R. Nathan Hund ...as long as you know it's a "B" slasher movie. If you don't know anything about cricket, I doubt you'll like it. But if you know as much as the average Aussie- and that's why the Ozploitation works- then it's pretty funny. Every piece of cricket kit is exploited to great effect. Lots of cricket jargon; it doesn't come off as pedantic or elitist, it just uses all those odd images to do something very cricket. In a B slasher movie. Isn't that worth the price of admission? If you're a cricket nutter it is!It never gets above its station. And if you want a scary B-movie for your date, well, you might just bowl a maiden over! And if you didn't get that last joke, you probably won't like the movie. A solid 6/10 in my book. As to the negative reviews, I can see how if you knew little or nothing about cricket how it would be a real yawn.

Bloodwank I can only guess that in the case of this film the name came first, the kills contrived a soon second ad everything else a distant third. So distant in fact that I had the impression of something hastily pasted together in a desperate race to beat a deadline, to bring everything to the quickest possible solution in order to have a releasable product against time. I hate to be so harsh but I can't think of much else that could be an excuse behind a film so terribly thin when it comes to connective tissue between kill scenes. The basic set up is solid, those who were once members of school cricket team who bullied a teammate to the point that he was hospitalised and another expelled find themselves victims of a cricket themed slayer and are taken to a safehouse, only to find themselves not so safe. But there's almost nothing beyond this description. You might be thinking hey, some flashback build-up, bullying scenes leading to a terrible mistake? Not so, all there is are victim point of view shots of jeering bullies and towel whips. Well then you might think, a premise ripe for interesting characters and interaction, drawing of interpersonal tension? Not so, none of the characters are interesting or likable, in fact for the most part they tend towards outright obnoxious, even the nominal hero? A twist perhaps, some kind of mad turnaround straw for the avid slasher fan? Well there is a twist, but a lame one. Oh, and the score is completely forgettable as well. Basically this is a mostly inane and charmless film but owing to a swift runtime and reasonably decent flow of kills, plus the fact that most of said kills are either bloody, amusing or both, it manages in the end to be a fairly painless watch and not too much of a waste of time, especially if, like me you tend to be used to your bad slashers not being particularly bloody at all. A fair 4/10 from me though, film for the completists.

aussiedexter Is it a comedy horror? No. It's not Scary Movie spoofy fun or Shaun of the Dead laugh-out-loud, and it's not Exorcist scary, but is it a satirical slasher? You bet...Rented it last night (in the new releases section, next to Queen Sized, chubby girl-spolitation film!), and sat through it with a couple of mates, some ice cold beers and a suitably cheesy pizza.To anyone who can't work out what a satirical slasher is, then think of it as a low budget illegitimate child of Starship Troopers and Friday the 13th. Starship's played-straight satirical edge with Friday's fun deaths(?!).Production values are OK for a low budget film, but the sound design and score/soundtrack were top notch. Don't want to spoil any of it, but how can you spoil a slasher film which plays by the rules? there's always going to be plenty of deaths and a twist you can see coming from half-way through... albeit slightly more twisting than I'd thought.Didn't have time to check out the directors commentary, but the DVD extras are pretty cool. Some behind-the-scenes of the low budget gory effects, THE FULL UNCUT SHOWER SCENE!!!!!, a making-of EPK-style thing. The filmmakers don't come across egotistical nonces who think they've made a blockbuster, which is nice to see.In the end, I was very happy I went tracked it down and rented it. The more of these original little gems we get, hopefully the less Hollywood remakes will happen! can but wish...

rambozo1971 If your idea of a good time is sitting down with a couple of beers, a pizza and old scratchy VHS copies of Razorback and Turkey Shoot, then you'll enjoy IKHMRYSLS.If you like slick US tween horror, then you probably won't - unless you're a fan of the Australian accent or cricket :) IKHM is your archetypal slasher flick - everything's there... flashbacks to the killer being bullied as a kid, shower scene, killings using various weapons, a group of people stuck in the middle of nowhere like lambs to the slaughter etc...Sound was dodgy when I saw it at Frightfest, but doesn't seem to be a problem on the screener I viewed since.I love my 70s and 80s slashers, and like this for what it is... a homage to those films, made with heart, plenty of fake blood and a minuscule budget. Bring on IKHMRYSLS 2!!