This is a good popcorn film with some scares here and there. The acting was pretty good too which I was surprised. It's definitely a B movie with a cool ending.

Halloween Party (2019) is a movie I recently watched on Amazon Prime. The storyline follows a college where an email chain becomes popular. After you answer the questionnaire in the email chain and wait for the response your future is set on if you'll be killed by local ghouls. Can a group of kids who don't want to be the next victims stop the email killers? This movie is directed by Jay Dahl (There are Monsters) and stars Amy Groening (Goon),T. Thomason (Moonshine),Marietta Laan (Book of Blood),Shelley Thompson (Labyrinth) and Jeremy Akerman (Hobo with a Shotgun). This movie had potential based on the backstory and overall premise. Unfortunately the subplots are uneven with some better than others. The flashbacks to the children are actually pretty good, but that's about the only redeeming aspect of the film. The acting is atrocious as are the horror elements, which are disappointing. The ending is intense when the main characters have to finally face the villain(s),but it was too little too late. The entire movie should have been like the end. I'd score this a 3/10 and recommend skipping it.

I started watching this with low expectations: a dvd with a lame non-specific Halloween'ish title and a ditto dull cover, promising a third-rate wannabe horror flick with bad acting, but hopefully good for some laughs. Well, to be honest I was pleasantly surprised. Sure, it's obviously a very low budget thing, it's on all cinematographic accounts small and non-pretentious, the very few special effects are extremely simple. But it still succeeded in entertaining me and keeping me on the edge of my chair for the whole 90 minutes!

This is due to a solid script, a good pace and effective direction and editing, making it in spite of the absence of expensive FX and CGI genuinely scary. Amy Groening and T. Thomason, playing the major characters, are attractive to watch and do a fine job, both acting very natural and easy. And the sober musical score in combination with tension-filled silences is exactly right to create the needed sinister and ominous atmosphere.

In short: in spite of its obvious limitations worthwhile and gladly recommended.