Heart Eyes

Heart Eyes has something for everyone in this season of love and beyond.

It's popcorn stuff.

Heart Eyes is a like a Hinge date from hell. Smart, funny, intense; swipe right.

There’s enough of a spark between them for the film to work as an adorable odd-couple romance, in between all the impaling, decapitation and eye-socket trauma.

Heart Eyes works because it commits to being a fun rom-com (despite the slasher mechanics at work). It also speaks to how, in this theatrical economy, the rom-com is under attack and fighting for it's survival.

The plot is non-existent, the characters risible and so the story is driven by the thrill of wondering who is next going to get a huge blade through the skull, or which luckless cop will be split in two, crotch upwards, by the killer’s machete.

The second OutKast's “Happy Valentine’s Day” started playing over the opening credits, you knew you were in good hands.

Heart Eyes is a blast; mixing horror, comedy and romance to a fine art, it’s a film that’s easy to fall in love with.

In the end, Heart Eyes ends up being just another rather generic slasher that didn't do nearly enough to stand out from the multitudes just like it.

While its overall vibe is fairly familiar, this horror-romcom mashup is still quite clever, with a knowledge of and appreciation for both genres, as well as appealing and/or funny characters.