Seven college students are picked to travel to a private island owned by the reclusive Vincent King and his film-obsessed wife Mary Shelley to study island wildlife. But is isn't long when a mysterious killer begins killing the students one-by-one, and modeling them after gory murder scenes from numerous horror films.
Writing
Aggressively meta dialogue that winks until it bruises.
Acting
Juliet Landau fully committing to film-nerd villainy.
Practical Effects
Gleefully gross practical effects honoring their influences.
Director
Matt Flynn
Danica McKellar
Emily Longley
Jay Kenneth Johnson
Johnny
William Forsythe
Willy
Sean Kanan
Vincent King
Juliet Landau
Mary Shelley King
Tony Burton
Sheriff Stoker
Justin Chon
Ricky
Travis Schuldt
Tim
Lochlyn Munro
Deputy Radley
Adrienne Frantz
Maddy Roth
Gabrielle Richens
Sylvia
Burt Young
J.T. Bates
Kane Hodder
Mr. Carpenter - First victim
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Juliet Landau, who plays Mary Shelley, is Martin Landau's daughter and previously starred as Drusilla in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Released during the post-Scream wave of meta-horror, it tanked because even parody exhaustion was exhausted — 4.4 on TMDB is generous.
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