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Play Hooky
USA 2014
produced by Vincent Kulish, Jason Chester, Frank S Petrilli (executive) for Derelict Films
directed by Frank S Petrilli
starring Becky Byers, Kim Kleemichen, Vincent Kulish, J. Wright Chester, Theresa Davis, Tom Petrone, Bob Waters, Jordan Elizabeth Gelber, Wanda Nixon, Janice Rudolph, Samantha Kulish, Jessica Digirolamo, Ellen Krinick-Porto, Kimberley Lowden
written by Jason Chester, Vincent Kulish, Frank S Petrilli, songs by Mather Louth & Radio Noir, special effects makeup by Rafael Rosado
Play Hooky
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Lance (Vincent Kulish) and Brad (J. Wrigh Chester) - who has a camera
hidden in his hat - just want to skip school to have a good time
(involving alcohol and weed, naturally) with a bunch of girls,
tough-as-nails Rosie (Kim Kleemichen), hot and open-minded Megan (Becky
Byers), and Megan's wallflowerish best friend Claire (Theresa Davis) ...
but they seem to have no luck at all finding the right venue to have their
little afternoon party - well, until they find this old, abandoned and
boarded up boarding school a little outside of town ... Sure, it's said
this place is haunted, and it looks properly creepy as well, but honestly,
who believes these stories - and soon enough, our heroes are high and
drunk enough to play a prank on Claire and lock her inside the bathroom
... and after a few screams, she's gone, and all that's left behind is a
trail of blood. Our guys and girls properly freak out, but fortunately
watchman Buddy (Tom Petrone) arrives on the scene right then and there,
and after giving them a lecture on not tresspassing and stuff, he promises
to look for their friend ... but why then is he locking them into his
office? And what's really going on in this place? Play Hooky
is above everything else a fun genre movie - sure, it hasn't invented
horror cinema anew, but at least it puts a rather original spin on the
slasher genre, is kept alive by rather fresh dialogue and likeable
characters, doesn't completely abandon all rules of cinematography and
creating suspense alike in favour of its found footage approach, features
a competent ensemble cast - and especially the finale is really, really
tense. You probably need to be a horror fan to appreciate this movie,
but even if you're not into slashers as such or found footage movies,
you'll probably still find something very likeable about this one.
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