Review of Dark Harvest

I expected the usual cliché slasher Halloween flick, but surprisingly it turned out as something quite different. Yes, it's about Halloween, there are pumpkinheads galore, there's some pretty hefty gore, there are creepy cornfields, and there's even a scarecrow involved. But director David Slade handled it all in a very unusual and cinematographically fascinating way, with beautiful visuals and inventive camera angles. The story is intricate and the logic is at times a bit hard to follow, but the atmosphere is definitely very creepy and dark, with an edgy, even cynical feel to it. The acting of all concerned is fine, Emyri Crutchfield for instance does a great job. But it's Casey Likes who stands out, he is absolutely amazing and totally convincing as the bewildered and exasperated, self-sacrificing hero-in-spite-of-himself, he impressively carries this whole project on his still young (21 yo) shoulders.

An original, unusual, fascinating and very welcome addition to the Halloween genre!