It seems that where as "found footage" is certainly the bane of horror films these days, there is a new trend emerging for the new age and that is the retro-horror.
Manic was a remake of the classic slasher with full 80s feels, then we had Headless, the lost movie from the 70s, Rob Zombie loves his retro feel, Tarantino has his grindhouse and although not a horror we can't ignore the amazing Kung Fury.
Lost After Dark is a homage/lost 80s slasher film, supposedly from 1984. Now, I'm not sure if this is a way to pay tribute to the classics or just a way to be purposely lazy and cliche. Either way whatever Lost After Dark was doing they made a perfect job of it. The attention to atmosphere and style is immaculate.
We have everything that you might expect - a group of teenagers, who fit all the stereotype roles perfectly on a road trip when they break down and find an old creepy house.... what can go wrong?
Well they have sex and smoke that's the thing you don't do in these situations less you get all hacked up!
As a tribute and in fact as a film on it's own it's great-paced, filled with amazing deaths and ticks all the boxes when it comes to the characters - the way it's played almost without any hint of spoof or lampoon just makes it better.
Should this trend for these sort of films continue then I guess we'll get sick of them but for now it's great.
7/10 Masks
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