An impressive looking cast should give us hunks and babes we pull for. Not always. In the world of dark horror in which the moviemaker is more interested in delivering a horrific story than a light fluffy teen horror yarn, sometimes the characters aren't meant to survive. Now, we'll meet Beth (Natalie Ganzhorn), and we'll like her a lot...but she'll be shredded by the teens early on. Those teens? Well, they are great looking. In a dark Syfy original, Sheldon Wilson presents us the 2016 "The Night Before Halloween."
High school seniors gather at the babe Lindsay's (Kiana Madeira) house for a pre-Halloween party. Uh oh, a prank goes wrong. So wrong, the nubile and lovely Beth is left in a coma. So what do her selfish and egotistical buddies do? Call an ambulance? Ha! Well, they do, but dump her body in an industrial park first so they won't be connected to or blamed for her demise. Wait! Not a prank. Kyle (Jahmil French) intentionally tried to murder Beth. Kyle is trying to rid himself of a curse. If he can murder someone, he gets to live. If not, some weird Halloween monster made of flies will murder him. Beth lives and Kyle dies. Unbeknownst to his buddies, they are now cursed...and now they must commit murder on the night before Halloween next year.
Next year arrives and so does the night before Halloween. Beth, who is brain dead and in the hospital, calls all of them and lets them know what they must do. Megan (Bailee Madison) is at college now and her and all her buddies race back home believing Beth has waken from a coma. They can't have Beth talking...or all might end up in jail. Adam (Justin Kelly) also arrives and he and Megan are sweet on one another. So do a couple others. The friends are faced with a reality. Each has to commit a murder or be murdered by this creature made of flies. However much they adore one another, they look at each other as a Doberman looks at a lambchop. As much as Megan loves Adam, vice versa, the duo can only live if they murder the other one. Where does this all end? Break the curse or die. Just how trustworthy is a friend who you share a deadly secret with?
Will the friends murder one another or try to find another way to break the curse? Has anyone thought of a big cannister of Raid to deal with the monster made of flies? Wouldn't have things turned out better if these teens turned to pre-marital sex or skinny dipping instead of stupid pranks at Halloween parties? Great cheese and beef highlights this dark horror film. For billions of insects, and a twisted plot that sees the beautiful marred horribly, see "The Night Before Halloween."
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