There is a lot to like about this throwback to 80s slasher films. First, a great looking cast filled with young babes and hunks. Second, a nice death count. Third, a slasher who is actually a slasher, wielding a big knife and wearing a mask. Then cheerleaders. Cheerleaders? Yep. They have nothing to do with the film but make it to several of the scenes as background extras. Hey, why not? They could have used fat women with purple hair and piercings...yuck! Today we look at the high school slasher film, 2017's "The Stalker Club," directed by Doug Campbell.
A high school clique of five friends all receive a mysterious text. The text, from an unknown caller, invites them to join the Stalker Club. High school kids tend to be idiots and in this film, this maxim is no exception...thus, all join. Game on. The rules? never mind, suffice it to say the five kids are then all stalked by a knife wielding, mask wearing stalker. Ashley (Kelcie Stranahan) is the babe we glob onto. She is pretty and has a sad back story. Her mom, Karen (Maeve Quinlan) has juts begun to date again after Ashley's father died two years ago. Darren (TJ Neal) is quite the cute hunk and seems hot for Ashley. He also emerges as the #1 suspect. Chloe (Alex Frnka) is the sultry, stuck-up friend who is mean to everyone. Sadie (Lora McHugh) is a redheaded cutter and her chances of seeing the end credits are non-existent. Then Mark (Paul Karmiryan) is the hunk BF of Chloe...but Chloe does not seem that in to him.
Each teen begins seeing the stalker outside their houses, and sometimes, inside their houses. Then the killings begin. One by one the teens are preyed upon. Everyone, except Ashley is suspect, even some teachers and parents. Oh, gratuitous cheerleader in the background shots will be appreciated...though, none will be harmed in the making of this movie. Ashley switches between smooching with Darren to accusing him of being the stalker. Chloe looks like she wants to murder everyone, but then again, what high school babe doesn't? Sadie and Mark are listed way down in the credits...so what does that tell you? The knife is big and blood will flow.
Just who is the slasher and is there a reason he or she invited these kids to join the Stalker Club? Are one of these teens the stalker? If cheerleaders were used the same way in Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon," would that have been a film we would have wanted to see? For some gratuitous teen-age cheese and beef, and a lot of slashing, see "The Stalker Club."
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