There are some movies out there, as I’ve mentioned before, that seem tailor made for certain people. Movies that are just matched perfectly for someone’s interest. When I heard the premise of Totally Killer, I was pretty sure I’d found another match for me: “Thirty-five years after the shocking murders of three teens, an infamous killer returns on Halloween night to claim a fourth victim. When 17-year-old Jamie comes face-to-face with the masked maniac, she accidentally time-travels back to 1987. Forced to navigate the unfamiliar culture, Jamie teams up with her teenage mother to take down the psycho once and for all.”
I mean, you don’t get much more Bryce than that. Maybe if they somehow managed to add a time loop into it, it might up the stakes a tad more, or if John Cusack were in it, or it were a Coen Bros. movie, but you can’t have everything.
I downloaded it and watched it on the plane ride home from Scotland. I was not disappointed. Take Back to the Future and add in Halloween, and you’ve pretty much got the film ready to go. I particularly liked the way it riffed on all sorts of other movies, sometimes overtly, and sometimes subtly. They had some great social commentary about how different teenage life is now versus how it was in the 80s.
It’s pretty blood and has plenty of jump scares, so I get that it’s not for everyone, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. It hits above its weight class, and I gave it an 8/10. Is it a movie I’ll rewatch time and time again? No, but that’s not really what it’s trying to be. It knows its lane and it sticks to it.
If it sounds at all interesting to you, you should check it out on Amazon Prime.