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L.A. Slasher2015

Name: L.A. Slasher
Genre: Slasher, Comedy Horror
Released: 2015-06-12
Rating: 3.7

“Death to Reality TV!”

Directed by Martin Owen

3.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 3 sources

IMDb 3.2Rotten Tomatoes 0%TMDB 4.8

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Year

2015

Runtime

86 min

Box Office

Domestic

$2,421

The premise

Incensed by the tabloid culture which celebrates it, the L.A. Slasher publicly abducts a series of reality TV stars, while the media and general public in turn begin to question if society is better off without them. A biting, social satire about reality TV and the glorification of people who are famous for simply being famous, "L.A. Slasher" explores why it has become acceptable and even admirable for people to become influential and wealthy based on no merit or talent - purely through notoriety achieved through shameful behavior.

Horror Vault's take

A masked killer sets their sights on the vapid stars of reality television, turning each abduction into a spectacle the very media machine they despise cannot stop covering. Set against the neon-drenched excess of Los Angeles, the film skewers tabloid culture and the public's insatiable appetite for notoriety over talent. It's less interested in straightforward scares than in holding a sharp, uncomfortable mirror up to modern celebrity worship — and asking how complicit we all are.

Content: Violence Against Women, Abduction Sequences, Dark Humor Around Murder