https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlkOI_RLlbY Before reality TV became a big fat cliché that was overused in a string of worthless films (see: The Task, One Missed Call etc), director Marc Evans proved you could still use the idea to explore the dark side of fame. Its a simple set-up: 5 young people, lured by a million dollar prize, agree to participate in a show being streamed live on the internet. If anyone leaves, everyone forfeits the cash. But what they dont know is that one of them is a killer, and the show is a real-time snuff movie. Unfortunately for Evans, his movie was released around the same time as a more high profile take on the same material. In Halloween: Resurrection, theres another group participating in a reality TV show, only this time its coming from inside the Myers house on Halloween, and despite the house being rigged with cameras, Michael Myers appears to carve up the cast with his usual aplomb. Its a laughable time-waster, very different from Evans smart, tightly controlled movie, so you know which to check out this Halloween.
Ian Watson is the author of 'Midnight Movie Madness', a 600+ page guide to "bad" movies from 'Reefer Madness' to 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead.'