Redsin Tower

Kim and Mitch have broken up. Poor Mitch, he’s not handling it too well. He KNOWS Kim still love him, she just doesn’t realize it yet. So, to get drive the point home to her so that she remembers how much she loves him, he’s going to call every five minutes and yell into her answering machine. Enter cutie goth friend Becky. Becky knows Kim’s having a hard time, despite how much she hated Mitch, so she’s going to take her out on the town for some partying to get her mind off of things. Now that Mitch knows that the girls have left he decides to flip the stalker switch and follow Kim about so he can prove his love once and for all. Best way to get back at her? Call the cops on her party! With no where else to head to Kim and Becky gather up their stoner friends and find a new place to party; The Redsin Tower. Aside from sounding spooky, Redsin has a history of macabre massacres and demon worship. Are these kids going to find more than they bargained for as the set forth to fornicate?

If not, we’d be wasting our time.

There’s a certain air that comes with low budget horror cinema. Generally you get camcorder quality cinematography, horrible acting, and shoddy special effects. In “Redsin”, all of these are a step above the normal low-budget fare and the movie is far more enjoyable for it. Speaking of, when the credits roll, it all boils down to one thing; it’s a fun movie to watch. Sure, it has problems. The acting isn’t Oscar quality, but if you wanted that you wouldn’t be watching horror. A few scenes manage to roll on a touch too long causing your eyes to begin to roll, but the dialog is snappy enough to keep you interested. There’s a handful of issues, but the movie is fun enough to keep you from hitting the eject button.

In many ways, “Redsin” feels like a solid throwback to the 80’s. Partying teens in a spooky castle with a dark and sinister history, something comes to whack them all. Rounding out this feeling, there are plenty hammy jokes and one liners sprinkled about, much like the slashers of yore that hooked us in the first place. Plus there’s boobs too! The plot, while a bit stretched, is still pretty cohesive throughout. In fact, there’s a nice little twist at the end that while not M. Night Shyamalamadingdong caliber…it’s a clever and unexpected finish. The band of misfits, while I don’t necessarily believe that a goth would hang out with a preppie chick, while the both go to party with a pair of stoners and two jocks, were all entertaining and served their purpose. Even nutso Mitch was entertaining in that ‘twitchy nerd in the back of the class’ way. My only true bitch? Why didn’t goth chicks ever hit on the fat guys when I was in high school?

“Redsin Tower” despite it’s faults is still a worthy watch for a late night movie marathon. You’ll manage to laugh, perhaps jump a time or two, and the gore is pretty nice as well. You’ll scratch your head a time or two, there’s a couple things I wasn’t to sure of myself; but I’m still glad I stuck it out to the end. With a good edit, this movie would jump to a four easily but what’s still manages to make for a decent horror flick.

3.5 ‘goth chicks SHOULD hit on fat guys’ out of 5