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It's pretty much every year for Halloween: While all the youngsters
party their mind away in the shed, their elderly friend Mike (Mike Amason)
tells them about monsters who are on earth to steal human skins to wear
them and pass as them for a spell. Really, nobody listens much anymore as
there's too much booze and sex to be had at the shed - and that's too bad,
as what Mike's saying is absolutely true, and he's one of the
skin-stealing monsters, with others nearby to relieve some of the young
people of their skins - because you know, human skins don't last forever
so these monsters have to change their skins every 25 or so years - in
exchange, they live pretty much forever. When our kids find out Mike's
story is 100% true and they're pretty much in the firing line, they put up
an fight they're bound to lose - but there's discord among the monsters as
well, while some like Mike want to go on forever like they are, others
want to end it with this life cycle out of sympathy with their victims -
and soo it seems everybody's fighting everyone, and it's unclear whether
there'll be a winner ... True, this might not be the
re-invention of the wheel within the horror genre, but for being a blend
of slasher and monster movie, it really aims for originality: The pure
nature of the monsters is fun in itself, and that they switch loyalities
really adds something extra to the formula, likewise that they can change
identities - and that this often confuses the viewer only adds to the
film's tension. On top of that, the movie doesn't take itself all that
seriously works in the film's favour and gives one easier access to the
very over-the-top premise - but that said, the film's spot on when it
comes to tension and suspense. Basically, it's a fun ride genre fans are
bound to enjoy.
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