Synopsis
Terror graduates.
5 teenagers are forced to clean up the woods of Sleepy Hollow, but one by one they are decapitated by a man with a jack-o-lantern mask and a sword, but who could it be?
2000 Directed by Kevin Summerfield, Chris Arth
5 teenagers are forced to clean up the woods of Sleepy Hollow, but one by one they are decapitated by a man with a jack-o-lantern mask and a sword, but who could it be?
A group of high school students begins getting killed off as they are cleaning up the Sleepy Hollow woods as detention. Sleepy Hollow High's sword wielding killer has a cool looking jack-o'-lantern mask. Unfortunately, the rest of the killer's outfit looks like randomly thrown together thrift store finds. The movie itself is also super cheap. It's a shot on 16mm, Maryland-shot regional slasher that tries to get creative with its kills (there's a funny transition from a rolling head to a ball). It has a no budget, made by friends charm to it that helps carry it a bit but the budgetary limitations are very noticeable and it ends with a terrible twist. Plus, how do you name a character Mr. E but then do nothing with it?
Don Dohler regular George Stover appears briefly as a teacher.
Juvenile delinquent slasher variant of Washington Irving’s immortal tale of terror. Absolutely littered with 30 something’s playing high schoolers, cringy 2000’s dialogue and pitiful off-screen violence.
Fortunately I have a soft spot for regional lo-fi shot on 16mm with pocket change, especially Halloween slashers, and especially when they feature this much absurd, teenage melodrama, and especially when they feature a pumpkin-headed killer with a sword that speaks to me on an almost spiritual level.
Sleepy Hollow High is such a bad movie...And I fucking LOVE it! Oh my God this movie had me laughing uncontrollably! It was a fucking BLAST! It really was! A so-bad-it's-good classic for sure! I fucking love it! I love it so fucking much! Definitely one to watch with a few buddies and lots, LOTS of beer! Maybe even some illegal substances if that's your fancy lmao! Just kidding, don't do drugs! Stick to the booze! Unless it's marijuana! Nothing wrong with a little bit of green! But anyways, I'm getting off topic lol. Yeah, this one was a fun one for sure! A true disasterpiece in every sense of the word, but one that's worth every second!
This movie…
The 'look out!! here comes the bad kids!!' hallway strut in this
Oddly more like that dawsons creek take on breakfast club than that episode was somehow??
(I can attest to that yes all goth girls self injure and sleep around and by all, I mean this one)
Also: and then I swear I will leave I had that coat!! Like it wasn't a strict whimsigoth coat that one cost like 75 dollars at the Bon Marche good luck sneaking a giant coat out of the store in ur ... giant coat uhh it was a literal old man coatfrom the thrift store bluish grey and black faux fur trim on the collar and cuffs and it was free or…
"Scream meets Dawson's Creek," says Bill George of Femme Fatales Magazine. First of all, that's like saying that something is Buffy the Vampire Slayer the movie meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer the TV show. Secondly, no.
This low-budget horror movie follows a group of troubled teenagers (played by thirty-somethings) who are assigned community service as an alternative to expulsion. They have to clean up a nature area, where it just so happens the headless horseman is wandering around with a very interestingly chosen sword, chopping off heads.
The movie is slow and uninteresting. The characters are boring caricatures. And then it pulls my least favorite twist at the end.
the match cut from a head rolling down a hill to a nerf football game made me laugh
This is a favorite bad movie for me. The use of zooms for “dramatic” effect leads to some of the funniest dialogue exchanges, on par with Miami Connection.
It’s top-tier trashterpiece and adorably amateur!
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Trash 🗑️. What's worse than trash ? Cause that's what the ending is. Worse than trash. The quote on the cover is worse than the thing that's worse than trash. 3.5 stars ? Yeah ok maybe if it's out of a million. 1.5/10
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