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Even as a serial killer with a history, he has a penchant for violence, Thorn (Richard Daniel Thomas Holloran) remains a man of tradition. Every two “leap years”, on Leap Day, he visits a remote red state and targets as many teenage students as possible so he can stab the life out of them. His blood thirsty antics four years ago resulted in a lot of death and destruction, l, leading to him being a hunted man. For the sake of sheer entertainment, it’s almost as if the universe was trying to keep him in check. What eluded him, however, was the main target of his rampage – Jessica (Jade Wallis) – along with a few other students who are skilled at dodging blades. With Thorn back on the scene, it’s victims, rather survivors this time, wanting him to pay for his sins. Their agenda is simple – draw out Thorn, hoping this was the final time he’d be able to unleash havoc. The goal is simple – use Jessica as bait, restrain Thorn, shred him to bits, make sure he remains far from the grasp of this world. The question uppermost remains, do they really stand a chance against a battle experienced Thorn? Did he really fall out of his chance of fame?
Entertainment Value: All in all, this film captures its target audience remarkably well, since the premise of the film, Thorn is an indie slasher, is rather entertaining. It proves to be quite a challenge for many feature length films where the audience holds a large amount of expectations for.
The pacing gets a little sluggish when focusing on the high school social dynamics, but always picks up with whenever our killer surfaces. Oh, isn’t that a familiar narrative? Some madman hunting down teens, but I do appreciate how some lore was woven into the narrative, even if it didn’t quite make a lot of sense to me. Anyway, Thorn is a little more interesting than normal, but at the end of the day, it is your stereotypical slasher. Even with a cool mask, Thorn wasn’t a memorable villain however. I did like the mysterious aura around him, but the genre has offered us countless killers like him. The cast is sometimes good, such as Jade Wallis in a fun role and Thorn has all the menace you’d expect. However some of the high school kids provide one or two funny moments. So watchable, but no one performance stands out or is remembered years after the movie is done. The movie does mask its low rent roots with some nice visual tricks as well, which was nice.
At the end of the day, Thorn is a pretty standard indie slasher, but that’s still enough to recommend a watch for fans of the genre.
We have a brief and somewhat concealed bottom of a woman here, however, there is one girl who’s backside always seems to be exposed from her daisy dukes. As expected from a slasher movie, the film contains the appropriate measure of violence including a severed hand, smashed face, and even the lopped off leg. The neck wound is particularly severe and is the most impressive of the bunch, even if the gash isn’t positioned quite right, it does indeed spew crimson fluid. A little more magic with the blades is also in the movie, such as double impalement by the colossal machete, and a pleasant trick by running a blade through the mouth. Gun violence does add a little bloodshed as well, yet it’s rather mediocre looking in the CGI. At least we got to witness Thorn cover himself with blood, which a genuine slasher ought to do. While the dialogue is primarily dull, the film still does have some girl-hate and slut-shaming. The lines were harsh in a decent way, but certainly few in number. Following the standard slasher craziness, Thorn has this in the rest of the movie, which is a nice twist.
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