Blood Fest

The generally likable performers do what they can with thinly drawn characters whose traits are limited to "virgin" and "ditz," but it's hard to care much about what happens to them even as generic archetypes.

Attempts scares and yucks in equal measure and fails to deliver either.

After an incredibly spirited and entertaining first hour, Blood Fest gets tripped up on its laborious explaining about the hows of this terrifying event.

Blood Fest will find a place to thrive, and that's in the online space. It's GIF-able, and it winks enough at its core audience to satisfy.

Bloody, witless and tasteless valentine to horror films.

It wears its heart on its sleeve, but in the end, it derails and winds up nothing more than a trifling momentary distraction that doesn't leave much of an impression.

Overall, Blood Fest is a blast. It has a plot that is astronomically unfeasible but it doesn't matter because you're having so much fun with the film. As a horror fan, it's a must see.

Blood Fest never establishes a clear tone, its cheesy aesthetic, chintzy CGI violence and wildly unrealistic scenarios blurring the line between parody and earnestness.

Blood Fest definitely delivers the festivities. The film is deliciously gory, leans into the tropes with a solid wink and a nod, and serves up a fun adventure that budding horror fans will surely eat up.

This movie wants to be a gory, silly love letter to horror and horror fandom. It wants to be fun, and fun it is.