The director seems to work hard to make this film look like a highly stylish gory thriller but alas in the act of stylishness it ends being a wannabe slasherman movie with not much thrill or solid substance. Loads of gore also do not help much to give it the crime thriller feel. Had it been made as a straight crime thriller it would have been a way more enjoyable movie and with better results.

Based on the 2010 comic of the same name by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray, this film stars Jesse Williams as a comic book creator whose work is being used to create real-life murders, which is concerning, as the comic itself is based on the unsolved killings of a maniac named the Slasherman.

After nearly a decade in production, this film has finally emerged. Written, produced and directed by Jay Baruchel, who usually shows up in much more comedic fare, this is a dark journey into being a creator and what happens when your audience takes things too far.

Jordana Brewster (The Fast and the Furious films) is in this as Kathy, Todd's girlfriend and Niamh Wilson (Saw III and Saw V) as Aurora, Todd's assistant, who are all brought into a world of horror that spills from the comic pages and into their waking lives.

I like the juxtaposition between Kathy writing about the victims at the same time that Todd is glorifying their deaths through his work, which he just can't figure out an ending to.

This hasn't received many good reviews, but it's not all that bad. You may be put off by the comic scenes or some of the pretentious voice-overs, but it does deliver on the gore and at least makes you think about the people that get killed way more than most slashers ever would.

Todd Walkley (Jesse Williams) is struggling to finish his comic book series Slasherman. He's on a signing tour with girlfriend Kathy (Jordana Brewster),his publisher best friend Ezra (Jay Baruchel) and Ezra's girlfriend Aurora (Niamh Wilson). Someone is killing people in the manner of his comic books.

It's an interesting premise. It's good B-horror material although the horror is not done that well. As a director, Jay Baruchel is still trying to find his sea legs. He is very much a B-movie director right now. I wouldn't put that much money on his directing future. His writing has slightly more potential but that also needs some work. This reminds me of a second tier 80's indie horror.