How many times do we see slasher films when the killer...slashes? Yep, he has a big knife and instead of jabbing, or poking...he slashes. Slashes up, slashes down, slashes from one side, slashes from the other side...then turn her around and do all this slashing again. Real slashing! We have it here...at least on one of the myriad of kills. The astronomical death count in this film by a really big knife are all gorier than the last. Remember, knives don't kill people...slashers kill people. Our feature today is 2023's "Phantom Fun-World," directed by Tory Jones.
17 years ago six employees of Fun-World were slashed...the killer? Well, eventually you will see exactly what happened all those years ago. Present day the lovely Andi (Celeste Blandon) is desperate to find a job so she can support her teen-age brother, Cole (Jace Carson). Their mom (Kira L. Wilson)? Well, she has had her problems and now is in rehab and in a 12-strep program. Andi's bestie, Collins (Spooky Madison) gets her a job at Fun-World on the graveyard shift. On her first night of work, the murders start again. Before Andi can find her way around, four employees are graphically murdered. The slasher (L.C. Holt) is just getting started. He'll go through the graveyard shift and the security guards like crap through a goose.
Soon Cole is dropped off by their mom so he can have fun on his birthday. Andi, Cole, and a very sweet security guard, Noah (Wes Robinson) tour the park. Noah and Andi are hot for one another, so cute. Now the slasher keeps finding employees and murdering them with his knife. Then he finds Collins and the elongated scene that follows will cause you to turn your head and wince. Uh oh...our fiend has his sights on Cole, Andi, and Noah. Surprises ensue and so do some extremely heartbreaking and taboo scenes.
Just who is this killer and does he have plans for Andi? Now that Andi and Cole's mom is out of rehab, what bearing will she have on the bloody plot? Will Noah be able to swap spit with Andi or will the slasher pour cold water on that idea? Gory, ominous, and heartbreaking are three words that sum up this slasher film which will deliver more deaths than a Mariah Carey concert. See "Phantom Fun-World" and don't be surprised to find yourself averting your eyes from the screen.
