L.A. Slasher

2015

Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller

7
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 7% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 3.3/10 10 1056 1.1K

murder serial killer slasher

Director

Martin Owen Photo
Martin Owen

Top cast

Dave Bautista Photo
Dave Bautista as The Drug Dealer #1
Eric Roberts Photo
Eric Roberts as The Mayor
Danny Trejo Photo
Danny Trejo as The Drug Dealer #2
Andy Dick Photo
Andy Dick as The Slasher
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619.02 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
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1.28 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
1 hr 24 min
Seeds ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Floated2 2 / 10

Interesting concept but awful execution and illogical

Released in 2015 to straight to video for obvious reasons, as we shouldn't have much expectations for this "social media" type thriller. Featuring several well known name actors/ actresses in which this is more of an ensemble as opposed to one central lead (however the L. A Slasher is the lead antagonist).The problem with the film is its style over substance and it's entirely illogical and senseless. We have this Slasher character taking hostages of several influencers and social media stars, Hollywood people (mainly young women with a few men) and he is broadcasting everything as a reality to tv deal. We see brief footage of random viewers watching on their tv screens what is occurring.Also several scenes of a reporter interviewing people on the street regarding this L. A Slasher and his doings. And each person is in favor of the slasher and his violent ways as they think it's all fake and simply a show (which is in part of a show but he is actually torturing and killing several people).What is most bizarre is how we don't see police officers trying to find this slasher and we don't see anything regarding friends or family of the victims. It comes off as if there are no officers. We do see some cops in the very end but this was well after many people have been tortured and killed.The film certainly tries being stylish and clever with its name prints in bright pink text of each character (ex: The Actress, The Socialite, The Stripper, The Drug Dealers) so in that part we don't necessarily care for any character. The Drug Dealers of Dave Bautista and Danny Trejo felt out of place with a brief twist in the end.Another major criticism is the voice acting of the Slasher. Voiced by Andy Dick was a terrible choice as he simply does not come off as menacing or threatening in any way, and makes the character seem more like a bizarre weirdo.In the end there is a slight twist which was rather caught off guard but overall this film is terrible, tries too hard in being daring and stylish where the substance simply isn't there.
Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 2 / 10

L.A. mess

The Slasher is hunting D-list Hollywood celebrities for his own reality show. I'm mostly watching this for Mischa Barton. This is ten years ago and I hope she is clean now. This movie is another step in her downward spiraling career. It is fascinating that she is playing a tired rich actress which is probably not far from her own life at the time. All she needs for realism is all the drugs. She still has her looks, but the spark is fading. Most girls do lose their career over time, but Mischa did not help herself any. The shocking face in this movie is Bautista. I cannot believe it when he shows up on screen. This is after Guardians of the Galaxy although it is possible that this was filmed before then. Also, Bautista seems like a guy who would honor his promise to do a krappy movie even after having a big successful breakout. As for the movie itself, it is Hollywood navel gazing and narcissism in criticizing itself. The movie is also a mess. P. S. The strobe lights are annoying and giving me a headache. They make me hate this even more.
Reviewed by AH1976 3 / 10

Some good ideas let down by poor execution

When the original slasher movies came along the victims were usually students because with their sex, drugs and rock & roll they were easy to vilify, but there was always at least one you actually liked. This movie's 'victims' are influencers and social media 'stars' and none of them are likeable, this wouldn't be an issue if the main characters was better but between the mask and his voice, he's also generally unlikeable too. So, there's nobody in the movie to root for, or care about. About the only thing that could have saved it is if the scares were any good, but sadly not, at every turn the movie pulls it's punches and ends up very tame making the ending more 'laughable' than 'shocking'.Basically the only good thing in the whole movie is the titles and credits.
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