Just what we needed...a good 80s style slasher film. They need to make more of these here in the 2020s. True, this is not a perfect film. Experienced horror fans will know where this is going early on. Still, the cast is great looking giving this movie a high cheese and beef rating. Also, our slasher is a good old-fashioned slasher with a big knife, a mask, and long festering grudge. Our feature today is 2021's "Lantern's Lane," directed by Justin LaReau.
She's back! Yeah, not much personality, but she is quite the dish...Layla (Brooke Butler). Her tight jeans and top and wavy blonde hair are the highlight of this film. Sadly for her, she will now be in great peril. Leaving her friends, Layla moved to the city and did not make it. The failure, though sultry, has returned. Her bestie Missy (Ashley Doris) stayed in town, and is also a failure. Missy also is clad in tight jeans and top...and is a skank cocktail waitress. Layla and Missy have a forced tender reunion in the bar and are joined by hunk Jason (Andy Cohen). Uh oh...Layla's old BF (Robbie Allen) stops by and wisely has no interest in the sultry blonde anymore. We need a fourth...Shana (Sydney Carvill), sort of a strange babe but she also looks good in tight jeans.
The now adults decide to relive old times and go to an old abandoned house way on the outskirts of town where a number of urban legends were inspired. They get there...the car dies...no one knows they're there... and no cell service. Wow...imagine that. Enter the masked killer with the machete and knife. He attacks. The gals and Jason will not fare well. Bloodied and frightened the wounded quartet must barricade themselves inside the boarded up house. Now the killer has them just where he wants them. Wait! We figure out a few things...and so does Layla. Now Layla, who might have failed at whatever she tried to do in the big city, smartens up and tries to save her buddies. Wait! Are Missy, Jason, and Shana really her buddies?
Is Layla too beautiful to be chopped up? Are Missy and Shana really happy that Layla has returned from the city? Just who has donned this mask and taken up a machete for homicidal purposes? Again, the cheesecake is the highlight of this slasher film. We cheer for Layla because...she is a babe. For some good old fashioned 80s slasher fare, see "Lantern's Lane."
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