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It had potential (spoilers)

posted 11 years ago by anxious_cactus
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I thought the first 30 minutes of the movie were actually quite good, up until the moment the girls died. The stone thingy was cheesy as hell; the story was inconsistent; no plot (after the first 30 minutes); I felt like they were in a rush to tell the story, instead of focusing on adding some layers to the characters. This could've been an amazing movie, if only they put a little more effort in it. I get that the genre is horror (sort of?), and like I said, the beginning looked promising, but it kinda went downhill soon after.

On a side note, did anyone else root for Maddy and Tracy, instead of Maddy and Leena?

[–] uruseiranma 11 years ago

It definitely started to go slap-dash after awhile in its pacing and what was going on.

I was telling a horror fan I know, that it felt like it needed 15-30 minutes of extra time to flesh out certain story points, or even pay off that last shot.

I mean seriously, the film ends with mention of this being 'Part One,' and all I'm thinking is, "Oh come on!!"

"Thanks, guys." "So long, partner."

- Toy Story 3 (9/10)

[–] anxious_cactus 11 years ago

Exactly! Like putting "Part One" in the end is gonna make up for all the inconsistency because hey, there's gonna be a part two! It just felt lazy from their side.

[–] jhrmiah 11 years ago

I agree with the lazy part, and with the part about it being fine in the first 30 mins. Heck, it hooked me in the first 3 minutes. But they zoned out, and I found it almost unbearable to watch, maybe that was just me though.

[–] anxious_cactus 11 years ago

I agree with you. I think the movie kind of lost its pace after the girls came back to life. It seemed all over the place.

[–] !!!deleted!!! (56207245) 10 years ago

I didn't fall for the "rock" magic. But I bared through it hoping it was gonna go somewhere. I liked the beginning as well, but when the cheerleaders died, it got a bit silly and definitely unfulfilling for horror appetite. Not enough gore or story plot to sit through again... let alone a "part 2".

[–] anxious_cactus 10 years ago

I think that it would've been an amazing movie had they not decided to go with the whole supernatural factor. They could've just made a psychological thriller where Terry is a psychopath and it would've been much better.

[–] MisterDenton 10 years ago

I agree, the concept was solid up to a point. Cheerleaders come back from the dead to destroy the chauvinist pigs who treated them poorly? Sounds good to me!

But it got too caught up in the goofy mythology (if you can even call it that) with the stones. It felt arbitrary and even in a reality in which resurrection is possible, it was asking a little too much of the audience to buy that these magic rocks can bring people back just...because. You're right when you say they should've focused more on the characters. I wouldn't need an explanation for the resurrection if the movie was more about developing the characters instead of throwing random little twists that didn't amount to much of anything (Terry consuming the stone, Hanna and Martha switching bodies, how all the girls feel the same thing at once).

Also, the deaths in the final act were way too quick and not well thought out. Tracy's death should've been more impactful to honour her arc, weak as it may have been. And Terry's death was not much of a payoff considering the whole movie was building up to seeing this despicable characters killed off.

[–] benman46 10 years ago

I can't believe people are talking about concepts and character arcs and other such nonsense in a film called All Cheerleaders Die. It is what it is. A laughable film about vapid school kids played by Z-list actors just a pubic hair away from doing porn films.

[–] Wuchak (8857) 5 years ago

I can't believe people are talking about concepts and character arcs and other such nonsense in a film called "All Cheerleaders Die." It is what it is. A laughable film about vapid school kids played by Z-list actors

That's because it had the potential to be so much more than just a "laughable film about vapid school kids played by Z-list actors." With a little imagination and tweaking this coulda been a worthy horror indie instead of the forgettable vapid trash it is.

[–] anxious_cactus 9 years ago

Yes, the final scene was very weak and rushed.
I mean, the whole story about Terry being a rapist alone set an amazing tone for the rest of the movie, and they could've done so much more with it but somehow that got overshadowed by the silly killings and body switching etc. Too bad.

[–] Prismark10 9 years ago

Its a low budget remake and a poor one at that.

It's that man again!!