Written and Directed by Austin Vesely
Starring Zazie Beetz, Chance Bennett, Rae Gray, Marilyn Dodds Frank, Katherine Cunningham, Will Brill, Y’lan Noel, Hannibal Buress, Tim Becker, Joe Keery, Chris Parnell and Paul Scheer
USA
Where to start with this movie? I was ready for a simple slasher comedy involving pizza delivery. Let’s see if I can describe what I got instead. First, the movie takes place in a world where ghosts exist – they’re second class citizens and only accepted begrudgingly by living people, if at all. This causes a rift in the community when a string of murders are pinned on the ghosts. Though, they’re also pinned on a werewolf. Turns out the werewolf is a pacifist. And the local pizza place sits on a gate to hell. And a local coven wants to open the gates of hell. And… well, whatever.
The point is, this movie’s all over the place. Is it any good? I guess. I mean, it’s funny. And it’s weird. And the cast is cool. It is a little clunky and probably has more plot than it really needs. It also doesn’t do much with its fantastic premise (ghosts as minorities) although I guess you could say it’s part of the charm that that aspect is just accepted as a given by everyone.
Speaking of charming, Chance Bennett, AKA Chance the Rapper, stars as the pacifist werewolf and he’s charismatic as hell. So, let’s cast Chance in more things, people. Get on it!
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