First off..wow! This movie really was a thrill a minute ride with enough jumpy moments to satisfy even the most hardcore horror fan. The year so far has not exactly been great for horror movies & with all the remakes of classics like Friday the 13th & the last house on the left it wouldn’t be harsh to say that Hollywood’s run out of steam but just when I was about to loose faith in newbie horror along comes laid to rest. In a way I’m glad I only found out about this movie when I watched it because I would have no doubt had high expectations but expectations aside it would definitely not have disappointed. In these times of big budget ultra stylized modern horror its no surprise that you get bucket loads of gore in this movie but what is a surprise is the quality of the movie, the acting is top notch & the photography is amazing. Well onto the story… a girl wakes up in a casket & has no memory of how she got there or who she is, straight away she encounters a maniac in a chrome skull with a video camera mounted on his shoulder - after giving him the slip she tries to put as much distance between herself & the man in the chrome skulled mask..but that in itself is no easy task. This being a slasher movie there is no shortage of victims for the crazed killer to dispatch & armed with two razor sharp knives its not exactly a hard task. The deaths themselves & special effects are superbly executed..pardon my pun, some scenes will definitely have you leaping from your seat, the scene where he crashes through a glass door…wow did that look great. The strange thing about this movie is not just the mysterious killer or his reasons for doing what he is doing is that I cant find anything wrong with it..
The killer with the chrome skull is kitted out in a very cool outfit & the camera mounted on his shoulder is a great little touch, his signature blades are not to be snuffed at either..another little pun there.. But seriously this was a great movie & really added a much needed breath of fresh air to the genre. Most modern horror movies with the same level of jumps & gore tend to bomb the viewer with gory death after gory death but fail to give you enough time to actually react or in some cases laugh it off but laid to rest fixes that & you really don’t see the hits coming until chrome skull decides to let you see. Laid to rest takes a big step into a new direction that I hope many horror movies will follow, ok so it can mean scenes of strong violence but that’s what you are supposed to get with a slasher flick so if like me you are tired of the countless remakes.. Sequels & even prequels then laid to rest might just have what the doctor ordered.
First off..wow! This movie really was a thrill a minute ride with enough jumpy moments to satisfy even the most hardcore horror fan. The year so far has not exactly been great for horror movies & with all the remakes of classics like Friday the 13th & the last house on the left it wouldn’t be harsh to say that Hollywood’s run out of steam but just when I was about to loose faith in newbie horror along comes laid to rest. In a way I’m glad I only found out about this movie when I watched it because I would have no doubt had high expectations but expectations aside it would definitely not have disappointed. In these times of big budget ultra stylized modern horror its no surprise that you get bucket loads of gore in this movie but what is a surprise is the quality of the movie, the acting is top notch & the photography is amazing. Well onto the story… a girl wakes up in a casket & has no memory of how she got there or who she is, straight away she encounters a maniac in a chrome skull with a video camera mounted on his shoulder - after giving him the slip she tries to put as much distance between herself & the man in the chrome skulled mask..but that in itself is no easy task. This being a slasher movie there is no shortage of victims for the crazed killer to dispatch & armed with two razor sharp knives its not exactly a hard task. The deaths themselves & special effects are superbly executed..pardon my pun, some scenes will definitely have you leaping from your seat, the scene where he crashes through a glass door…wow did that look great. The strange thing about this movie is not just the mysterious killer or his reasons for doing what he is doing is that I cant find anything wrong with it.. 
The killer with the chrome skull is kitted out in a very cool outfit & the camera mounted on his shoulder is a great little touch, his signature blades are not to be snuffed at either..another little pun there.. But seriously this was a great movie & really added a much needed breath of fresh air to the genre. Most modern horror movies with the same level of jumps & gore tend to bomb the viewer with gory death after gory death but fail to give you enough time to actually react or in some cases laugh it off but laid to rest fixes that & you really don’t see the hits coming until chrome skull decides to let you see. Laid to rest takes a big step into a new direction that I hope many horror movies will follow, ok so it can mean scenes of strong violence but that’s what you are supposed to get with a slasher flick so if like me you are tired of the countless remakes.. Sequels & even prequels then laid to rest might just have what the doctor ordered.
