All things considered, THE FINAL GIRLS was a clever genre sendup that makes mostly good use out of the material its parodying. They even get a good joke out of using black-and-white for a flashback sequence. Camera-work was good, and I thought they did a good job toning down R-rated violence for a PG-13. From a technical standpoint, everything was rather solid. Adam Devine was OK, but it reminded me too much of his work in PITCH PERFECT. However, my favorite character was the dumb blonde. I did recognize Taissa Farmiga and Malin Akerman, and for what it's worth, they did well. There weren't too many well-known actors, so nobody really stood out in that respect. The acting, even though some of it was intentionally bad, was decent. Basically, it does for slasher films what CABIN IN THE WOODS did for "cabin in the woods"/Evil Dead-type films. They also poke fun at the horrible writing and bad acting. Brilliant, right? Arguably the best part of the movie is the way that it makes fun of horror clichés, particularly those in the slasher genre. The basic premise is that a group of friends at a horror marathon end up getting trapped in the movie itself and have to find a way to survive. I was looking for an entertaining film to watch on Halloween, and I sure wasn't disappointed with THE FINAL GIRLS.
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