If you were to tell me that there was a slasher movie out there where the killer worse a bear mascot suit with Freddy Krueger claws and shouting obscenities every time they killed, I'd have said "that sounds ridiculous." Yet, here I am having just watched Girls Nite Out and, sure enough, that's exactly how the killer in this looks and behaves.
It should be silly. It should be campy. It should be ridiculous. And yet...somehow...it's surprisingly effective. Maybe it's the gritty film stock and low lighting. Maybe its the mostly naturalistic performances. Maybe its the genuinely unnerving final 5 minutes. I'm not sure what it is, but it works.
Girls Nite Out is light on plot and is in desperate need of a main character. Most of the time, the film cuts from one person to the next as if we're watching a series of random vignettes. The usual "final girl" trope is thrown out for the most part and it seems as if the last ones standing are only doing so because the writer threw darts at all the characters.
There's an odd vibe running throughout Girls Nite Out that's hard to shake off. It has moments that are almost bafflingly unnerving and there's a mean streak a mile wide. That's certainly enough to separate itself from some of the other slashers from around the same time.
It should be silly. It should be campy. It should be ridiculous. And yet...somehow...it's surprisingly effective. Maybe it's the gritty film stock and low lighting. Maybe its the mostly naturalistic performances. Maybe its the genuinely unnerving final 5 minutes. I'm not sure what it is, but it works.
Girls Nite Out is light on plot and is in desperate need of a main character. Most of the time, the film cuts from one person to the next as if we're watching a series of random vignettes. The usual "final girl" trope is thrown out for the most part and it seems as if the last ones standing are only doing so because the writer threw darts at all the characters.
There's an odd vibe running throughout Girls Nite Out that's hard to shake off. It has moments that are almost bafflingly unnerving and there's a mean streak a mile wide. That's certainly enough to separate itself from some of the other slashers from around the same time.