to anything which produces any excitement. This mostly comes because this one doesn't really seem all sure whether or not as a comedy, which several scenes tend to throw out, such as the gathering of corpses in the basement or the treatment at the office missing only a laugh-track to signal the humor. The black humor in here hardly gives us any big laughs. There are a couple of scenes which are mildly amusing but nothing in here manages to really evoke the laughs it was going for and it utterly fails as a comedy. These failed attempts at humor only succeed in making this one even more dull and boring than it already is.
The Final Verdict: Without much about it that really stands out for this one and a couple flaws, there's not a whole lot to this one worth mentioning. This should really only be for those who understand or enjoy these kinds of slashers, while those who prefer other types of slasher should heed caution.
Rated R: Graphic Language and Graphic Violence